What documents do I need to complete the compliance exercise for my Ghanaian business? – Paystack Support

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After signing up on Paystack, we’d need to collect some more information from you to activate your business. We collect this information via the Paystack Dashboard under the Compliance tab.

What information do you need for my business?

We require different types of compliance information based on your business type, and we've broken down the required information for the different types below.

Starter Businesses for Ghana based merchants

As a Ghana-based Starter business, we simply require you to provide us with your contact/business owner information, a valid means of government-issued identification (Passport, National ID card, Driver’s Licence or Voter's card), personal mobile money or bank account information and a document to stand as a proof of address. You can find out what serves as a valid proof of address for an individual here.

Registered Businesses for Ghana based merchants

For Ghana-based Registered businesses, we require different types of information from you based on your Registration type. We've outlined a brief overview of the different Regsitration types and what information we require below:

Registration Type	Required Documents
Company Limited by Shares	Certificate of Incorporation Form 3. This is the registration form for returns of particulars for the company limited by shares Tax Identification Number. This is a unique identification number issued to taxpayers
Unlimited Company	Certificate of Incorporation Form 3. This is the registration form for returns of particulars for a company limited by shares Tax Identification Number. This is a unique identification number issued to taxpayers
Company Limited by Guarantee	Certificate of Incorporation Form 3B. This is the registration form for a company limited by guarantee Tax Identification Number, which is a unique identification number issued to taxpayers
External Company	Form 21. This is the registration form for the particulars of an external company requiring registration statement that there are no charges on property Form 20. This is the form for particulars of an external company requiring registration Certificate of Registration. This is the certificate showing a business has been registered with the Registrar General's Department Tax Identification Number. This is a unique identification number issued to taxpayers
Sole proprietorship	Certificate of Registration. This is the certificate showing a business has been registered with the Registrar General's Department

If you need further help with submitting these documents please reach out to us via our contact form or send us an email at support@paystack.com.

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