Audit · Tax · Advisory · Accra, Ghana
Category A chartered accountants for businesses, investors and NGOs across Ghana.
Audit, tax and advisory for organisations that need rigorous work, clear answers, and advice they can act on.
Credentials
Large enough to carry the work. Small enough that a partner answers.
An international network behind us, and one office where all of it happens.
Free · Financial Health Check
Not sure where your business stands?
Twenty-three questions across the five areas of the Elixir Financial Health Framework.
It is a lighter version of the diagnostic our partners run on paid engagements: the same five areas and the same maturity scale, self assessed rather than tested by us. You get a maturity level, your priority risk areas and practical next steps, with no obligation to talk to anybody.
Our story
Category D to Category A
Elixir progressed through every ICAG firm category, from D at its founding in 2019 to A today, through sustained investment in people, in quality systems and in client service.
Today we serve businesses, NGOs, investors and financial institutions across Ghana, and the firm is large enough to carry a regulated audit while still small enough that a partner answers the phone.
Our approach
How we work
Six things that hold on every engagement, whichever practice you engage.
The partner who wins the work stays on it, from planning through to signing, and is the person you call.
Scope, timing and fee are set out in the proposal before any work starts, and held unless the scope changes.
We plan from your board meeting, facility review or donor cycle, and agree the document timetable with you at the start.
Full IFRS, IFRS for SMEs and public sector frameworks. The Companies Act, the Income Tax Act as amended, the Transfer Pricing Regulations, the VAT legislation and the sector rules layered on top. We track amendments as they are gazetted.
Records that stand up in due diligence, and reporting a foreign parent can consolidate without a reconciliation exercise every quarter.
We tell you what the numbers mean and what we would do about it. Every finding comes with a recommendation.
What that has produced
Some of the work, with client names withheld.
Tax audits
Savings of approximately USD 500,000 on average for clients during tax auditsAssessments challenged on the law and on the evidence, and settled at the right number.
Training
Bespoke training for a multinational to address its reporting issuesDesigned around the errors that kept appearing in the group reporting pack, and delivered to the people who prepare it.
Due diligence
Findings on a target that the investor would not otherwise have knownFinancial and tax due diligence for a multinational, with matters significant enough to change the terms.
Reporting
Reporting issues diagnosed at a legacy manufacturing business in GhanaWhere the numbers were wrong, why, and the order in which to fix them.
Services
Audit and Assurance
Statutory audit, internal audit and forensic investigation for businesses in Ghana.
Explore →Tax
Tax consultants in Accra handling compliance, and the position behind it.
Explore →Advisory
Work that supports a decision, not a filing.
- Business valuation
- Financial and tax due diligence
- Business strategy and structuring
- Insolvency and restructuring
Accounting and People
The finance function, run properly, without the hiring.
- Outsourced finance function
- CFO services
- Payroll processing
- Recruitment and HR
- Finance team and executive training
People
Meet the partners
A partner on every engagement, and a named manager beside them.
In their words
What clients say
Elixir Audits is one of the best accounting and auditing firms that mNotify has worked with. They pay attention to details and display a high level of professionalism. Thumbs up guys.
Providing Accounting and Audit Services, Elixir Audits is working in response to the current trends and needs of it's clients, meeting their demands and expectations without compromising on quality and fruitful advice.
My experience with Elixir Audits for 3 years surpassed expectations on every level. Their professionalism, expertise, integrity, and efficiency make them a trusted partner for any organization seeking exceptional audit services. I wholeheartedly recommend Elixir Audits to businesses looking for a reliable and reputable audit partner.
Elixir Audits is one of the best Auditors/Tax Consultants we have worked with. Highly professional, friendly staff and personalised service.
Very professional; takes time to understand client needs and offer the most appropriate advice. Highly recommended.
Elixir Audits has carved a niche for itself in the Accounting and Audit circles as a very Professional body with so much attention to detail in the executions of it's mandate. Kudos to Elixir Audits.
Method
How a statutory audit actually runs
Conducted under International Standards on Auditing. The stages, how long each takes, and where your team's time is needed.
Acceptance and clearance
Independence checks, client acceptance and, where you are changing firms, professional clearance with the outgoing auditor. Our job, not yours.
About one weekPlanning and risk assessment
We walk the business, identify where the risk of material misstatement actually sits, and set materiality. You get the document request list and an agreed fieldwork date.
Week 1Readiness call
A short call confirming the requested documents exist and are reconciled. If they are not, we move the date rather than starting and stalling.
Before fieldworkFieldwork
Testing, third-party confirmations, stock attendance where relevant, and substantive procedures on the balances that carry risk. Where the deadline is tight we put more people on the engagement rather than letting the date move.
Two to six weeks, by sizePartner review and clearance
Subsequent events, going concern, and the clearance meeting with management. Anything that could change the opinion is raised here, never at signing.
One weekOpinion and management letter
The signed opinion, plus findings ranked by financial exposure with a suggested owner and date against each. Then we sit with you and go through it.
On completionSectors
Industry expertise across Ghana
Sector knowledge shortens every engagement. We already know which balances go wrong, which regulator asks what, and which questions to put to management on day one.
Contractors, equipment and logistics providers serving the mines. Contract accounting, cost audits, contractor compliance and reporting into operator requirements.
Service companies across the upstream and downstream chain. Contract terms, procurement controls, foreign currency exposure and sector-specific tax.
Downstream marketing, liquidity provision and depot operators. Levy and margin reconciliation, NPA reporting.
Savings and loans, rural and community banks, microfinance and fintech. Bank of Ghana returns and IFRS 9 provisioning.
Grant audits and expenditure verification in the funder's own template and timetable.
Standard costing, distributor economics, import duty relief and multi-location stock counts.
Private hospitals, diagnostics and HMOs. NHIS claims reconciliation and receivable valuation.
Contract accounting, retention balances and subcontractor withholding at the works rate.
Before you switch
What CFOs should ask before appointing an auditor
Nine questions worth putting to any firm you are considering, including us. Our answers are below. Ask the same of whoever else is on your list.
Can I change auditors mid-year?
How long does an audit take in Ghana?
Will you work with our previous auditor?
Can you audit NGOs and donor-funded projects?
Do banks and investors accept your audit reports?
Can you handle an audit of our size?
Will a partner actually be involved in our audit?
How soon can we get a proposal?
What does a statutory audit cost in Ghana?
Insights
Insights for business leaders
Technical briefings on audit, tax, governance and doing business in Ghana, written by the partners and managers who do the work. Published when there is something worth saying.
Free tools
Calculators, checklists and a diagnostic
Built for how business works in Ghana and checked against the legislation by our tax team. Free, and no email required for most of them.
Ghana Tax Calculator
PAYE and take-home pay with SSNIT and Tier 3 relief, VAT and levies under the 2026 Act 1151 reset, and withholding tax on a supplier invoice. Shows the band-by-band working and the total cost to the employer.
Open the calculator →Audit readiness checklist
What to have ready before fieldwork opens, in the order an audit team will ask for it. Works with any auditor, and it shortens the audit.
Download the checklist →Free tax health check
Send us your last filed returns and we will review the position. No cost, no obligation, and everything you send stays confidential. You will get a written note of anything that looks like exposure.
Request the review →Tax compliance calendar
Every statutory filing and payment date, with who each one applies to and the next date for each calculated from today. Nothing to download and nothing to keep up to date.
View upcoming deadlines →What is due next
The statutory deadlines every business in Ghana has to hit, calculated from today. Nothing to download and nothing to maintain.
Next step
Send us last year's accounts and this year's deadline.
That is enough for a proposal. You will have scope, a named partner and manager, a timetable and a fixed fee back within one working day.
Request a proposal Speak to a partner