Founder and research lead

Michael Siaw Larbi

Founder of MSL Business School and the person who leads the research, technology and digital knowledge work behind TaxLawGH.

Institutional publisher: MSL Business School. Michael provides the accountable human leadership behind the platform; MSL remains the publisher of TaxLawGH.

The person behind the platform

Accountable human leadership, backed by an institutional publisher.

Michael founded MSL Business School and leads the research and technology direction behind TaxLawGH. MSL Business School publishes the platform, sets its institutional standard and remains the primary public identity.

Role in TaxLawGH

Turning Ghana's tax system into a connected digital knowledge resource.

Michael leads the work to organise Ghana's tax laws, amendment histories, cases, rates, deadlines, calculators, fiscal reports and parliamentary developments into resources that readers can search and use. His role spans research direction, legal-information architecture and the technology that connects each resource.

That distinction matters. MSL Business School is the publisher. Michael is the identifiable person behind the platform's research and digital knowledge direction. Statutory readers preserve enacted legal text; analytical pages are built around traceable evidence and clearly stated legal status.

Institutional publisherMSL Business School

Owns and publishes TaxLawGH as its public tax and fiscal-policy education platform.

Human leadershipMichael Siaw Larbi

Leads research, technology and digital knowledge direction across the platform.

Editorial principleAuthority before assertion

Begin with the governing instrument, identify amendments and preserve date-specific qualifications.

Platform principleMake the law navigable

Connect statutes, facts, calculators, fiscal evidence and procedural guidance rather than presenting isolated pages.

Professional foundation

Tax, accounting, finance and law.

Michael qualified as a Chartered Accountant at 21 and a Chartered Tax Practitioner at 22. He also holds the ACMA and CGMA designations. His education includes Banking and Finance, Accounting and Finance, and Law.

ICAGChartered Accountant

Qualified at 21 after completing the professional examinations while an undergraduate.

CITGChartered Tax Practitioner

Qualified at 22, with first-time passes across the professional examinations.

CIMAACMA · CGMA

Chartered management accounting and global management accounting designations.

Academic studyFinance, accounting and law

Degrees spanning Banking and Finance, Accounting and Finance, and Law.

Experience and record

A foundation built across professional practice, finance and education.

Goldman Sachs · London
Investment-banking experience
Worked in London as a Spring Analyst and Summer Analyst.
PwC · Ghana
Audit, assurance and tax consulting
Progressed from Associate to Assistant Manager across audit and assurance and tax-consulting engagements.
mPharma
Finance and investor-relations leadership
Served first as Country Head of Finance and later as Global Head of Investor Relations.
MSL Business School
Founder and education-technology leader
Founded MSL Business School in January 2023 and left corporate finance in June 2024 to lead the institution full-time.

Academic distinctions

Michael was National Overall Best Candidate in General Arts in the WASSCE, graduated as valedictorian and overall best student at the University of Ghana Business School, and received three University of London global prizes during his LLB studies.

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Research method

How leadership becomes a publication standard.

01 · Find the authorityStart with enacted primary material

Identify the principal Act, applicable amendment, subsidiary instrument, treaty, judgment or official fiscal document.

02 · Fix the dateSeparate current law from historical law

Test assent, commencement, effective dates, transitional provisions and the period relevant to the reader's question.

03 · Preserve the chainConnect propositions to evidence

Maintain amendment histories, citations and related resources so a conclusion can be traced and rechecked.

04 · Explain the consequenceTranslate authority into practical meaning

State the operative rule, its qualifications and the action or calculation it requires without erasing legal nuance.

Selected TaxLawGH work

Systems developed under Michael's research and technology direction.

Ghana Tax Legislation LibrarySection-level readers, consolidated text and amendment histories for Ghana's principal tax instruments.Explore legislation →Tax Fact RegistryStructured legal propositions connecting practical tax questions to governing authority and review evidence.Open the Registry →Ghana Tax CitatorA connected map of tax instruments, amendments, cases, commencement and current status.Open the Citator →Ghana Tax CalculatorsCalculation tools designed around verified statutory rules, dates and published rate histories.Use the calculators →Fiscal IntelligenceDetailed analysis of revenue performance, tax expenditure and Ghana's medium-term revenue strategy.Explore fiscal evidence →Tax Bills TrackerA permanent record of tax and revenue bills, parliamentary stages and connected primary evidence.Track legislation →

Frequently asked questions

Publisher, leadership and authorship.

Who is the person behind TaxLawGH?

TaxLawGH is published by MSL Business School. Michael Siaw Larbi founded MSL Business School and leads the research, technology and digital knowledge work behind TaxLawGH.

Is Michael Siaw Larbi the publisher of TaxLawGH?

MSL Business School is the institutional publisher of TaxLawGH. Michael Siaw Larbi is the founder of MSL Business School and the named person responsible for TaxLawGH's research and digital knowledge direction.

What is Michael Siaw Larbi's professional background?

Michael qualified as a Chartered Accountant at 21 and a Chartered Tax Practitioner at 22, and holds the ACMA and CGMA designations. His education includes Banking and Finance, Accounting and Finance, and Law. His professional experience includes Goldman Sachs in London, PwC Ghana, and mPharma.

Does Michael personally author every TaxLawGH page?

No. MSL Business School publishes TaxLawGH through a documented research and review process. Statutory readers present enacted legal text, while analytical resources identify their evidence, status and review basis. Michael leads the overall research and digital knowledge direction.