PM: We’re taxing smarter, not harder

PM: We’re taxing smarter, not harder

The Fiji Times, 30 May 2018 – GOVERNMENT is taxing smarter, not harder, cutting the tax burden on working Fijian families and bringing tax rates to the lowest point in Fijian history.

This was highlighted by Prime Minister in his recent 49-page address to former Fijians, potential investors and Australian businesses at a business event in Melbourne, Australia.

With tax revenue expected to surpass $3 billion this year, Mr Bainimarama said Fiji’s tax revenue had tripled since 2005.

He said Government had achieved that, not by instituting harsher taxes, but by enforcing better compliance and making our systems of taxation fairer, more transparent and more efficient. Read more…