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$3.5 collected in plastic bag levy

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FRCS has recorded $3.5 million in Plastic Bag Levy Picture: SUPPLIED

THE Fiji Revenue and Customs Service has recorded $3.5 million in Plastic Bag Levy through the VAT Monitoring System (VMS) since its inception in December 2017.
“The compliance level for phase 1 (supermarkets and pharmacies) and phase 2 (law firms, medical centres, travel agencies, accounting firms, hardware companies) still remains a challenge for us,” said FRCS chief executive officer Visvanath Das.

“The compliance level currently stands at 82 per cent. We are still liaising and assisting businesses to fully comply with the EFD Regulation,” said Mr Das.
“We have issued numerous infringement notices to companies so far, for not complying with the EFD regulation. Majority of these companies never made any attempts to install the VMS and did not even bother to contact FRCS for assistance”.

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