In its submission on the budget, the Fiji Institute of Accountants has proposed that VAT be raised to 12.5 percent and that the 5 percent Environment and Climate Adaptation Levy be scrapped.
However Labour Leader Mahendra Chaudhry says this is not the time to increase a tax which will penalize the poor considering the widespread hardship and suffering inflicted by the COVID-19 crisis.
Source: fijivillage.com
