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Tax Administration (Budget Amendment) Act 2019

REPUBLIC OF FIJI


Tax Administration (Budget Amendment) Act 2019

ACT NO. 8 OF 2019

I assent.
J. K. KONROTE
President


[24 June 2019]


AN ACT

TO AMEND THE TAX ADMINISTRATION ACT 2009

ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji-—


Short title and commencement

1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Tax Administration (Budget Amendment) Act 2019.

(2) This Act comes into force on 1 August 2019.

(3) In this Act, the Tax Administration Act 2009 is referred to as the "Principal Act".

Section 2 amended

2. Section 2(1) of the Principal Act is amended after the definition of "Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)" by inserting the following new definitions-—

""trust" has the meaning given in section 2 of the Income Tax Act 2015;
"trustee" has the meaning given in section 2 of the Income Tax Act 2015;".

Section 33 amended

3. Section 33 of the Principal Act is amended by—

(a) deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following—
(b) after subsection (4), inserting the following new subsections—

Section 34 amended

4. Section 34(1) of the Principal Act is amended by—

(a) in paragraph (a) after "maintain", inserting ", or take reasonable care to maintain,"; and
(b) in paragraph (b), deleting "retain such accounts, documents," and substituting "retain, or take reasonable care to retain, such accounts, documents and records (including in electronic format)".

Section 36 amended

5. Section 36 of the Principal Act is amended in the heading by deleting "summons" and substituting "notice".

Section 49 amended

6. Section 49 of the Principal Act is amended by—

(a) in the heading after "return", inserting "or other documents"; and
(b) in subsection (1)—

Section 70 amended

7. Section 70 of the Principal Act is amended after "post" by inserting "or electronic means".

Section 72 amended

8. Section 72 of the Principal Act is amended by—

(a) in subsection (2) after "Fiji", inserting "or an electronic address"; and
(b) in subsection (3)—

Section 74 amended

9. Section 74 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting "is a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the due date is the last working day before the due date" and substituting the following—

"is a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the due date is—

Schedule 1 amended

10. Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended in paragraph 1 by—

(a) in subparagraph (k), deleting "and";
(b) in subparagraph (l), deleting "." and substituting "; and"; and
(c) after subparagraph (l), inserting the following new subparagraph—

Schedule 3 amended

11. Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is amended in Part B in paragraph 2 by deleting "109" and substituting "107, 109, 121".


Passed by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji this 21st day of June 2019.


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