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Tax Administration (Budget Amendment) Act 2020

REPUBLIC OF FIJI


TAX ADMINISTRATION (BUDGET AMENDMENT) ACT 2020


ACT NO. 13 OF 2020


I assent.

J. K. KONROTE
President

[31 July 2020]

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 2020.

(2) This Act comes into force on 1 August 2020.

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

Section 46 amended

2. Section 46 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting subsections (2) to (4) and inserting the following new subsection -

"(2) Subject to subsection (5), a person to whom this section applies is liable to a penalty equal to the amount computed in accordance with the following formula—

Section 46A amended

3. Section 46A of the Principal Act is amended by -

(a) deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following -
(b) deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following -

Section 46B deleted

4. The Principal Act is amended by deleting section 46B.

Section 48 amended

5. Section 48(7) of the Principal Act is amended by deleting "other than that imposed under section 46".

Section 116A amended

6. The Principal Act is amended by deleting section 116A and substituting the following -

"Offences by a tax agent
116A. A tax agent who, in his or her capacity as tax agent for a taxpayer, knowingly or recklessly -
commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or both.".

Passed by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji this 31st day of July 2020.


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