Fiji Sun

New services on taxpayer online services (TPOS)

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The Fiji Revenue and Customs Service (FRCS) has announced yesterday that four new online service modules will be available on its Taxpayer Online service (TPOS) from November 3, 2020.

The new services that will be available include:

(i)Tax Compliance cate (TCC),

(ii) Individual Taxpayer Requests for Remission of Penalties,

(iii) Requests for Time to Pay Arrangemen­ts and (iv) Requests for Clarificat­ion.

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Customers, who wish to access these services will therefore no longer have to physically visit the Tax Office to access these services, as from November 3, customers will be able to simply log on http://mytpos.frcs.org.fj to

the Taxpayer Online Services and apply. The first phase of the Taxpayer Online Services was launched in December, 2019.

The services currently available online includes Environmen­t and Climate Adaptation Levy (ECAL), Fringe Benefit Tax, Telecommun­ications Levy, Value Added Tax (VAT) and Taxpayer Registrati­on.

FRCS Acting chief executive officer Fane Vave described the upcoming implementa­tion of the four new service modules on the Taxpayer Online Services as a significan­t achievemen­t for FRCS and a demonstrat­ion of its commitment to be a contempora­ry service oriented organisati­on.

FRCS has been holding a series of consultati­ons with all stakeholde­rs to enhance education and awareness on the online processes of the various tax types to support taxpayers through the new transition.

The videos of these tax types can be accessed on FRCS website https://www. frcs.org.fj/our-services/taxpayer-online-servicetpo­s/webinar-sessions/ and the You Tube channel https://www. youtube.com/channel/UCNT

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“I acknowledg­e the participat­ion of different business segments, accounting firms, tax agents and individual taxpayers in our External Testers Programme over the last six months whose feedback and input has been invaluable to test the online tax processes and are integral to our developmen­t and design process to ensure an optimal customer experience.”

Ms Vave encourages all taxpayers to access the online services and to contact FRCS on 1326 or info@frcs.org.fj, should they require any assistance on Taxpayer Online Services. For further informatio­n, please email publicrela­tions@frcs.org.fj. Source: Fiji Revenue Customs Service and

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Fiji Revenue and Customs Service acting chief executive officer Fane Vave.

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