Commissioner General Sam Koim had lunch with Indian High Commissioner to PNG, His Excellency Sushil Kumar Sungal today, discussing potential collaboration with India’s Tax Administration.

India has one of the well advanced IT infrastructure that enables the collection of GST. India has dual GSTs with Central Government and State Governments, and multiple GST rates for different industries. Despite the complexity, they have set up the digital tools that enables them to collect GST.

One of IRC’s aim is to make GST as the number one revenue earner for the Government and hence exploring ways of effective collection.