The Fiji Revenue and Customs Service is calling on members of the public to be aware of impersonators claiming to be Revenue and Customs Officers.
Chief Executive Officer Visvanath Das says they received calls from concerned taxpayers advising that they have been receiving calls from Revenue and Customs enquiring about their tax information.
He says upon investigation, they established that those calls were not made by Revenue and Customs Officers but an impostor trying to obtain tax information.
Das says they have access to taxpayer information and will therefore not need to call individual taxpayers for this unless it is a follow up to a query.
Impersonating a Revenue and Customs Officer is an offence under the Crimes Act 2009 with a maximum penalty of 3 years imprisonment.
Das is requesting members of the public to be vigilant and not engage in business over phone calls or reveal tax information before verifying the identity of the Revenue and Customs officer.
The public can also demand a Revenue and Customs officer to present his/her staff ID card or warrant card during an inspection and investigation.
