Income Tax Act 1959

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Sector Mining
Country Papua New Guinea
Year 1959
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Revenue management, Revenue sharing, Subnational governance, Tax policy and revenue collection
Document Type Statute
RGI Sub-component Open data
RGI Questions 1.2.6b: Is the national tax authority required to audit extractive companies?,
2.2b: Are there specific rules governing the transfer of extractive resource revenues (i.e. are these rules distinct from those governing other types of transfers)?
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Publisher Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Author Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Source or API link http://rgi.nrgi-assessment.org/api/public/documents/PNG-2016-MI
Maintainer Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email Natural Resource Governance Institute