Departure tax

Previously the $65 tax was paid on departure at the airport.

This was one of the issues the American Samoa territory’s administration raised at the talks between the two Samoas.

The American Samoa delegation wanted the departure tax paid at the airport scrapped however Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa responded that paying departure tax was a norm and that the $65 departure tax was usually included in the airline tickets.

Previously the $65 tax was paid on departure at the airport.

This was one of the issues the American Samoa territory’s administration raised at the talks between the two Samoas.

The American Samoa delegation wanted the departure tax paid at the airport scrapped however Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa responded that paying departure tax was a norm and that the $65 departure tax was usually included in the airline tickets.

The revised tax will come into effect on January 1^st 2017 and is one of the tax policy measures to be introduced by the Government as a revenue consolidation measure.

Departure tax is charged on ticket fares bought by passengers leaving PNG, either by air or sea, to foreign destinations.

Travel agents are then required to remit collections to IRC on the 21^st day of the following month of purchases.