Can ASG absorb removal of 2% wage tax?
The Chairman of the ASG Revenue Task Force, Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo Ale, told a hearing of the House Budget and Appropriations Committee yesterday that it was the intention of the group ...Read more
The Chairman of the ASG Revenue Task Force, Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo Ale, told a hearing of the House Budget and Appropriations Committee yesterday that it was the intention of the group ...Read more
There’ll be no more expedited tax refund checks based on faalavelave. Governor Lolo Moliga has halted what Treasury has been doing since the start of this tax refund season which is releasing tax ...Read more
The confirmation hearing for Treasurer Ueligitone Tonumaipe’a had several lawmakers expressing disappointment with the interference on questions by Committee Chairman Rep. Lavea Legaee ...Read more
Today’s cabinet meeting was the last with department and agency directors who served in the first four year term of the Lolo Lemanu Government. All of the directors have submitted their ...Read more
Neither the Acting Treasurer, nor Budget Director, or Chief Customs Officer, could provide any information on Customs’ revenue collections to the House Ways and Means Committee. The three ...Read more
Four high school graduates have been awarded the 2016 StarKist Samoa scholarships which has a combined total of $20,000 , divided equally among the four recipients. A statement from StarKist says, ...Read more
The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee yesterday reported to the full Senate a recommendation to approve a bill which removes a credit facility under which ASG gave the LBJ Hospital $5 ...Read more
Senator Laolagi Vaeao has moved to erase from the government’s books a loan facility agreement which requires LBJ Hospital to repay a $5 million loan that it received from the American Samoa ...Read more
ASG recorded a revenue shortfall of $5.4 million for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2016, according to an analysis by the Legislative Financial Office. The analysis by the LFO was based on ...Read more
The purchase of a $10 million scanner for customs has reportedly been put on hold by Governor Lolo Moliga. This is according to testimony by Acting Treasurer Tina Vaa before the Senate Budget and ...Read more