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At a press conference this month, Serbian Minister of Finance Siniša Mali announced that the government has successfully achieved 70% of the government’s goals in tackling the grey economy. The Minister shared this milestone during an event organized by NALED to highlight the progress made by the Ministry of Finance in curbing tax evasion.
It is with genuine pride that we mark the official launch of TaxCore in the Kingdom of Eswatini, the platform’s first full deployment on the African continent. For us, the partnership with the Eswatini Revenue Service (ERS) represents much more than a new contract milestone; it reflects a shared conviction that modern tax administration is one of the most powerful levers for sustainable economic development. As Eswatini implements TaxCore, we begin this journey with strong momentum and a clear sense of purpose.
TaxCore is a revolutionary platform developed by Data Tech International that serves as a tool for tax authorities to fight against the grey economy and tax fraud in the most flexible and convenient manner.
One might say that the Pacific Islands are not often associated with tax innovation. But at a recent meeting of the Pacific Islands Tax Administrators Association (PITAA), held in the Tongan capital, a small set of island nations made a surprisingly assertive case: real-time tax monitoring is not only attainable, but is already positively influencing their economies.
The rhythm of Port Moresby is unlike anywhere else in the Pacific. On the waterfront, cargo ships unload containers that carry the lifeblood of trade, while just a few streets away, market vendors call out prices for fresh betel nut, taro, and sago. It is here, in the heart of Papua New Guinea’s capital, that the country’s complex economy reveals itself, a blend of the informal and the formal, the traditional and the modern. Expect the unexpected!” was the phrase that kept echoing in my mind repeated continuously by my hosts, as I ventured for the first time into PNG, a paradise-like land perched at the very edge of modern civilization. Following the quoted phrase is something truly remarkable, a strong unraveling of the PNG’s GST compliance drive.
Clichés about island life being slow are overrated. When it came to pulling tax administration into the digital age, Fiji didn’t just stroll into the future. While larger nations clutched paper receipts and argued over implementation committees, this Pacific nation wired up its economy with real-time tax monitoring. And what started as a quest for better compliance is now earning Fiji a recognition as a daring benchmark in eInvoicing and fiscalization.
As the warm day settled over Port Moresby, delegates from across the Pacific gathered for the CATA Annual Heads Meeting 2025 and found themselves in the thick of the conference’s peak. Within the Hilton complex, where movement beyond its walls was limited, the air was alive with discussion, laughter, and urgent debates over tax reform. Pacific VAT compliance was one of the major topics.
For most people, tax is a matter of arithmetic. You earn, you spend, you file, you forget. But beneath that mundane rhythm lies a different war. On one side sit businesses, many of them honest, some of them not. On the other side, governments collect what they are owed without strangling commerce in the process. And in the middle, for decades, there has been a dirty secret. The cash register has always had a blind spot. And this is how we get to the center of today’s topic, tax fraud prevention!
Forget buried treasure and secret stashes. The real gold in Samoa these days? It’s the tax revenue flowing into the national treasury, all thanks to a clever partnership and a system with teeth. When tax compliance can feel like going through a fiscal minefield, this small island nation in the South Pacific has seemingly cracked the code. How? By adopting a digital tax solution, the Tax Invoice Monitoring System (TIMS) powered by TaxCore, a main culprit for Samoa fiscalization success and forging a potent alliance with Data Tech International.
The Vanuatu Sales Monitoring System (VSMS) is officially launched, ushering in a new stage of digital tax transformation for the Pacific island nation. Last week the Department of Customs and Inland Revenue (DCIR), in close collaboration with Data Tech International, activated the production environment and successfully onboarded the first large taxpayers, who issued the inaugural production fiscal receipts using the system’s free web-based invoicing tool.
