Meet Momina Beg.
The director Taxation at the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service has more than 10 years of experience and is originally from Seaqaqa, outside Labasa Town.
She is married with three children and lives with her family in Nadawa.
Her work requires her to travel not only around Viti Levu but outer islands including exotic five star resorts as well as private tourism properties.
Being part of the Executive Leadership Team she leads the tax division team to collect the revenue for Government.
“We have special elements in our department from customer service, debt management, Education – TELS, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
“My main role is to collect revenue for the Fiji government and administer all the tax laws that is there.”
What do you love most about your job?
Every day we learn something new, especially in our line of work dealing with different sizes of businesses.
We’ve got a wide range of tax payers.
We are here to serve the people and we are here to collect the revenue and these are the elements which is very important.
Lastly, the people I’m working with. I’m very fond of them and I try to think about them always. I’m a leader standing here and they are always behind me.
What would be your best places for solace?
Seaqaqa, I come from a farming area. It gets cold in the morning and very hot in the night.
Savusavu the hidden paradise is one of the soothing places.
An aerial view of Seaqaqa outside Labasa Town.
What’s your favourite place for coffee?
I love to try coffee drinks at different coffee shops.
At Coffee Hub and Farmers Daughter in Suva.
At FRESH Tea and Coffee located in Seaqaqa, Vanua Levu across from Seaqaqa Primary School.
Coffee hub
What’s one place that you would like to visit?
I haven’t been to Levuka, I would like to go to Ovalau. Generally, I travel to outer islands especially to visit tourism properties that are being built.
Because of the nature of my work, I travelled to Laucala Island and Wakaya Island Resort and they looked beautiful.
Laucala Island Resort.
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