The Ministry of Finance, Strategic Planning, National Development and Statistics received an allocation of $90. 8million in the 2025-2026 national budget. That includes $54m to fund the operations of the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service (FRCS). After years of widespread calls for a decrease in VAT, the Coalition Government finally responded yesterday, announcing a decrease from 15 per cent to 12. 5 per cent in VAT, effective from August 1, 2025. Delivering his opening remarks at the 2025-2026 Budget announcement, Minister for Finance. SUVA, FIJI (13 April 2026) — Economic growth in Fiji, the Pacific's second largest economy, is expected to soften in the medium-term as visitor arrivals slow, pre-election uncertainty increases, and external conditions deteriorate, according to a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report. This format aims to give a reasonably accurate estimate of costs of each major activity carried out by the Ministries so that these can be weighed against its importance in the overnment's total budget. Each Ministry's expenditures are grouped first into broad programme.