them upwards
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He'll examine them upwards
The arrival in Port Moresby in late April of Professor R. W.
Lindholm, a consultant from the International Monetary Fund, to “examine” Papua-New Guinea’s taxation system, is a harbinger that territorians and local firms will have to dig deeper into their pockets later this year to foot a bigger proportion of NG’s budget.
Both new and increased taxes in NG are more than likely.
Professor Lindholm, of the School of Business Administra tion at the US University of Oregon, is expected to recom mend in which way, particularly in fields other than direct income taxes, locals can be slugged.