Media Release: Inaccurate Newsday Headline on Recent Statements made in the...
It is unfortunate that on Wednesday 26th April, 2023 the Newsday Newspaper published an inaccurate headline over an article reporting my recent statements in the Senate. Not once during my...
View ArticleMedia Release: IMF Commends Trinidad and Tobago on Economic Recovery and...
Port of Spain: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded the 2023 Article IV consultation with Trinidad and Tobago, praising the country’s progress in recovering from the COVID-pandemic and...
View ArticleMedia Release: Negative Statements by UWI Professor about the 2023 IMF...
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, M.P., has taken note of erroneous and ridiculous statements made by UWI Professor Roger Hosein regarding the recently published IMF 2023 Article IV Report on...
View ArticleMedia Release: Heritage and Stabilization Fund Fact Sheet
The Net Asset Value of the Heritage and Stabilization Fund was US$5.466 Billion (TT$37.17 Billion) on Friday June 9, 2023. This is an Increase of US$754 Million (TT$5.127 Billion) in the actual value...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE- Opposition claims of Inheritance Tax are False and Malicious
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, has taken note of a ludicrous, fabricated and outrageous claim made by the Leader of the Opposition on a political platform, as reported in today’s...
View ArticleMedia Release: Extension of 2022/2023 Tax Amnesty for the year of income...
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to announce that the 2022/2023 tax amnesty for the year of income ending December 31, 2021 has been extended to August 31, 2023.This decision has...
View ArticleMedia Release: The Ministry of Finance does not Approve or Condone Breaches...
The Minister of Finance has taken note of statements attributed to Mr. Gary Griffith, former Commissioner of Police, and current Political Leader of the National Transformation Alliance (NTA), in the...
View ArticleMedia Release: Moody’s Investors Services improves Trinidad and Tobago’s...
Today, Moody’s Investors Services, one of the premier international rating agencies which rank the creditworthiness of borrowers, in particular sovereign governments, has affirmed the Ba2 rating of...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE – THE TRUE FACTS IN THE MATTER OF TERISSA DHORAY V ATTORNEY...
The Minister of Finance, the Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, has taken note of a press release issued by the Public Services Association (PSA) regarding a decision which the Minister made yesterday, which...
View ArticleMedia Release: S&P affirms Trinidad and Tobago’s investment grade rating...
Today, Standard & Poor’s, the rating agency, has affirmed Trinidad and Tobago’s BBB-credit rating, with a stable outlook.The Honourable Minister of Finance underscores the fact that ‘S&P’s...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE- Over 30,000 individual income tax refund cheques out for delivery
Based on representation and requests made by members of the general public, the Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, M.P., recently authorised the Board of Inland Revenue to pay all individual...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE – OVER 30,000 INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX REFUND CHEQUES OUT FOR...
Based on representation and requests made by members of the general public, the Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, M.P., recently authorized the Board of Inland Revenue to pay all individual...
View ArticleMedia Release: Successful, Heavily Oversubscribed, Bond Issue By The Republic...
On Monday September 11th, 2023, the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, through the Ministry of Finance, successfully issued US$560 million Senior Unsecured long 7-year Notes at a...
View ArticleMedia Release – Minister of Finance wins Appeal in the High Court brought by...
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to advise that this morning the Court of Appeal dismissed a challenge brought by Mr. Ravi Balgobin Maharaj against the Minister of Finance in...
View ArticleMedia Release: Foreign Exchange Supply and Demand
The Minister of Finance has noted with interest an editorial in the Sunday Express regarding foreign exchange supply and demand.The editorial correctly points out that the sales of foreign exchange to...
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Media Release: 2023/24 National Budget Presentation – Monday 2nd October 2023
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View ArticleMedia Release: The FIUTT does not act without Lawful Cause
The Financial Intelligence Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (“the FIUTT”) has always applied diligence and reverence for the law in the utilization of it powers. The FIUTT therefore ensures that when...
View ArticleMedia Release: The Minister Finance does not control Internal Banking...
The Minister of Finance has noted a lot of uninformed and speculative commentary in the public domain regarding a recent decision of Republic Bank to reduce credit card limits from US$10,000 to...
View ArticleMedia Release: T&T’s Credit strength and stability reaffirmed by rating...
On Monday October 16, 2023, CariCRIS, the regional credit rating agency, has reaffirmed the “high creditworthiness” ratings of CariAA (Foreign and Local Currency) on its regional scale, for the...
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Media Release – Ministers Imbert and Beckles-Robinson meet with Saudi Arabian...
The Honourable Colm Imbert Minister of Finance along with the Honourable Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, Minister of Planning and Development met with a visiting mission from the Saudi Arabian Fund for...
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