MEDIA RELEASE: NOTICES OF VALUATION ARE NOT NOTICES OF PROPERTY TAX, PROPERTY...
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, has taken note of a misunderstanding regarding the meaning and effect of the Notices of Valuation which are being posted out to residential property...
View ArticleMedia Release: Transit Sheds for Clearing Cargo are Private Facilities, Not...
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, has taken note of an article in the Daily Express with the patently erroneous headline “Gun Theft at Customs”, which goes on to erroneously state that...
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Public Notice: Waiver of Penalties and Interest on National Insurance...
Waiver of Penalties and Interests on National Insurance Contributions Payable Under the National Insurance Act, Chap. 32:01 for the Waiver Period December 20th 2023 to January 31st, 2024. The Public...
View ArticleMedia Release: Fake profiles of the Minister of Finance being used for Scams...
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to alert the public to a disturbing trend of fake Facebook profiles and fake social media accounts being set up with variations of his name and...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE: NIF2 IS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to advise that the data so far on the recent NIF2 $400 million 5-year bond issue, which was offered to the public at an interest rate of 4.5% per...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE – CABINET, NOT JSCs, MAKES POLICY
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, has taken note of media coverage of a recent discussion in a Joint Select Committee of Parliament (JSC) where an Opposition MP proposed the imposition of...
View ArticleCAF donates USD 250,000 to assist in alleviating oil spill in Trinidad and...
CAF -Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean- approved a donation of USD 250,000 for Trinidad and Tobago, which will assist in alleviating the effects of the oil spill that has affected...
View ArticleMedia Release: Misconceptions regarding Government’s Decision on the 117th...
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, has taken note of a misconception in the public domain regarding the Government’s decision on the 117th Report of the Salaries Review Commission.It must...
View ArticleMedia Release: IMF Confirms that Trinidad and Tobago is Undergoing a...
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, is encouraged and heartened by the Staff Concluding Statement of the recent IMF 2024 Article IV Mission to Trinidad and Tobago, which predicts a positive...
View ArticleMedia Release: Ministry of Finance Statement on the Implementation of...
Madam Speaker, I am authorized by Cabinet to make the following statement regarding the implementation of Property Tax in Trinidad and Tobago.The Government has been making steady progress in the...
View ArticleSpeech by the Minister of Finance at the Launch of the Trinidad and Tobago...
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.I am delighted to be here to mark the launch of the Trinidad and Tobago Mortgage Bank, as it represents a significant milestone in the Government’s thrust to offer...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE – PUBLICATION OF THE SIMPLIFIED PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS, 2024
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to advise that on April 5, 2024, he signed into law, with the agreement of the Office of Procurement Regulation (“OPR”), the Public Procurement...
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Media Release – Public Service Commission promotes officers in the Ministry...
The Public Service Commission has promoted Mrs. Suzette Taylor-Lee Chee in the office of Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Ms. Yasmin Harris in the office of Comptroller of Customs and...
View ArticleMedia Release – Investigation into an Understatement of Revenue for the...
Today, the Cabinet approved the composition of a Team recommended by the Minister of Finance to investigate the understatement of revenue for the financial year 2023 and related matters.The...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE: CORRECTLY DATED AMENDED PUBLIC ACCOUNTS WERE SUBMITTED TO...
Based on current media coverage, which is not unexpectedly slanted towards the sensational, the Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to dispel the notion that still persists in some...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE: ATTEMPTED SABOTAGE OF THE WATER SUPPLY AND AIR-CONDITIONING...
On April 30, 2024, an individual gained unauthorised access to the top floor of the Ministry of Finance Head Office Building at the Eric Williams Financial Complex by pretending to be a member of an...
View ArticleReport of the Auditor General on the Public Accounts of the Republic of...
I act on behalf of the Minister of Finance (“the Minister”) who has passed to me a copy of your letter to him dated 28’h April 2024 with instructions that I respond to same on his behalf.Your letter...
View ArticleResponse of Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Colm Imbert to Pre –Action Protocol...
I refer to your pre-action protocol letter dated 12’h May 2024 addressed to the Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Colm Imbert, setting out the grounds of your client’s proposed claim for judicial review...
View ArticleUNDERSTATEMENT OF REVENUE FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 2023 AND...
MEDIA RELEASES Investigation into an Understatement of Revenue for the Financial Year Ended September 2023 and Related Events...
View ArticleMedia Release: Civil App. No. P 351 of 2023 Terrisa Dhoray v. The Attorney...
The Minister of Finance, Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to advise that today the Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed the appeal in Civil App. No. P 351 of 2023 Terrisa Dhoray v. The Attorney...
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