Media Release: Ministry of Finance Achieves a Very Successful International...
The Minister of Finance, the Honourable Colm Imbert M.P., wishes to advise that the Ministry of Finance today achieved a very successful US$500 million Republic of Trinidad and Tobago International...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE: Payment of Compensation to Property Owners in the Construction...
The Minister of Finance, the Honourable Colm Imbert, M.P., in conjunction with the Honourable Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly, Assemblyman Ancil Dennis, wishes to advise that approval...
View ArticleMedia Release: Calculation of Customs Duties and Taxes Payable on Online...
The Customs and Excise Division has become aware of numerous complaints re: charges applied to items purchased by members of the public and imported via Express Consignment Cargo Reporters (Courier...
View ArticleMedia Release – APPLICATION FOR VAT BONDS
VAT Registrants are reminded that the Board of Inland Revenue (BIR) continues to accept applications for VAT Bonds. Application forms can be accessed at the Inland Revenue Division’s (IRD) website at...
View ArticleJOINT MEDIA RELEASE -FINANCIAL SECTOR REGULATORS ON “PYRAMID SCHEMES”...
The Financial System Regulatory Authorities: the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission (TTSEC), the Financial Intelligence Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (FIU) and the Central Bank of...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE – 2021 NATIONAL BUDGET
The Minister of Finance, the Honourable Colm Imbert M.P., wishes to advise that the 2021 National Budget will be presented in the House of Representatives on Monday 5th October, 2020. Click to view...
View ArticleMedia Release: THE WAIVER OF VAT AND OPT ON LAPTOPS, NOTEBOOKS AND TABLETS
The Honourable Colm Imbert, Minister of Finance, has taken note of information in the public domain regarding the waiver of taxes on computers and wishes to confirm that the required legal orders for...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE -ERRONEOUS AND MISLEADING EXPRESS ARTICLE ON THE 2021 BUDGET
The Minister of Finance, the Honourable Colm Imbert, M.P., has taken note of a grossly inaccurate article in today’s Trinidad Express headlined “Imbert – Brace for Covid-19 Budget”. Click to view...
View ArticleMedia Release: Acquisition of CL Marine Limited and its subsidiaries by the...
The Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (“the Government”) has completed the acquisition of CL Marine Limited and its subsidiaries, a commercial drydocking facility located in the...
View ArticlePayment of Compensation to Property Owners in the Construction of a new...
The Minister of Finance, the Honourable Colm Imbert, M.P., in conjunction with the Honourable Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly, Assemblyman Ancil Dennis, wishes to advise that approval...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE – GRACE PERIOD FOR IMPOSITION OF INCREASED TAXES AND IMPORT...
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, M.P., wishes to advise that at its meeting last week, Cabinet agreed that with respect to the announcement made in the 2021 Budget Statement regarding an...
View ArticleMedia Release: e-Tax Services are available to Taxpayers
The Board of Inland Revenue (BIR) has taken note of reports circulating in the public domain regarding interruptions in accessing the Inland Revenue Division’s (IRD) e-Tax Service. The BIR wishes to...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE – PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE...
The Minister of Finance, the Honourable Colm Imbert, M.P., in conjunction with the Honourable Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly, Assemblyman Ancil Dennis, wishes to advise that approval...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE – THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE AMENDMENTS TO THE PUBLIC...
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, M.P., has taken note of commentary in the media regarding the proposed amendments to Section 7 of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property Act,...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE: EXPRESS EDITORIAL ON CENTRAL BANK GROSSLY INACCURATE
The Minister of Finance, the Hon. Colm Imbert, M.P., has taken note of an editorial in Daily Express of Wednesday December 16, 2020, which defied logic. Click to view...
View ArticleMedia Release: Re-Appointment of Dr. Alvin Hilaire as Governor of the Central...
On Wednesday 23rd December, 2020, the Hon. Colm Imbert, Minister of Finance, presented instruments of appointment to Dr. Alvin Hilaire as Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago (CBTT),...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE – ASYCUDA 4.2.2 BRINGS NEW FEATURES AND GREATER EFFICIENCY
The Ministry of Finance wishes to announce that the Customs and Excise Division has upgraded to ASYCUDA World 4.2.2. It introduces many new features that are geared towards improving the quality of...
View ArticleMedia Release – GoRTT Grants Patriotic a further 15 days to Secure Financing...
The Corporation Sole wishes to inform the public of the following Cabinet decision with respect to the acquisition of the Petrotrin Refinery. Click to view...
View ArticleMedia Release: False and Misleading Article in the Sunday Guardian Regarding...
The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, has taken note of a false, misleading, and mischievous article in the Sunday Guardian, entitled “Imbert Wrong on NP Wage Settlement” written by Curtis...
View ArticleMedia Release: Guardian Media Publishes Erroneous Article on Petrotrin...
The Minister of Finance, Honourable Colm Imbert M.P. is forced to yet again correct a media inaccuracy from the Trinidad Guardian. In today’s (19th February, 2021) article entitled “Cabinet rejects...
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