The Minister of Finance, Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, today laid in the House of Representatives a package of Regulations required to operationalize the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property Act. The legislative package consists of a total of ten (10) individual Regulations.
In that Editorial the Express falsely claimed that the Minister of Finance was only making “darting references and piecemeal approaches” to address the “stark” problem of the shortfall between contributions and benefits in the National Insurance System (NIS) and went on to declare that rather than these “piecemeal” approaches, what was required was a comprehensive…
The Minister of Finance, Honourable Colm Imbert M.P., has taken note of an inaccurate and misleading article in today’s Trinidad Guardian regarding the planned replacement of old small-denomination cotton banknotes ($1, $5, $10, $20 and $50) with new polymer notes.In this article, the Guardian quotes Opposition politicians and known UNC activists who falsely and irresponsibly…
The Minister of Finance, Honourable Colm Imbert M.P. has noted a number of wild, misleading and inaccurate allegations made by Members of the Opposition UNC regarding the utilisation of withdrawals from the Heritage and Stabilization Fund (HSF) during the last year.The Opposition has claimed that the money withdrawn from the Fund was used to pay…
For two days in a row now, the Minister of Finance has observed Opposition MPs spreading false, inaccurate and misleading information, designed to create mischief.
The Minister of Finance, the Honourable Colm Imbert M.P., has observed that within the last month, Opposition MPs have made a habit of spreading false, inaccurate, misleading, and deliberately scandalous information regarding the Government’s relationship with multilateral funding agencies, such as the World Bank, the IMF, CAF and the IDB. A few weeks ago, the…
The Minister of Finance, the Honourable Colm Imbert, M.P., has taken note of an extremely misleading and untruthful headline and article in the Daily Express today, regarding statements he made in the Senate yesterday regarding a recent collective agreement between the National Insurance Board (NIB) and the Public Services Association (PSA). The Express has published…
The Minister of Finance/Corporation Sole, the Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to advise that yesterday February 25, 2021 officials of the Ministry of Finance, including himself, met with officials of Patriotic Energies and Technologies (Patriotic), at the request of Patriotic, to clarify any issues that may exist with respect to the details of the financing…
The Inland Revenue Division (IRD), is pleased to introduce a new service that allows Employers to file their PAYE Annual Return, TD4 Supplementary Forms (TD4 Certificates) and IT 76 Forms, online via its e-Tax platform
The Minister of Finance, the Hononourable Colm Imbert M.P., has taken note of comments made by spokesmen for Patriotic Energies and Technologies regarding the nature of its proposal to finance the purchase of the Point-a-Pierre Refinery and the Paria Fuel Trading Company.