On December 05, 2025, the Honourable Davendranath Tancoo, Minister of Finance welcomed His Excellency Guillaume Pierre, Ambassador of the French Republic to Trinidad and Tobago, and other representatives of the French Embassy for a courtesy meeting. Also present, was the Ministry of Finance’s Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Suzette Taylor-Lee Chee. During the discussions, Minister Tancoo highlighted…
The Treasury Division wishes to advise that the payment of Government Salaries and Pensions for September, 2025 will be made on the undermentioned dates: –
The FIUTT has released a Best Practices Paper to support financial institutions and listed businesses (Reporting Entities) in enhancing their compliance frameworks.
The public is kindly advised that due to the ongoing inclement weather and staff constraints, the Paybranch Unit of the Treasury Division located on St Vincent Street, Port of Spain will be temporarily closed for business today, Friday June 13th 2025. However, all other services will remain open between the hours of 8.00 am to…
It is my distinct honour to stand before you today at this landmark event—the commissioning of state-of-the-art Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) scanners at the Port of Port of Spain. This event confirms the Government’s commitment to strengthening national security, enhancing trade facilitation, and ensuring efficiency in our port operations.With more than 300,000 containers passing through the…
In accordance with Section 18 of the Financial Intelligence Unit of Trinidad and Tobago Act, Chap. 72:01, the Director of the FIUTT submitted to the Minister of Finance its Annual Report for 2024. This Report was laid in Parliament by the Minister, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, on Wednesday, February 8, 2025. The following are some…
On December 16, 2024, Moody’s affirmed Trinidad and Tobago’s rating at Ba2 with a Stable outlook. This affirmation is underpinned by the country’s return to sustained growth, primarily driven by the non-energy sector.Despite lower-than-projected energy revenues in fiscal year 2024, which have increased the fiscal deficit to 4.8% of GDP from 1.7% in fiscal year…
The Minister of Finance, Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to advise that in keeping with the Budget Statement for the Financial Year 2025, there is a waiver of all Customs Duty, Valued Added Tax, and Online Purchase Tax on the following, effective January 1, 2025 (see Legal Notice Nos. 249, 250 and 251 of 2024…
The Minister of Finance, Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to advise that the Tax Amnesty and National Insurance Amnesty introduced by the Finance Act 2024, which expired on December 31, 2024, will be extended to January 31, 2025. In this regard, the necessary Orders to extend the deadline will be published by tomorrow, Friday, January…