Ministry of Finance

Feature Address by the Honourable Colm Imbert, Minister of Finance at the Official Launch of the National Financial Inclusion Survey Report (2023) at One FinTech Avenue on Tuesday 20th August 2024

It’s my pleasure to further the cause of making financial inclusion a national priority. Over the last few years, through in-depth surveys, we have been able to gather significant information on the state of financial inclusion in Trinidad and Tobago.Financial inclusion means that individuals and businesses have easy access to affordable and useful financial products […]

Opening Remarks by the Honourable Minister of Finance at the 4th Dialogue on Governance for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean on Wednesday 14 August, 2024 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Port of Spain

I wish to congratulate CAF – the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for their foresight in emphasising the critical importance of effective governance in the Caribbean and Latin America. In the face of the current global challenges and the protracted recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, […]

Media Release: Further Extension of Time for the Board of Inland Revenue to Issue Notices of Assessment

The Ministry of Finance wishes to advise that the time period for the Board of Inland Revenue to issue a Notice of Assessment has been further extended from July 31, 2024 to August 16, 2024 vide Legal Notice No. 132 of 2024 (see the Legal Notice attached). This has become necessary to permit the Board […]

Media Release – Inaccurate and Misleading article in the Trinidad Guardian on Debt Financing and Government Borrowing

The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, has taken note of a very misleading article in today’s Trinidad Guardian newspaper entitled “Government Borrows $14B in 9 months” This article gives an entirely false impression that as a result of massive Government borrowing, the public debt increased by over $14 billion between October 2023 and […]

Public Notice – Online Fraudsters are trying to Trick you

Freedom of Information Act, Chapter 22:02 (FOIA)- Ministry of Finance – Updated Public Statement 2023

Updated Public Statement 2023 in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, Chapter 22:02 (FOIA) published with the approval of the Honourable Minister Of Finance

Media Release: Extension of Time for the Board of Inland Revenue to Issue Notices of Assessment of Property Tax

The Minister of Finance, Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to advise that the time period for the Board of Inland Revenue to issue Notices of Assessment of Property Tax has been extended from June 30, 2024, to July 31, 2024, vide Legal Notice No. 115 of 2024 (see the Legal Notice attached). This has become […]

Media Release: The True Effect of the Stay granted in Civil App. No. CA P351 of 2023 Terrisa Dhoray v. The Attorney General and the Trinidad and Tobago Revenue Authority