Property Tax in Trinidad & Tobago

[sMASH]

^^ how they getting the documents...

[car]

Documents are only to aid in the evaluation process. Even if no documents are submitted they still going to find a way to assign a rentable value to you.
Once you occupy a home you will pay tax even if the legal owner is dead.
Government primary mission right now is to collect tax dollars. All the little discrepancy will be sorted out in the following years.
Government spent millions to put this system in place. They going to recover their cost and more.

Somebody remind meh when the gas subsidy will be gone.

[DVSTT]

Do ministers pay property tax?

[*$kїđž!™]

Ent allyuh vote for this?

[viedcht]

Ah wonder who jamming still?

[JF.K]

Ah wonder who jamming still?

Duh... all d blind dumb deaf PNMites..
Yuh eh hearing ah squeak of complaints.
They actually defending d sheit.

Everybody know that money for corruption running out...
Property Tax is a buffer

[brainchild]

Why all the beat up? Just don't pay it, then take them to court and fight it. That's how REAL change occurs

[EFFECTIC DESIGNS]

I did not vote for this

I suggest that we force Rowley to call a snap election and vote him out and reinstate the Cabal.

[The_Honourable]

what about the ppl who living on land for over 65 years and the owner dead donkey years before that, who paying that tax

More than likely, the tax receipt will state the deceased persons name in addition to the following "Or Current Occupier"... similar to a WASA bill.

[zoom rader]

Jah bless what you voted for

[Gem_in_i]

i would assume there must be some valuation dispute procedure as well
Also who are the govt valuators ?
To my knowledge govt doesn't have any or at least in capacity to do nationwide property valuations
A monumental task.

If they gonna subcontract certified valuators.......$$$$$ to be made
Plus folks gonna want to do their own private valuations

There are Valuation Officers attached to the District Revenue Offices.
They do site visits when you transfer land, property etc.

[car]

i would assume there must be some valuation dispute procedure as well
Also who are the govt valuators ?
To my knowledge govt doesn't have any or at least in capacity to do nationwide property valuations
A monumental task.

If they gonna subcontract certified valuators.......$$$$$ to be made
Plus folks gonna want to do their own private valuations

There are Valuation Officers attached to the District Revenue Offices.
They do site visits when you transfer land, property etc.

I believe they have contracted out extra workers to to this for a few months. This is one of the most important steps as collecting the correct data is what going to bring in the money for the government.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

walking through the capitalll yesterday and yeah ah PNM mite say in d US people pay property tax so Rowly just trying to reach first world status..

mind fcked after that statement

[Les Bain]

Ah boy, Jwala musbe have an extra smugness in his smile now. They fire him for speaking the truth, cacklers join in to laugh at him, now is tax in we FMC cause the PNM has no plan how to generate revenue when the wheels fall of the gravy train.

[src1983]

I does tell all the young people now to migrate yes.

Government going and tax us more, but cool with overpaying paying JS, Coosal etc for roads that last 2-5 years.

Plus the citizen doesn't have a say in projects that government find fit, so if the PM get a vaps and decide to build a pyramid we can't do crap besides vote him out. Then the UNC will win on promising

1. Changed party
2. No corruption
3. Party of the people

Then come to give all their friends contracts to build more poor quality stuff

Endless cycle of raping

[car]

Now read that there will be a $500 penalty for not submitting the forms

[Average]

So we're being forced to do this and there are people defending it...guess they living by mammy and daddy and have not one MC to cater for.

[src1983]

Just called the hotline (wait time 2 mins *surprising*)

Any way for those living in a townhouse compound like me, it was confirmed that the property company will be liable for the tax at the residential rate as this is purpose of the property.

Also the Valuator will place a total value by looking at the town houses/apartments.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

also spoke to the people...according to them, all the documents in the checklist MUST be provided at some point in time...so my question still stands: what is the deal with those who don't have approval, completion certificates etc etc...real lolzzz...what about them squatters

[car]

also spoke to the people...according to them, all the documents in the checklist MUST be provided at some point in time...so my question still stands: what is the deal with those who don't have approval, completion certificates etc etc...real lolzzz...what about them squatters

In time you will have to get your documents in order. In the coming years.
Right now government just looking for you to start paying the tax. They want no delays in collect the tax $.

[urbandilema]

[urbandilema]

But I have a silly question here would this affect the price of buying or even real estate for the future

[GeneralHonda]

How long was this info. up/made available to the public?

[src1983]

But I have a silly question here would this affect the price of buying or even real estate for the future

Nah for the person buying the property $4M for the person paying tax on the property $2M

That's how stuff works in Trinidad

[hydroep]

Now read that there will be a $500 penalty for not submitting the forms

Heard this on the radio as well.

[Monkey Man]

Now read that there will be a $500 penalty for not submitting the forms

Heard this on the radio as well.

hope it wasnt from those 'educated' urban announcers. most of them shouldnt be within miles of a microphone

[hydroep]

^Dale and Tony's i95.5 FM Morning Show, words spoken by Mr. Enoch himself.

They also had Prakash Ramadhar on the phone, who alleged that the PP's version of the property tax was resisted by certain elements intent on keeping the system we are witnessing now. He may elaborate when he's back in the country.

[16 cycles]

http://www.finance.gov.tt/propertytax/

^property tax and forms that can be printed for submission...not sure if it was posted already...

[Chimera]

i would assume there must be some valuation dispute procedure as well
Also who are the govt valuators ?
To my knowledge govt doesn't have any or at least in capacity to do nationwide property valuations
A monumental task.

If they gonna subcontract certified valuators.......$$$$$ to be made
Plus folks gonna want to do their own private valuations

There are Valuation Officers attached to the District Revenue Offices.
They do site visits when you transfer land, property etc.

Those valuation.officers take up to two years to come do a valuation

[meccalli]

So we have to guess what our houses' rental values are?
(c) If occupied by owner or relatives – rental value thereof –

State the rental value that the property can attract, if it were to be placed in the market for rent