Should Ministers get personal vehicle tax exemptions?

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

This group is calling for the removal of vehicle tax exemptions for Ministers



Should Ministers get vehicle tax exemptions?

Can anyone confirm the image is true?

[Dizzy28]

In austere times like now........ . No!!

[Monkey Man]

if the times are so hard, they too should make a sacrifice

i mean people losing their entire jobs right now. and its not like Ministers are sufferahs..... well most of them.

[Sundar]

No they should not. Also their allowances should be reduced if not removed.

[K74T]

Not at all

[sleepertercel]

Agreed with the views so far. These allowances are a perk of office, and cutting these out will assist with sharing the load of cutbacks across the board.

[toyolink]

I have always felt that this particular facility extended to various office holder must be conditional eg
-Vehicles must be limited by engine size, fuel type, match to purpose, and value of exemption capped by office.
In addition the availability of this facility must be limited by time (eg once every 5 years).
I do believe there are some conditionalities at present but generally they are quite slack and its actually viewed by many office holders as a very significant financial benefit.
If the MOF used the facility to buy a Mustang as described, he really doesn't believe his own rhetoric.

[snypaz]

I agree. They should share the burden and their personal vehicles taxed like everyone else. Also didn't know short man bought a Mustang.

[88sins]

when the talk of exemptions from them getting a salary on the whole start, then we go talk

[dude2014]

hell no. anyone no if dey paying they 5% to a charity or organisation of there choice?

Can Earnest and nut so old audit dis for me please?

[agent007]

Is this really true guys, that Minister Imbert owns and drives a 2017 Ford Mustang GT purchased from ANSA Automotive?

[16 cycles]

http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2017-10-03/ministers-take-five-cent-pay-cut

“There is something that we have not publicised. The Cabinet took a five per cent pay cut last year because we were mandated by the Prime Minister to take five per cent of our salaries and give it to charity. We have all been doing that but we did not publicised it. Perhaps we should have.”

Every month, Imbert said he gives $2,000 from his salary.

“And that is on gross. That is not after tax….that is before tax. I give $2,000 a month in various charities to my constituency and all of us were mandated to do that. So we have been sacrificing for quite a while.”

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[The_Honourable]

Is this really true guys, that Minister Imbert owns and drives a 2017 Ford Mustang GT purchased from ANSA Automotive?

It is a rumor circulating on facebook UNC pages but no pics of this car locally or any confirmation as yet.

But i would not doubt it.

[agent007]

Hmm okay thanks

[Rovin]

massa cyar be jivin arong in tiida like us commoners

they doing a excellent job so yes give them it free too ........

[Playerz]

Ah feel imps want us to be like India and tote we family in a rickskaw and drive scooters..purely backward thinking cuz they doh want people the middle class people driving luxury vehicles like them

[88sins]

donating 5% of your income to a charity is NOT a pay cut. but that selfish burro would think it is would't he
anyway, time to remove the other 95%

[SSSavage]

This group is calling for the removal of vehicle tax exemptions for Ministers



Should Ministers get vehicle tax exemptions?

Can anyone confirm the image is true?

The last people in this country who should get text exemption is the rich ministers..

[SSSavage]

One word. No.

[RedVEVO]

Is this really true guys, that Minister Imbert owns and drives a 2017 Ford Mustang GT purchased from ANSA Automotive?

Will check for you later ..

Do you need photos as well ?

[agent007]

Hi RedVEVO, actually I have an update on this as a visual check of one of his main properties revealed nothing. Perhaps he is driving it today hence the reason why it wasn’t there at the time. If you do manage to get a photo, by all means share it, thanks.

[*KRONIK*]

Inside....to say "NO"

[vaiostation]

I'm pretty sure both kamla and Rowley would hold hands together in agreeing with these tax exemptions, in fact they would go so far as to call for greater exemptions.

If I recall correctly, the only time the unc and pnm agreed on anything under the last government was when it came to an increase in salaries and benefits for themselves.
Don't know if they gt with it though...

[Morpheus]

The higher your position/salary the more perks you get. Never made sense to me. The poor people need help, not the rich.

BTW, no!

[cryotec]

the mustang gt is only 35kusd ... that is about the price of a ioniq down here. am i missing something?

[skylinechild]

minister should pay his taxes.... it's his personal vehicle...let him pay it..

if it was for official office use...then ok...np.

[16 cycles]

political fall out might be too much.....better to keep it under a cover or 'rent' to a friend...

at least he didn't buy a car from Dole



if he bought a nismo gtr - I'd have no problem with him escaping the tax / srs

[skylinechild]

all this talk...why he didnt buy a hybrid .???...or talk to the manufacturer association and buy a local car ???

why the forex drain.????

[Ben_spanna]

All exemptions should be put on HOLD and their allowances for transport and communication should be restricted to less than half of what they would normally be able to claim,

[RBphoto]

I do believe they need a vehicle. Either they get the allowance or don't get to use the black SUV's to cut through traffic and leave their car sitting down home. One or the other. Also, limit their exemption to the tax to be borne on engines less than 1600CC displacement. They should pay the stipulated amount per CC of displacement just as we are. They have used this tax to keep the Population away from luxury vehicles. We should not have to pay for them to have "luxury" vehicles.