00:00In a post on the social media platform X on Saturday, Finance Minister Colm Imbert announced
00:05a new deadline for the payment of the property tax, which in the first instance applies to
00:11residential property owners.
00:13On September 23, the Finance Ministry announced that the deadline for the payment of property
00:18tax had been extended from September 30, 2024 to November 29, 2024.
00:24In his post on X on Saturday, November 2, Finance Minister Imbert announced a second
00:30extension of that original September 30 deadline.
00:34The Finance Minister announced that the deadline for the delivery by the BIR of Property Tax
00:41Notices to Owners has been extended to November 29, 2024, and the deadline for payment of
00:47property tax for 2024 extended to December 20, 2024.
00:54The Finance Minister also reposted a post from the Finance Ministry on X, which said
00:59the Board of Inland Revenue is pleased to advise the public that effective November
01:031, 2024, in addition to its San Fernando and Port of Spain regional offices, payments can
01:10now be made via links at the BIR's district revenue offices.
01:15The list of taxes that can be paid via links include the property tax.
01:21During his speech at the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange Limited's 2024 Capital Markets
01:26Conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port of Spain on Wednesday, the Finance Minister
01:32said he was pleased to report that First Citizens Bank will go live on that day, October 30,
01:39to provide an electronic banking facility to allow property owners to pay their property
01:44tax online in the same way they currently pay their utility bills.
01:49The Finance Minister said other commercial banks will follow with their e-banking platforms
01:53shortly and, in the near future, payment of taxes online by a credit card will be facilitated.
02:00On Saturday, Minister Inbritt announced on X that online payments via Republic Bank are
02:05planned to go live by next week Friday latest.
02:09Jule Brown, TV6 News.
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