THE coalition has raised the minimum basic salary in the public service to $64,000, which reflected a progressive increase since the administration took office. Touching on incomes during his

…as gov’t lifts income tax threshold to $65,000 SOME $805M will be refunded to taxpayers as government announced the lifting of the income tax threshold from $60,000 to $65,000,

FINANCE Minister, Winston Jordan unveiled a range of measures to help the private sector here during the presentation of the $300.7B 2019 budget in the National Assembly on Monday.

…VAT collections expected to be 14.3 per cent higher than 2017 The Government of Guyana is expecting total revenue collection to be in the order of $216.9 billion by

IN its continued thrust to build a ‘green’ economy, government has proposed a range of tax incentives for companies utilising alternate energy technologies; renewable energy options, such as gasifiers

By Lisa Hamilton, Vishani Ragobeer COMING out of the presentation of Budget 2019 pegged the highest ever at $300.7B, several ministers of government were proud to throw their support

GOVERNMENT has set aside $1 billion in the 2019 budget as fiscal transfers to support the operations and community works of the local democratic organs (LDOs) and has earmarked

…body scanner to detect contraband on the cards THE National Budget for 2019, which was presented by Minister of Finance Winston Jordan on Monday, has made provision of $35.6

MINISTER of Finance Winston Jordan has confirmed that a draft of Guyana’s Green State Development Strategy (GSDS) has been completed. “I am pleased to indicate that a draft of

…full complement of judges, magistrates for 2019 GOVERNMENT will be expanding legal aid access in 2019, including legal assistance in the defence of minor and non-violent offenders, as well