IN light of the novel coronavirus pandemic and the economic hardships faced by public servants and owners of businesses in the City, the Georgetown City Council is offering a period of amnesty on the interest on General Rates and Taxes for the remainder of the year, 2020.

This was disclosed by Georgetown’s Mayor, Pandit Ubraj Narine, via a telephone interview with the Guyana Chronicle, on Tuesday.

The Amnesty took effect from June 22 and will end December 30, 2020.
In a statement, the M&CC said that the amnesty was part of expanded tax relief for individuals and businesses as part of the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated financial impact caused by it. It added that while it has offered the tax relief/waiver on the interest for general rates and taxes for the year 2020, interest owed from previous years remains unaffected.

Rate payers are asked to take advantage of the waiver on the interest for General Rates and Taxes for the year 2020.

The Public is hereby urged to contact the office of the Town Clerk, via telephone number 226- 7717, for any additional information.

During an amnesty period in 2017, the Council received over $127 million dollars in arrears. The money received was owed to the council over a period of two decades.
Non-payment of rates and taxes hinders the works of the council. Such works include drainage, road repairs, cleaning and greening of parks, gardens and open spaces, garbage collection and disposal and enforcement of compliance to the country’s by-laws and building codes, and public health and environmental services, in all local communities. The Council is owed in excess of $22 billion