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Khurshid Sattaur
Commissioner General
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GRA relaxes drivers licence requirement for eligible headteachers’ duty free concession
The Guyana Revenue Authority is relaxing the requirement of a driver’s licence for headteachers qualifying for tax exemption to purchase a motor vehicle which resulted from negotiations between the government and the Guyana Teachers Union.
This announcement was made by the Commissioner-General Mr. Khurshid Sattaur today. Mr. Sattaur said that initially the GRA had required that headteachers, who were eligible for such exemption as determined by the Cabinet, submit their driver’s licence along with a personal application, recommendation from the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Proof of address, their Taxpayer Identification Number, a copy of passport of National Identification card showing name and Date Of Birth, a quotation/invoice of vehicle to be purchased, and a Remission Unit Tax Exemption Application.
“The GRA has been bombarded with queries about accessing these concessions,” Mr. Sattaur pointed out noting that the process has not been as easy as the GRA expected it to be
He noted that Cabinet has since issued a directive and the GRA will be implementing the directive to grant the exemptions to teachers even though they may not be in possession of a valid drivers licence for a period of eight months.
Mr. Sattaur said that the eight months is a grace period for which those who qualify for the exemption to obtain their personal driver’s licence.
“It means that they are entitled to uplift their letter once they provide the GRA with the other required information,” Mr. Sattaur said.
Mr. Sattaur said that the GRA is having some ongoing discussion with the Ministry of Education about relaxing some other requirements that may have been satisfied since teachers would have made their initial requests for their entitlement to be processed.
Eligible headteachers may download the Remission Exemption Application form from the GRA’s website www.revenuegy.org) and are encouraged their documents at the earliest possible time so that the GRA may process their exemption applications.
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