We lease the land i think .16 Jan 2021 14:41
This is from July 2020.
Property taxes
The moratorium on the payment of the property tax ended on 30 September 2017. However, incomplete land and property valuation assessment rolls and legal challenges have led to non-collection of the tax since its reinstatement.
All ‘land’ in Trinidad and Tobago is subject to property tax. Land under the Property Taxes Act (PTA) is broadly defined to include land covered with water and all buildings, structures, machinery, plant, pipelines, cables, and fixtures erected or placed upon, in, over, under, or affixed to land. The PTA stipulates the process for arriving at the quantum of tax payable as follows:
The Commissioner of Valuations is to assess the annual rental value (ARV) of the property.
For the purposes of computing the ARV where a rental value is not readily available, the capital cost of the property is used and converted by applying the following factors:
Residential: 3.5%.
Commercial: 5%.
Industrial: 5%.
Plant and machinery not housed in a building: 3%.
The Board of Inland Revenue (BIR) will determine the annual taxable value (ATV) using the ARV less such deductions as it sees fit for voids or loss of rent of 10% of the ARV.
The applicable tax rate is then applied to the ATV, as follows:
Agricultural property: 1%.
Residential property: 3%.
Commercial property: 5%.
Industrial plant and machinery housed in a building: 6%.
Plant and machinery not housed in a building: 3%.