{"id":5606,"date":"2026-10-12T16:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/?p=5606"},"modified":"2026-10-12T16:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:06:09","slug":"government-proposes-doubling-penalty-for-false-customs-declarations-from-125-000-to-250-000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/?p=5606","title":{"rendered":"Government Proposes Doubling Penalty for False Customs Declarations from $125,000 to $250,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Trinidad and Tobago Government has announced plans to double the penalty under Section 212 of the Customs Act from $125,000 to $250,000 as part of efforts to strengthen customs compliance.<\/p>\n<p>Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo announced the proposed increase during his presentation of the 2027 National Budget in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Tancoo said the measure is intended to deter false customs declarations and encourage greater compliance with existing customs legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed adjustment represents a 100 per cent increase in the current penalty, significantly raising the potential financial consequences for offences covered by the relevant provision.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister identified January 1, 2027, as the intended implementation date.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement forms part of a wider package of measures targeting revenue administration, tax compliance and customs enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The proposed increase doubles the existing penalty for offences under the specified Customs Act provision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trinidad-and-tobago"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}