Newly elected President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Clinton Urling has said that a point has now been reached in the protracted discourses between the government and the private sector on the issue of tax reform where there is need for “a timeline” for the effective and efficient” settling of the issue.
Addressing a media briefing shortly after his election to the presidency to succeed Komal Ramnauth, Urling said that while a proper assessment of the status of the dialogue between government and the private sector on the issue of tax reform is best sought through the Private Sector Commission (PSC) it was his view that the discussions had gone on for a considerable length of time though the outcome of a study conducted on the issue two years ago was yet to be known. The outcome of the survey, he said, ought to provide “a sense of where we are” on the issue. As President of the GCCI, Urling now represents the Chamber on a private sector group engaged in direct dialogue with government on the issue of tax reform.
Meanwhile, in his first statement to the media following his election to the GCCI presidency Urling said that the Chamber wanted to make clear its independent and non-partisan position, a
