This year members of the Public Service will not be paying income tax on their retroactive wage increases which were recently announced by the Ministry of Finance.
According to an Extra-ordinary Gazette dated November 23rd, the Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, has approved a waiver of taxes on the retroactive percentage increases in salaries for public servants for the period January 1st to December 31st, 2018. The waiver comes via the issuance of regulations under the Income Tax Act.
For the fourth consecutive year, government has imposed a wage increase on the public service, a move which has outraged the trade union community.
