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Senator: Account for drop in property tax

The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Independent Senator Sunity Maharaj - Photo courtesy Parliament INDEPENDENT Senator Sunity Maharaj on April 22 said someone must explain the reduction in property tax from three to two per cent of rental value of a property. She was speaking in the Senate on Independent Senator Anthony Vieira's private motion urging an overhaul of the Commissions of Enquiry Act. 'Who is being held accountable? There must be an explanation.' Maharaj said […]

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