GRA explains 2016 motor vehicle licence fee problems

Feb 11, 2017 News

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday assured that the problems with the charges for vehicle licences will soon be fixed.
GRA, in a statement, said that motorists may have been baffled or perturbed by the requirement to pay additional fees while renewing motor vehicle licences.
They explained: “The 2016 Budget provided for an increase in motor vehicle licences and other fees effective March 14, 2016, under the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act Cap: 51:02, relating to motor vehicle licences and other fees including Registration, Transfers, Certificate of Fitness, Driver’s Test of Competence, General Dealers Licence etc.”
Prior to the passage of the 2016 National Budget, GRA said it suspended the processing of transactions for Drivers’ Licence, Transfer of Registration, Certificate of Fitness, Driver’s Test of Competence and General Dealer Licence, with the exception of the sale of Motor Vehicle Licences.
“This exception was necessary since consideration was given to the difficulties that the Guyana Police Force would have encountered in taking enforcement action on delinquent motorists after the grace period of the Sale of Motor Vehicle Licences, given the fact that Motor Vehicle Licences now expire on the anniversary date of the motor vehicle registration and not on December 31, 2016.”
Consequent to the Budget 2016, the increase in Motor Vehicle Licence fees were being charged effective from January 1, 2016 instead of March 14, 2016 when the bill was assented by the President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.
This has since been corrected, GRA disclosed.
“Motorists with renewal dates between January 1 and March 13, 2016 were required to pay the old fee and any additional fees paid when the licences were renewed will be offset on their next renewal date in 2018.
Motorists with renewal dates between March 14 and December 31, 2016 were subject to the new/ increased fees and any renewal done using the old fee would require to pay the difference of the increase fee at the next renewal date in 2018.”

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