Sistema de financiamiento municipal urbano de Trinidad y Tobago
Trinidad y Tobago es una república parlamentaria. Existen dos tipos de gobierno local: corporaciones municipales en Trinidad y una única Cámara de la Asamblea en Tobago. Las principales leyes relativas a los gobiernos locales son la Municipal Corporations Act (Ley de Corporaciones Municipales) en Trinidad y el Tobago Island Government Bill (Proyecto de Ley del Gobierno Insular de Tobago), que recientemente ha salido a la luz para actualizar y reformar las funciones del gobierno de Tobago. En Trinidad, la Ley de Corporaciones Municipales se actualizó y reformó con el Proyecto de Ley de Reforma del Gobierno Local de 2019 en un intento de desarrollar mecanismos de descentralización que les permitieran recaudar y utilizar impuestos sobre la propiedad, así como multas y tasas.
En cambio, la Asamblea de Tobago no tiene autoridad para recaudar o aumentar los impuestos, excepto en nombre del Gobierno central. Los principales ingresos de los gobiernos locales de Trinidad y Tobago son las transferencias realizadas por el gobierno central, que son especialmente importantes para los ingresos de Tobago dado que no pueden recaudar sus propios ingresos.
Instituciones nacionales
- Central Statistical Office - Trinidad and Tobago
- Ministry of Finance - Trinidad and Tobago
- Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government - Trinidad and Tobago
- Treasure Department - Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad and Tobago Parliament - Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad and Tobago revenue authority - Trinidad and Tobago
Instituciones internacionales
- Banco de Desarrollo para América Latina (CAF)
- Banco Europeo de Inversiones
- Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID)
- Banco Mundial (BM)
- Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI)
- Fondo Verde del Clima
- La Organización Mundial de Ciudades y Gobiernos Locales Unidos (CGLU)
- Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE)
- Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el desarrollo (PNUD)
- Programa de las Naciones Unidas para los Asentamientos Humanos (ONU-HÁBITAT)
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Instrumentos de financiamiento
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This fund corresponds to the income which Tobago collects in forms of taxes, fees, duties, levies or others in behalf of the central government which is appopiated and distributed by the parliament for their use.
Base legal
The autonomy of the Tobago House of Assembly is partial, it does not have the power to collect and spend their own revenue but it can formulate and implement policy along with stablishing an annual budget approved by the central government.
4. The Preamble of the Constitution is amended by inserting after paragraph (c), the following paragraph: “ (ca) recognise- (i) the right to self-determination of the people of Trinidad and Tobago, including the right of the people of the Island of Tobago to determine in Tobago...
5. (1) In accordance with the powers under section 75(A) (1) (b) of the Constitution, the Tobago Executive Council shall have exclusive jurisdiction for the administration within Tobago of the matters set out in Schedule 1 ...
Section 53 of the Constitution is amended by renumbering that section as section 53(1) and inserting the following subsection: “(2) Subject to subsections (1) and (3), the Tobago Legislature may make laws for the peace, order and good government of Tobago with respect to the matters as...
The Constitution is amended by inserting after section 75, the following sections 75A. (1) There shall be a Tobago Executive Council which shall have- (a) the general direction and control of the Tobago Island Government and shall be collectively responsible therefor to the Tobago Le...
Except on the recommendation or with the consent of the Tobago Executive Council, the House of Assembly shall not – (a) proceed upon any Bill, including any amendment to a Bill, which in the opinion of the person presiding, makes provision for any of the following purposes: (i) for i...
In this section a public Bill which, in the opinion of the Presiding Officer in the Tobago Legislature, contains only provisions dealing with all or any of the following matters, namely: (a) the imposition, for the payment of debt or other financial purposes, of charges on public mone...
The Tobago House of Assembly can set an annual budget and send the proposal to the Central Goverment which will allocate the money in the Tobago Fund, besides the fees and fines that can impose for their services and use of facilities.
Parliament shall appropriate for the use of the House of Assembly for any financial year no less than 6.8 percent of the total sum appropriated by Parliament in that financial year or such other percentage to be determined by the Fiscal Review Committee and approved by the Parliament by...
(1) There shall be a fund to be called “the Tobago Fund” which shall consist of – (a) such monies as shall be appropriated by Parliament for the use of the Tobago Island Government; and (b) such other monies as the Tobago Island Government may lawfully collect, borrow or be granted. ...
The Tobago House of Assembly can only collect revenue in behalf of the central government and can only spend it with the approval of the ministry. Nevertheless they have the administrative faculty to manage the transferred resources.
1) Notwithstanding section 13 of the Exchequer and Audit Act, all revenue collected in Tobago on behalf of the Government and payable thereto in respect of activities undertaken or discharged in Tobago shall be paid into the Tobago Fund. (2) Upon the coming into force of this Act, an...
All expenditure incurred by the Tobago Island Government shall be paid out of the Tobago Fund. ...
The Secretary with responsibility for finance shall make Financial Rules as are necessary for the proper management of the finances of the Tobago Island Government which Rules shall be approved by the Tobago Legislature. ...
1. Agriculture 2. Community Development 3. Construction and maintenance of public buildings and the maintenance of the residences of the President and Prime Minister 4. Co-operatives 5. Culture and the Arts 6. Customs and Excise 7. Education including Curriculum...