CHAPTER 75:01 - Inland Revenue Division

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received tertiary education, save that where a claim for a deduction is also
made under subsection (4), (4A) or (7), the aggregate deduction under this
subsection and subsection (4), (4A) or (7) shall be limited to eighteen
thousand dollars for each spouse. Act 39 of 2000*
Act 91 of 2000**
(11) For the avoidance of doubt -
(a) a person may not claim a deduction under subsection (9) where a
claim is made under subsection (10); and
(b) the aggregate deduction that may be claimed by both spouses
under subsection (10) shall not also exceed the total expenditure
actually incurred under subsection (4), (4A), (7) and (10). Act 39 of 2000*
Act 91 of 2000**
10A(1) For the purpose of ascertaining the chargeable income of a person for
a year of income from a trade or business including commercial farming
carried out on an approved agricultural holding, there shall be allowed
promotional expenses wholly and exclusively incurred in order to create or
promote the expansion of foreign markets for the export of -
Promotional Expenses
(a) architectural, engineering, design, quantity surveying or contracting
services in connection with the building industry where such
services are performed by a person resident in Trinidad and
Tobago for a recipient who is outside Trinidad and Tobago; or
(b) goods and agricultural produce manufactured or produced in
Trinidad and Tobago and shipped in commercial quantities;
equivalent to one hundred and fifty percent of the amount
actually expended.
*Effective 1 st January 2000
**Effective 1 st January 1999
(2) A person granted an allowance under this section is not entitled to a
deduction under section 10 in respect of the expenses referred to in
subsection (1).
(3) A person may only qualify for an allowance under this section in
respect of promotional expenses incurred in order to create or promote the
expansion of foreign markets for the export of services referred to in
subsection (1)(a) or goods and agricultural produce manufactured or
produced in Trinidad and Tobago, where the services or goods and
agricultural produce have been exported as a result of such expenditure.
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