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SHAL­IZA HAS­SANALI

The Gov­ern­ment’s move to im­pose tax­es on lo­cal artistes will be ad­dressed by the Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans Or­gan­i­sa­tion (TU­CO) af­ter Car­ni­val 2026.

This com­mit­ment was giv­en by TU­CO’s pres­i­dent, Ains­ley King, dur­ing an in­ter­view with Guardian Me­dia, as the first at­tempt by the Gov­ern­ment to get stake­hold­ers to pay tax­es on monies earned for Car­ni­val, more than a decade ago, had failed.