Ministry clarifies TD4 collection process for teachers

The Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion has clar­i­fied the pro­ce­dure for the col­lec­tion and dis­tri­b­u­tion of TD4 tax slips fol­low­ing com­plaints from teach­ers that they have been un­able to ac­cess the doc­u­ments need­ed to file tax­es and claim an­nu­ities.

Teach­ers told Guardian Me­dia that the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion had not pro­vid­ed them with TD4 slips and that when they at­tempt­ed to col­lect them from paysheets staff, they were re­port­ed­ly told that school su­per­vi­sors would col­lect and dis­trib­ute the doc­u­ments when they had the time.

In a state­ment, the min­istry said TD4 slips are pre­pared cen­tral­ly and for­ward­ed to the re­spec­tive Dis­trict Ed­u­ca­tion Of­fices.

It said school prin­ci­pals and ad­min­is­tra­tors are re­quired to col­lect the doc­u­ments from their des­ig­nat­ed Dis­trict Of­fice and en­sure their dis­tri­b­u­tion to staff in a time­ly man­ner through the ap­pro­pri­ate su­per­vi­so­ry chan­nels.

The min­istry added that teach­ers who con­tin­ue to ex­pe­ri­ence dif­fi­cul­ties ob­tain­ing their TD4 slips are en­cour­aged to con­tact their re­spec­tive Dis­trict Ed­u­ca­tion Of­fices for clar­i­fi­ca­tion and as­sis­tance.

The con­tact in­for­ma­tion pro­vid­ed by the min­istry is as fol­lows:

● Port-of-Spain and En­vi­rons – MOE Head Of­fice

No. 5 St. Vin­cent Street, Port of Spain

Phone: 1-868-622-2181

● North-East­ern Ed­u­ca­tion Dis­trict

Savi Street, Boodooville, San­gre Grande

Phone: 1-868-668-6256

● South-East­ern Ed­u­ca­tion Dis­trict

No. 87 High Street, Rio Claro

Phone: 1-868-644-2995

● St. George East Ed­u­ca­tion Dis­trict

2A East­ern Main Road, Tu­na­puna

Op­po­site Ex­o­dus Pan Yard, Green Build­ing

Phone: 1-868-645-7516 / 7520

● St. Patrick Ed­u­ca­tion Dis­trict

No. 101 Farah Street, San Fer­nan­do

Phone: 1-868-653-8957 / 3445

● Vic­to­ria Ed­u­ca­tion Dis­trict

Nos. 16–22 Sut­ton Street, San Fer­nan­do

Phone: 1-868-653-0035 / 657-8829

● Di­vi­sion of Ed­u­ca­tion, Skills and In­no­va­tion – To­ba­go

Dutch Fort Plaza, Dutch Fort, Scar­bor­ough, To­ba­go

Phone: 1-868-299-0781