…extension now at June 30, 2021
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced the extension of tax relief measures on medical and other supplies for COVID-19 prevention, care and treatment in Guyana until June 30, 2021.
Several items will continue to attract no customs duty, Value Added Tax (VAT) and Excise Tax (where necessary) until June 30, 2021. For VAT purposes, these items have been zero-rated which means that no tax should pass on to consumers.
These items include covid-19 test kits, covid-19 diagnostic test instruments and apparatus, face and eye protection, liquid-filled thermometer for direct reading and other thermometers, alcohol solution, hand sanitiser, disinfectants, rubbing alcohol, medical, surgical or laboratory sterilizers, hydrogen peroxide in bulk, other chemical disinfectants, soap, computed tomography ct scanners, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ECMO, medical ventilators (artificial respiration apparatus), patient monitoring devices–electro-diagnostic apparatus, wadding, gauzes, bandages, cotton, sticks and similar articles, syringes with or without needles, tubular metal needles and needles for sutures, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like, intubation kits, multivitamins, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) and paper bed sheets.
