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Funeral homes challenge import duties on hearses
Justice Jacqueline Wilson
FUNERAL-home owners have received the court’s permission to pursue a claim against the Comptroller of Customs over a classification of their hearses which carries higher import duties.
Justice Jacqueline Wilson granted leave to the Association of Funeral Professionals of TT (AFPTT) to file for judicial review of a decision to classify left-hand-drive hearses under a tariff heading used to describe vehicles principally used for transporting people.
The association claims the classification, which should be under a heading described as special-purpose motor vehicles, attracts a higher rate of customs duties of 67.6 per cent – the highest rate of common external tariff – while the other tariff code which they say should be used carries a rate of zero per cent.
Posted: Feb 23, 2021 8:37 AM ET | Last Updated: February 23
The body of a deceased resident of an Ontario long-term care home is taken away in the midst of a COVID-19 outbreak in January. Funeral and crematorium workers say that they re often forgotten when people think of front-line and essential workers in the pandemic. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
THE young Dennie brothers burst into the limelight following the bizarre funeral of murder victim Che Lewis last month.
Weeks after Lewisâs funeral, people are still talking about the public send-off, the likes of which have never been seen here before.
Lewisâs body was embalmed in a sitting position on a chair, carried around in the tray of an open-top hearse and driven through his community while loud music played. He was then transported to a church and placed in a decorated area outside for public viewing at his own funeral.
When videos of his funeral service circulated the Internet, it caused much shock and debate as this was the first time many people had witnessed such an embalming done locally. The unique funeral procession was done by Dennieâs Funeral Home located in Belmont.