Minister van Financiën en de General Manager Caribbean van de IDB bespraken toekomstige samenwerking, met focus op onder meer fiscaal beleid (Suriname)
Op 14 november jl. was de General Manager Caribbean van de Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), de heer Anton Edmunds, op bezoek bij Minister Raghoebarsing van Financiën en Planning van Suriname. Centraal in de gesprekken stond de toekomstige samenwerking tussen Suriname en de IDB waarbij werd afgesproken de focus te leggen op projecten met betrekking tot onder andere fiscaal beleid. Zo is bekendgemaakt met een nieuwsbericht op de algemene website van ...
Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2022: Tax revenues take a historic hit before showing early signs of recovery
Tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) fell by 8.0% on average in nominal terms and by 0.8% as a share of GDP in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the report ‘Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2022’ released on Wednesday April 27, 2022 during the 56th General Assembly of the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT). However, the region’s economic recovery and ...
New toolkit to strengthen Value Added Taxes on e-commerce in Latin America and the Caribbean
The surge in e-commerce following the COVID-19 outbreak has emphasized the importance of applying Value Added Tax (VAT) effectively to digital trade. A new toolkit released on Wednesday June 23rd offers timely and valuable assistance to tax authorities in the Latin America and the Caribbean region for the effective collection of VAT revenues from e-commerce activities. This has been announced with a press release on the website of the OECD ...
Tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean rose modestly before being hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis
Tax revenues rose moderately across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in 2019 before declining sharply in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic drove down global economic activity, according to new analysis released today in the tax policy publication “Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean” on the occasion of XXXIII edition of the Regional Fiscal Policy Seminar hosted virtually by the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC) ...
Tenth edition of the tax policy publication Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean launched
On Thursday 22 April 2021, the tenth edition of the tax policy publication “Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean” has been launched on the occasion of XXXIII edition of the Regional Fiscal Policy Seminar hosted virtually by the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC) and partners. The launch event is organised in collaboration with the co-authors of the publication: UN-ECLAC, the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations ...
Staatsbegroting 2020 – belastingaspecten uitgelicht (Suriname)
De Nationale Assemblée (DNA) heeft dinsdag 17 november 2020 rond acht uur ‘s avonds de ontwerp-Staatsbegroting 2020 met algemene 33 stemmen goedgekeurd. Dit is bekendgemaakt met een nieuwsbericht op de website van DNA. Verder uit het nieuwsbericht: De BEP-fractie heeft ook meegewerkt aan de goedkeuring van de begroting. De NDP-fractie was niet aanwezig in de vergaderzaal. Na de aanname van de begroting heeft DNA-voorzitter Marinus Bee MSc. LL.B het parlement ...
Latin America and the Caribbean: Tax revenue gains under threat amid deteriorating regional outlook
Tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) increased to 23.1% of GDP on average in 2018, according to the new edition of Revenue Statistics in Latin America in the Caribbean published yesterday. However, these gains are now under threat as a result of the region’s deteriorating fiscal outlook, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the global economic crisis. The release was announced in a press release on ...
Latin America and the Caribbean: Public revenues rebound in 2017 after dip in 2016
The average tax-to-GDP ratio in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) rose to 22.8% in 2017, a gain of 0.2 percentage points from 2016, according to Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2019. The report, launched on 25 March 2019 at the XXXI Regional Fiscal Seminar in Santiago, Chile, finds that the rebound was primarily driven by Caribbean countries and in particular Guyana and Barbados, on the back ...
Latin America and the Caribbean: Tax revenues expected to recover after dip in 2016
Tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) dipped in 2016, falling further behind average OECD country levels, but a recovery is likely in subsequent years, according to Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 1990-2016 / Estadísticas tributarias en América Latina y el Caribe 1990-2016. The average tax-to-GDP ratio stood at 22.7% in 2016, a fall of 0.3 percentage points since 2015, the report says. This was announced ...