Tax aspects in IMF Country Report regarding Suriname’s Request for an Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (Suriname)
On 23 December 2021, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a new 36-month arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility for Suriname, in an amount equivalent to SDR472.8 million (about US$688 million or 366.8 percent of quota). The decision enables an immediate disbursement equivalent to SDR 39.4 million (about US$55.1 million). The IMF financial arrangement will support Suriname’s authorities’ homegrown economic plan aiming to restore fiscal sustainability, ...
Statia introduces COVID-19 Relief Package for specific groups that are not already funded by the local or central governments (Caribisch Nederland – Sint Eustatius)
On Monday October 26th, the Public Entity of St. Eustatius has introduced a COVID-19 Social Relief Package with funds received from the Central Government. This relief package is being used to assist specific groups such as farmers, fisherman, the tourism and hospitality sector, residents, radio stations and foundations that are not already funded by the local or central governments. This has been announced in a press release posted on the ...
Countries have responded decisively to the COVID-19 crisis, but face significant fiscal challenges ahead
Governments have taken unprecedented fiscal action in response to the COVID-19 crisis, but countries will need to support economic recovery in the face of significantly increasing fiscal challenges, according a new OECD report Tax Policy Reforms 2020: OECD and Selected Partner Economies. This was announced by the OECD in a press release dated 3 September 2020 on the release of the report. Tax Policy Reforms 2020 describes the latest tax ...
Statia government urges entrepreneurs to make use of additional relief package (Caribisch Nederland – Sint Eustatius)
The Public Entity of St. Eustatius is urging Statian entrepreneurs to make use of the additional benefits of the second part of the emergency relief package rolled out by the central government. This has been announced with a press release posted on the website of the Public Entity of St. Eustatius. From the press release: On June 19, State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations (BZK) Raymond Knops sent ...
IMF Policy Tracker on Aruba. Summarizes the key economic responses governments are taking to limit the human and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (Aruba)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has posted a Policy Tracker on its website. The Policy Tracker summarizes the key economic responses governments are taking to limit the human and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tracker includes 193 economies. The Policy Tracker also contains a section on Aruba: “Aruba has reported 60 positive cases (with no deaths) as of April 3, 2020. The Coronavirus outbreak will affect Aruba through ...