Sint Maarten Support Relief Plan: Government stimulus program includes 80% salary subsidy (Sint Maarten)

The Minister of Finance of St. Maarten Ardwell Irion and his team, with the information and recommendations gathered by the Emergency Support Function’s (EFS) and their relevant teams and task forces, prepared the St. Maarten Support Relief Plan – SSRP. Together with the relief and programs, the plan includes the cost of the plan, which forms part of the request to The Netherlands and totals ANG 254 million for the ...

IMF Staff Concluding Statement of the 2019 Article IV Mission to Curaçao and Sint Maarten

Op 2 december 2019 is op de website van het Internationaal Monetair Fonds (IMF) de zogenoemde “Staff Concluding Statement” gepubliceerd met betrekking tot de ‘Article IV mission’ naar Curaçao en Sint Maarten. Een “Concluding Statement” beschrijft de voorlopige bevindingen van de IMF-delegatie na afloop van een officiële missie naar een land. De Concluding Statement vangt aan met de volgende korte samenvatting van de bevindingen: “The monetary union of Curaçao and ...

Minister Geerlings signs Debt Repayment LOI with SZV (Sint Maarten)

On August 23 Minister of Finance Hon. Perry Geerlings and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Social & Health Insurances (SZV) Glen Carty signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) concerning the repayment of the Government debt owed to SZV, according to a press release on the website of the Government of Sint Maarten. From the press release: Minister Geerlings stated that this is a very important step in meeting the ...

OECD 2018 Progress Report on Preferential Regimes: Sint Maarten tax exempt company still under review, jurisdiction affected by hurricane

The OECD has released today its new publication, Harmful Tax Practices - 2018 Progress Report on Preferential Regimes (hereafter “the Progress Report”, or “the report”), which contains results demonstrating that jurisdictions have delivered on their commitment to comply with the standard on harmful tax practices, including ensuring that preferential regimes align taxation with substance. The release of the report has been announced today with a press release as published on the ...