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De staatssecretaris van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties heeft op 16 april 2020 een brief gestuurd aan de Tweede Kamer betreffende financiële ondersteuning Caribische landen in verband met COVID-19. Met deze brief informeert de staatssecretaris de Tweede Kamer over de besluiten die in de Rijksministerraad van 9 april jl. zijn genomen over de financiële ondersteuning van Aruba, Curaçao en Sint Maarten (hierna: de landen) in het kader van de gevolgen van ...

On the website of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a note has been published in the Special Series on Fiscal Policies to Respond to COVID-19, which notes focuses on managing fiscal risks under fiscal stress. The rapidly evolving macroeconomic and financial conditions will adversely impact public finances globally. Many governments will see their revenues drop and expenditures rise. Also, more of governments’ outstanding contingent liabilities will be realized. Finally, the ...

On the website of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a note has been published in the Special Series on Fiscal Policies to Respond to COVID-19, which note focuses on public sector support to firms. Public sector support to firms can help address liquidity or solvency needs during the pandemic and ensure that economies are well positioned to rebound once social distancing measures ease. Support should be timely, targeted, and temporary ...

On the website of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a note has been published in the Special Series on Fiscal Policies to Respond to COVID-19, which note provides guidance on how revenue agencies can support governments’ responses to the unprecedented challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis—by maintaining the operation of the revenue system, implementing governments’ measures to address the crisis, supporting the economy and facilitating trade, and protecting the health ...

On the website of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a note has been published in the Special Series on Fiscal Policies to Respond to COVID-19, which note focuses on the tax law design considerations that should be taken into account when implementing the temporary measures to be adopted in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The note referred to above is one of a series of notes produced by the Fiscal ...

On the website of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a note has been published in the Special Series on Fiscal Policies to Respond to COVID-19, in which note the focus is not on general stimulus measures but on immediate, targeted and mostly temporary measures to (i) support health priorities; (ii) secure survival of solvent enterprises; (iii) protect affected individuals; and on (iv) secure or enhance revenue sources into the medium ...

The world's four leading multilateral organizations working in the tax area have established their first integrated website containing information on how low- and middle-income countries can strengthen tax systems and mobilise the domestic revenue they need to address some of their urgent development challenges—including the COVID-19 pandemic. The release of the website was announced in a press release published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: The new website ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Curaçao and Sint Maarten and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting. These consultation discussions form part of the Article IV consultation with the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Staff Report and the Statement by the Executive Director was released on 1 April 2020, guided by a press release posted on the website ...

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 ...

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 ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published a Policy Paper “Policy Steps to Address the Corona Crisis”. The policy paper addresses among others (fiscal) actions for monitoring, containing and mitigating the effects of the corona virus. Introduction The introduction in the policy paper reads as follows: “Monitoring, containing and mitigating the effects of the corona virus are top priorities. Timely and decisive actions by health authorities, central banks, fiscal, regulatory ...

On 10 March 2020, the Technical Assistance Report regarding the Kingdom of the Netherlands - Aruba was published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding the technical assistance (TA) mission to Aruba that was undertaken by the Real Sector Statistics Advisor in the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC) during November 18–27, 2019, to assist the Central Bureau of Statistics of Aruba (CBS) in assessing and improving the national accounts ...

The OECD has published two self-assessment maturity models on tax debt management and the reduction of compliance burdens, both critical areas for successful tax administration. Maturity models set out descriptions of capabilities and performance in a particular function or set of activities across a number of levels of increasing maturity, in the case of these models from an emerging to an aspirational level. These models, the first in a new ...

Het door de Sociaal-Economische Raad van Curaçao (SER) uitgebrachte advies met betrekking tot de ontwerplandsverordening algemene bestedingsbelasting is openbaar gemaakt. De ontwerplandsverordening zelf is, naar ons beste weten, nog niet aan de Staten van Curaçao aangeboden en derhalve ook nog niet openbaar (althans, bij het opmaken van dit bericht was op de website van de Staten nog geen OLV geplaatst). In dit verband herinneren wij er nog aan dat eerder ...

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 ...

Op 26 november 2019 is de Landsverordening van 18 november 2019 houdende bekrachtiging van het Landsbesluit, houdende algemene maatregelen, van 20 december 2018 (AB 2018 no. 78) ter uitvoering van de artikelen 6, eerste lid, van de Landsverordening tarief van invoerrechten (AB 2002 no. 120) en 7a, eerste lid, van de Landsverordening accijns op gedistilleerd (AB 1991 no. GT 27) (aanpassing invoerrechten wijn, tabak en gedistilleerd) uitgegeven in het Afkondigingsblad ...

The Government of Barbados, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) organized the 9th Caribbean Forum in Barbados on 6 November 2019, as announced on the website of the IMF. The event brought together senior policymakers, public, private, and multilateral development partners to explore avenues for regional transformation to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth. Panel discussions will focus on leveraging institutional arrangements to boost regional integration, ...

Met een brief van 13 september 2019 heeft het College financieel toezicht Curaçao en Sint Maarten (Cft) zijn advies bij de vastgestelde begroting 2019 van Sint Maarten aan de Minister van Financiën doen toekomen. Het Cft concludeert dat de vastgestelde begroting niet voldoet aan de normen van artikel 15 van de Rft. De RMR is echter op grond van artikel 25 van de Rft akkoord gegaan met het afwijken van ...

The Platform for Collaboration on Tax – a joint initiative of the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank Group – is seeking feedback from the public on a draft toolkit designed to help developing countries in the implementation of effective transfer pricing documentation requirements. This was announced in a press release published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: Transfer pricing documentation is necessary for effective implementation ...

On 6 September 2019, the IMF Working Paper: “A Possible Approach to Fiscal Rules in Small Islands”, prepared by Ryota Nakatani, was released on the website of the IMF (International Monetary Fund). Summary From the summary on the website of the IMF guiding the release: “A big challenge for the economic development of small island countries is dealing with external shocks. The Pacific Islands are vulnerable to natural disasters, climate ...

Dossier: Belastinghervormingen m.i.v. 2020 (‘reforma fiscal’) (Aruba)  LET OP: in een persbericht van van 20 maart 2020 op de website van de overheid van Aruba heeft de minister-president naar aanleiding van de effecten van de coronavirus-crisis aangegeven dat de fiscale hervorming wordt geschrapt uit de begroting voor 2020. Zie hierover meer in de samenvatting hieronder. Ontwerp-Landsverordening houdende wijziging van de Landsverordening belasting over bedrijfsomzetten en additionele voorzieningen PPS-projecten (AB 2006 ...

Op woensdag 4 en donderdag 5 september 2019 heeft de regering van Aruba een bijeenkomst georganiseerd voor de “stakeholders” in het bedrijfsleven over de voorgenomen belastinghervormingen (“stakeholders meeting belastinghervorming”). Tijdens de bijeenkomst werden de plannen van de regering met betrekking tot de belastinghervormingen toegelicht. De bijeenkomst werd ingeleid door de Minister van Financiën van Aruba, mevrouw mr. Xiomara Ruiz-Maduro. De Minister verzorgde een algemene inleiding over onder meer de functies ...

In zijn toespraak ter gelegenheid van de opening van het nieuwe zittingsjaar van de Staten van Aruba heeft de Gouverneur van Aruba bij het onderwerp openbare financiën (finanzas publico) ook kort de belastinghervorming aangestipt. De Gouverneur geeft aan dat één van de instrumenten die de regering ter beschikking staan om de openbare financiën te verbeteren, een belastinghervorming (reforma fiscal) is. Voorts wordt in de toespraak gemeld dat ernaar zal worden ...

Dossier: Belastinghervormingen m.i.v. 2019 (‘reforma fiscal’) Landsverordening van 21 december 2018 tot wijziging van de Landsverordening grondbelasting (AB 1995 no. GT 3), de Landsverordening belasting over bedrijfsomzetten en additionele voorzieningen PPS-projecten (AB 2006 no. 83) en de Landsverordening bestemmingsheffing AZV (AB 2014 no. 59) PUBLICATIE Publicatie: op 27 december 2018 uitgegeven en geplaatst in het Afkondigingsblad van Aruba, jaargang 2018, nr. 81 (AB 2018 no. 81). BRON: www.gobierno.aw BRON: Staten ...

Minister Geerlings is presenting his Tax Transformation plan to all key stakeholders on Sint Maarten. This was announced with a press release on the website of the central government of Sint Maarten. From the press release: On May 23 and June 10th, the Minister of Finance Hon. Perry Geerlings presented the Government’s Tax Transformation Plan to the Social Economic Council (SER). During the Minister’s presentation, Geerlings highlighted the urgent need ...

The short-term investment of Naf.37 million in the Capital Account for Transforming the Tax Administration is divided into Naf.32 million for the upgrading of the Tax Department and another Naf.5 million for the necessary improvements in Public Financial Management as noted in the 2015 Kingdom Instruction, Minister of Finance Hon. Perry Geerlings said on Monday, according to a press release dated 26 June 2019 published on the website of the ...

The Minister of Finance of Sint Maarten Hon. Perry Geerlings said on Thursday that the transformation of the country’s Tax Administration will result in further national economic recovery and providing a sustainable secure system for future government finances and necessary investments into the public sector, according to a press release dated 21 June 2019 published on the website of the Government of Sint Maarten. From the press release: “For years ...

On 8 June 2019, the OECD released the 2019 OECD Secretary-General Report to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors. The report contains a brief overview provided by the Secretary-General (see hereafter) as well as tables and overviews regarding the status of various actions. Aruba Aruba is being welcomed as one of the 13 new members of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS, since the last report of the Secretary-General ...

IMF Executive Board concluded the 2019 Article IV Consultation with the Kingdom of the Netherlands-Aruba. Under Article IV of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement, the IMF holds bilateral discussions with members, usually every year. In the context of the 2019 Article IV consultation with the Kingdom of the Netherlands—Aruba, the following documents have been released and are included in this package: A Press Release on the staff report that concluded ...

Bij brief van 27 mei 2019 heeft het College Aruba financieel toezicht (CAft) zijn reactie op de eerste uitvoeringsrapportage 2019 van Aruba doen toekomen aan de minister van Financiën, Economische Zaken en Cultuur van Aruba. Op basis van de eerste UR constateert het CAft dat de realisatie van het land in enge zin in het eerste kwartaal van 2019 in lijn is met de begroting. De begrote resultaten van de ...