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, ...
IMF Staff Concluding Statement: ‘Curaçao would benefit from moving to a full-fledged VAT under ambitious but realistic timeline, while paying due attention to cyclical conditions and the social impact’ (Curaçao)
The Staff Concluding Statement of a recent IMF Staff Visit Curaçao and Sint Maarten has been published on the website of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on November 30, 2021. An IMF mission met virtually with the authorities of Curaçao and Sint Maarten during November 8–24 to discuss recent economic developments, update the macroeconomic outlook, and follow up on the policy priorities raised during 2021 Article IV consultation discussions. The ...
OECD on the release of the report ‘Tax Administration 2021’: Tax administrations continue to accelerate their digital transformation
Tax administrations are investing significant resources in the development of e-services and digital solutions and are embracing opportunities for fast tracking digital transformation to improve their services, reduce burdens, and improve tax compliance, according to a new OECD report: ‘Tax Administration 2021 - Comparative Information on OECD and other Advanced and Emerging Economies’. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD on the occasion ...
Aanbevelingen ATIA/AHATA/AVVB bij invoering van een BTW-stelsel (Aruba)
Bij brief van 23 april 2021 aan de Minister van Financiën, Economische Zaken en Cultuur van Aruba hebben de Aruba Trade & Industry Association (ATIA), de Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association (AHATA) en de Arubaanse Vereniging van Belastingadvisers (AVVB) een aantal aanbevelingen en suggesties gedaan ingeval in het kader van de aangekondigde belastinghervormingen zou worden overgegaan tot de invoering van een BTW-systeem (belasting over de toegewaarde waarde). Hieronder nemen wij ...
IMF Article IV Consultation: belastinghervormingen met verschuiving van directe naar indirecte belastingen gepland voor 2023, maar IMF beveelt versnelde invoering BTW aan (Aruba)
Op 21 april jl. is door de ‘Executive Board’ van het Internationaal Monetair Fonds (IMF) een persbericht uitgegeven inzake de ‘Artikel IV-consultatie-gesprekken’ met Aruba over economische ontwikkelingen en economisch beleid (de ‘Article IV Consultation Discussions with the Kingdom of the Netherlands—Aruba’). De gesprekken werden op 16 april jl. afgerond. Het voornoemde persbericht bevat ook de ‘Executive Board Assessment’. Aan de basis van de gesprekken lag het Staff report van 31 ...
IMF Country Report on Curaçao and Sint Maarten: 2018 Article IV Consultation
On 25 January 2019 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its Country Report “Kingdom of the Netherlands—Curaçao and Sint Maarten: 2018 Article IV Consultation Discussions”. Hereunder we will take up the integral texts (however without footnotes!) of the Press Release, the Executive Board Assessment and the Staff Report for the 2018 Article IV Consultation Discussions in the report. Furthermore, for both Curaçao and Sint Maarten we have filtered phrases from ...