Published on the website of the OECD: “Investment tax incentives in Latin America and the Caribbean: An analysis using effective tax rates”
On Tuesday, June 30th, 2026, the report “Investment tax incentives in Latin America and the Caribbean: An analysis using effective tax rates” was released on the website of the OECD. This paper analyses corporate income tax incentives for investment in ten Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. It finds that incentives are often tax exemptions, but expenditure-based incentives are more common than in other developing regions. Tax incentives tend to ...
OECD report provides practical guidance to better design and implement investment tax incentives
A new OECD report provides policymakers with hands-on tools to improve value for money from investment tax incentives, particularly in developing and emerging economies. This has been announced with a news release on the website of the OECD. A Practical Guide to Investment Tax Incentives offers concrete advice across the policy lifecycle, supporting policymakers and practitioners make informed choices, balance trade-offs and prioritise reforms. The report underlines the importance of ...
2019 Caribbean Forum: Regional Transformation for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth. Panel discussions will also focus on taxation in the tourism sector and developing an appropriate approach to tax incentives
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, ...
Transforming tax administration to result in economic revival and secure government finances and investments, Minister of Finance says (Sint Maarten)
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 ...