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, ...
Presentation in Parliament by the Minister of Finance on the Tax Reforms and response to questions central committee (Sint Maarten)
On August 30th 2021, the Minister of Finance of Sint Maarten held a presentation for Members of Parliament (Staten van Sint Maarten) on the status of the tax reforms. The title of the powerpoint-presentation was: “Fiscal Reform for Sint Maarten. Feasible. Socially & Financially Necessary”. Upon his presentation, the Minister also presented a technical report dated April 2021 prepared by the Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD) of the International Monetary Fund ...
News release Minister of Finance to clarify tax reform concerns (Sint Maarten)
The Minister of Finance of Sint Maarten seeks to alleviate confusion and encourage healthy discussions regarding the ‘suggested’ tax reforms as recently presented to Parliament, according to a news release on the website of the Government of Sint Maarten. The Ministry of Finance has presented the suggestions in Parliament with the hopes of prompting an open discussion on Tax Reform, wherein the community would feel free to ask questions, express ...
The Governor of Sint Maarten in his address on the occasion of the opening of the parliamentary year 2021-2022: the Government plans to start with the optimizing and modernizing of the tax administration and will develop proposals to modernize the tax system (Sint Maarten)
On the occasion of the opening of the parliamentary year 2021-2022 the Governor of Sint Maarten last Tuesday, 14 September 2021, His Excellency Drs. Eugene B. Holiday, delivered his address to Parliament. In his address attention has been paid to the plans of the Government in the field of taxation. It concerns the tax reforms plans of the Government: the plans to modernize the tax system and to optimize and ...