IMF Staff Concluding Statement on Article IV Mission: ‘The authorities’ strong efforts to improve revenue administration have brought tangible results and need to be continued, the authorities should subsequently consider introducing a fully-fledged VAT in place of the sales tax which would reduce distortions’ (Curaçao)

The IMF Staff Concluding Statement of the 2022 Article IV Mission regarding Curaçao and the Monetary Union of Curaçao and Sint Maarten has been published on the website of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on June 7, 2022. The IMF mission took place during May 18-25. A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to ...

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 ...