Tax and fiscal policy should continue to support households and businesses through containment, then shift to bolstering recovery
Tax and fiscal policy responses are playing a critical role in limiting the hardship caused by containment measures, and should continue to do so as governments seek to support households and businesses, protect employment and pursue economic recovery from the global pandemic, according to new OECD analysis. ‘Tax and Fiscal Policy in Response to the Coronavirus Crisis; Strengthening Confidence and Resilience’, a report requested of the OECD by the Saudi ...
Extension on the filing of tax returns (Sint Maarten)
The Inspectorate of Taxes has officially extended the dates for filing tax returns. This is due to the current lockdown as a result of the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak. Based on article 9, paragraph 1, Algemene Landverordening Landsbelastingen (ALL), an extension has been granted for the filing and paying of Wage tax, TOT tax, AOV/AWW and AVBZ premiums, the provisional profit tax return 2019 and for the filing of ...
Tax Administration’s office closed until further notice, due to COVID-19 (Sint Maarten)
The Tax Administration has announced that as a measure of added security the office is closed for the public until further notice. The Tax Administration is available via email at taxinfo@sintmaartengov.org for any assistance. Taxpayers wishing to drop off tax returns may drop these in the Tax Administration’s mailbox at the steps outside the building. The Tax Administration requests to drop off the tax returns in duplicate form so that ...
Inspectorate of Taxes announces extension on the filing of tax returns (Sint Maarten)
The Inspectorate of Taxes has announced that due to the COVID-19 outbreak a postponement will be automatically granted for the tax filing of the following taxes. Provisional profit tax (winstbelasting) return (filing and payment): original due date: March 31 2020 extended date: June 30, 2020 Income tax (inkomstenbelasting) return (filing): original due date: May 31, 2020 extended date: August 31, 2020 The tax inspectorate has also announced revised opening hours: ...
Verduidelijking belastingpositie Stichting Particulier Fonds (Sint Maarten)
De belastingdienst van Sint Maarten heeft een persbericht uitgegeven met als doel duidelijkheid te verschaffen omtrent de belastingpositie van de Stichting Particulier Fonds (SPF), in het bijzonder met betrekking tot de verplichting ten aanzien van het doen van aangifte. Het persbericht is geplaatst op de website van de overheid van Sint Maarten (www.sintmaartengov.org). Het in het Engels opgestelde persbericht luidt als volgt: “As a result of circulating messages in the ...
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 ...