Presentatie van de Minister van Financiën tijdens de centrale commissievergadering over de OLV belastinghervorming fase I. Betreft de intrekking van de successiebelasting, de grondbelasting en de opcenten grondbelasting (Sint Maarten)
Afgelopen vrijdag 13 februari heeft de Centrale Commissie van de Staten met de Minister van Financiën vergaderd over de ontwerplandsverordening houdende intrekking van enkele landsverordeningen op het terrein van de belastingen die in onbruik zijn geraakt (Landsverordening belastinghervorming, fase I). Deze ontwerplandsverordening betreft, kortweg, de formele afschaffing van de successiebelasting, de grondbelasting en van de opcenten grondbelasting, welke in de praktijk al niet meer werden geheven. Voorafgaand aan de vergadering ...
OLV belastinghervorming fase I vandaag in Centrale Commissie. Betreft de intrekking van enkele in onbruik geraakte belastingen (de successiebelasting, de grondbelasting en de opcenten grondbelasting) (Sint Maarten)
De ontwerplandsverordening houdende intrekking van enkele landsverordeningen op het terrein van de belastingen die in onbruik zijn geraakt (Landsverordening belastinghervorming, fase I) wordt vandaag, vrijdag 13 februari 2026, behandeld in een centrale commissievergadering van de Staten. De vergadering begint om 13.00 uur en zal plaatsvinden in de Statenzaal aan de Wilhelminastraat 1 in Philipsburg. Dit is bekendgemaakt op de website en op de Facebookpagina van de Staten. De onderhavige ontwerplandsverordening ...
Landsverordening belastinghervorming fase I aangeboden aan de Staten: intrekking van enkele in onbruik geraakte belastingen (Sint Maarten)
Op 23/24 oktober 2025 is de ontwerplandsverordening houdende intrekking van enkele landsverordeningen op het terrein van de belastingen die in onbruik zijn geraakt (Landsverordening belastinghervorming, fase I) aangeboden aan de Staten van Sint Maarten. De ontwerplandsverordening is medio deze week op de vernieuwde website van de Staten geplaatst. Kortweg betreft het hier de formele afschaffing van de successiebelasting, de grondbelasting en van de opcenten grondbelasting die in de praktijk al ...
IMF Staff Report of the 2025 Article IV Consultation Discussions re Sint Maarten: Mobilizing additional revenues to create space for priority spending includes the planned tourism levy and dividend tax, improving compliance for short-term rentals, taxing casino turnover and winnings, and continuing tax administration reforms. Considerations of a bank transaction tax should be weighed carefully due to its potentially regressive effects (Sint Maarten)
On Tuesday, September 9, 2025, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its Staff Report as well as a Press Release on the 2025 Article IV Consulation Discussions with the Kingdom of the Netherlands regarding Curaçao and Sint Maarten. The mission took place during June 18-25. The Staff Report has been prepared by a staff team of the IMF for the Executive Board’s consideration on a lapse of time basis, following ...
IMF Staff Concluding Statement of the 2025 Article IV Mission to Sint Maarten: Selected revenue measures would improve efficiency and equity of the tax system and create space for priority spending supporting Sint Maarten’s social development goals. The planned tourism levy and dividend tax are welcome steps towards lifting the island’s relatively low tax revenues (Sint Maarten)
On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, the Staff Concluding Statement of the 2025 Article IV Mission to Sint Maarten was published on the website of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to the Staff Concluding Statement, selected revenue measures would improve efficiency and equity of the tax system and create space for priority spending supporting Sint Maarten’s social development goals. The planned tourism levy and dividend tax, both to become effective ...
Minister of Finance: ‘The dividend withholding tax is not a burden nor a surprise measure and it will not have any adverse effect on the average Sint Maarten taxpayer’ (Sint Maarten)
“The dividend withholding tax to be implemented is not a burden nor a surprise measure and it will not have any adverse effect on the average Sint Maarten tax payer”, Minister of Finance Marinka Gumbs stressed in a statement to The Daily Herald on Monday, according to a news release published on the general website of the Government of Sint Maarten. During the recent Central Committee meeting of Parliament on ...
Minister of Finance implements the 10% dividend withholding tax: target enforcement date is January 1, 2026 (Sint Maarten)
During the budget debate which took place this week, Minister of Finance Marinka Gumbs has confirmed that a ‘new’ 10% dividend withholding tax is on the way, ‘marking a significant step toward strengthening Sint Maarten’s revenue base’. The target enforcement date is January 1, 2026, with formal inclusion in the 2026 national budget. This has been announced with a news release on the general website of the Government of Sint Maarten ...
Gouverneur in toespraak ter gelegenheid van de opening van het nieuwe parlementaire jaar: Modernisering belastingwetgeving noodzakelijk, gezien de financiële situatie van het land (Sint Maarten)
In zijn toespraak [externe link] in de Staten van Sint Maarten op 13 september jl. ter gelegenheid van de opening van het nieuwe parlementaire jaar 2022-2023 heeft de Gouverneur van Sint Maarten, de heer Drs. Eugene B. Holiday, ook aandacht besteed aan de voornemens van de regering van Sint Maarten op het gebied van belastingen. Gezien de financiële situatie van het land, wordt in de toespraak gewezen op de urgentie ...
IMF Technical Assistance Report Sint Maarten: Sustainable Tax Reforms (Sint Maarten)
On 19 October 2021, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its Country Report No. 2021/231: Kingdom of the Netherlands—Sint Maarten: Technical Assistance Report—Sustainable Tax Reforms. Click here to go directly to the relevant page on the website of the IMF. This Technical Assistance Report was prepared by a staff team of the IMF. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed in March 2021. The ...
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 ...