National Development Vision launched (Sint Maarten)
Sint Maarten’s National Development Vision has been launched this week. The launch took place from Tuesday, November 8, to Thursday, November 10, right before the St. Martin Day celebrations. Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs joined the Department of Interior and Kingdom Relations for the launch of the NDV. This has been announced with a press release published on the website of the Government. The NDV is a 76-page booklet that outlines ...
Public urged to participate in online survey for the National Development Vision 2020-2030 (Sint Maarten)
The Government of Sint Maarten urges the public to participate in the online survey/questionnaire for the National Development Vision 2020-2030 (NDV). This has been announced with a press release posted on the website of the Government. The questionnaire will be accessible until August 31st 2020. The link to the survey/questionnaire has been taken up at the bottom of the press release. In its basic form, a National Development Vision is ...
Draft National Development Vision 2020-2030 now online: one of the visionary goals is to attain fiscal sustainability and an efficient and effective tax system and administration (Sint Maarten)
The (draft) National Development Vision 2020-2030, developed from the National Development Plan/Project, is now available online on the Government of Sint Maarten website. This has been announced with a press release on the website of the Government of Sint Maarten. The Department of The Interior and Kingdom Relations (the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties) has made the document (which dates from April 2020) public for the entire public to have access ...
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 ...
OECD releases latest dispute resolution statistics at its first Tax Certainty Day
The first OECD Tax Certainty Day took place on 16 September 2019 at OECD headquarters in Paris, according to a press release published on the website of the OECD. From the press release: As recognised by G20 Ministers, maintaining and enhancing tax certainty brings benefits for taxpayers and tax administrations alike and is key in promoting investment, jobs and growth. This is particularly the case against the backdrop of the ...
Minister Geerlings kicks-off Tax Transformation Project with presentation to the tax department (Sint Maarten)
On Wednesday August 21, the Tax Transformation Project was kicked off with a presentation meeting with the entire staff of the Tax Department, Minister of Finance Hon. Perry Geerlings said on Sunday. This was announced in a press release dated 26 August 2019 published on the website of the Government of Sint Maarten. The purpose of the presentation meeting was not only to kickoff and present the Tax Transformation Project, ...
Minister Geerlings meets with SHTA to inform about the tax transformation plan to secure the country’s future (Sint Maarten)
On July 31, Minister of Finance Hon. Perry Geerlings presented the Tax Transformation Plan to the board of directors of the Sint Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA). The SHTA is the largest private business representative organization in the country. This has been announced in a news item on the website of the Government of Sint Maarten. During the Minister’s presentation, Geerlings highlighted the need for tax transformation and the ...
Documentation regarding removal of Aruba from the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions
Last week it was announced that Aruba has been removed from the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. We now have access to the relevant official documents of the Council of the European Union. The removal was formalized in a Note from the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union to Permanent Representatives of the Committee/Council, 15 May 2019 and the final description and assessment of ...
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 ...
Reforms in a few countries drive a decline in average OECD labour taxes
Income tax and social security contributions declined slightly for the average worker across the OECD in 2018, driven by major reforms in a handful of countries, according to a new OECD report. This was announced by the OECD with a press release dated 12 April 2019. Taxing Wages 2019 shows that the “tax wedge” – total taxes on labour costs paid by employees and employers, minus family benefits, as a ...
Beleidsplan Europees Parlement voor eerlijkere en effectievere belastingheffing: zeven EU-landen vertonen kenmerken van een belastingparadijs en faciliteren agressieve belastingplanning
Op dinsdag 26 maart 2019 heeft het Europees Parlement (EP) een beleidsplan aangenomen voor eerlijkere en effectievere belastingheffing en voor de aanpak van financiële misdaden. Zo is op dinsdag 26 maart 2019 bekend gemaakt met een bericht op de website van het EP. De aanbevelingen, aangenomen met 505 stemmen voor, 63 tegen en 87 onthoudingen, werden gedurende een jaar voorbereid door de Bijzondere commissie Financiële misdrijven, belastingontduiking en -ontwijking (TAX3) ...
Taxation and the future of work; How tax systems influence choice of employment form
The OECD Taxation Working Paper: “Taxation and the future of work; How tax systems influence choice of employment form” (March 21, 2019) has been published on the website of the OECD (March 21, 2019). From the summary on the website of the OECD: Recent policy discussion has highlighted the variety of ways in which the world of work is changing. One development prevalent in some countries has been an increase ...
EU updates list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. Aruba among the countries that have been moved from the grey list to the blacklist
EU Finance Ministers have updated the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, based on an intense process of analysis and dialogue steered by the Commission. The list has proven a true success with many countries having changed their laws and tax systems to comply with international standards. This was announced in a press release dated 12 March 2019 as published on the website of the European Commission. From the press ...
Luchtvaartverdrag Curaçao – Qatar in werking per 1 december 2018. Bevat ook fiscale bepalingen
De bepalingen van het op 6 december 2017 te Colombo getekende Verdrag inzake luchtdiensten tussen de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van Curaçao, en de Regering van de Staat Qatar (Trb. 2018, 6; hierna: het Verdrag) zullen ingevolge artikel 24 van het Verdrag op 1 december 2018 in werking treden. De stilzwijgende goedkeuring werd door de Staten-Generaal verleend op 7 april 2018. De aanstaande inwerkingtreding is op 14 november ...
New brochure outlining the OECD’s work on tax
The OECD has released a new brochure outlining the OECD’s work on tax: “OECD Work on Taxation 2018-19”. In his preface to the brochure, the OECD’s Secretary-General Mr. Angel Gurría recalls among others that great success was achieved in tackling tax evasion through the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (which has more than 150 members, hereafter: “the Global Forum”) and that it is estimated ...
Luchtvaartverdrag Curaçao – Qatar in Tractatenblad. Details en fiscale bepalingen
Het op 6 december 2017 te Colombo getekende Verdrag inzake luchtdiensten tussen de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van Curaçao, en de Regering van de Staat Qatar (Air Services Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in respect of Curaçao, and the Government of the State of Qatar; hierna: het Verdrag) is op 15 januari 2018 gepubliceerd in het Tractatenblad van het Konnkrijk der ...