SER advice concerning the draft national ordinance visitor’s. In general, the SER is in favor of the introduction of a visitor’s tax but issues 11 recommendations (Sint Maarten)
As announced earlier, on April 23rd, 2025 the Social Economic Council (Sociaal-Economische Raad, SER) submitted its advice on the proposed visitor’s tax (or ‘tourist tax’) to the Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (read this news release on the website of the SER and this article in CFN’s edition of May 7, 2025). Recently, the advice itself concerning the draft national ordinance visitors tax has been published on ...
SHTA firmly opposes introducing an additional tourist tax (Sint Maarten)
The Sint Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association (SHTA) firmly opposes introducing an additional tourist tax, particularly when several existing tax avenues remain underleveraged or completely uncollected. This has been announced in a news release on the website of the SHTA. SHTA: “Instead of imposing new taxes on our core industry, the priority should be to modernize and enforce existing tax systems through a comprehensive approach. Only then can we create a ...
SER submits advice on the draft visitor tax ordinance (Sint Maarten)
On April 23rd, 2025 the Social Economic Council (Sociaal Economische Raad, SER) submitted its advice on the proposed visitor’s tax (or ‘tourist tax’) to the Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, Mr. R. Brug. Copies of the advice were also sent to the Minister of Finance, Ms. Marinka Gumbs, and the Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic, and Telecommunication (TEATT), Mrs. Grisha Heyliger-Marten. This has been announced with ...