Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding business persons and employers that their Income Tax Returns and Annual Employer’s Return for the 2020 filing period are due on March 31. Companies, Partnerships, Self-employed persons and employed persons with other sources of income, have until the extended Income Tax deadline of March 31 to file their Final Income Tax Return for 2020...

Effective March 30, 2021, the Transport Authority will be implementing new measures for submission of applications for all categories of public passenger vehicles and commercial carriers to reduce the risk of exposure to the COVID-19 virus. The Authority says come tomorrow Hackney, Stage and Express Carriages and commercial carriers’ applicants are encouraged to utilize the Authority’s online application portal at...

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) announces its decision to hold the policy interest rate (the rate offered to deposit-taking institutions on overnight placements with BOJ) unchanged at 0.50 per cent per annum. Bank of Jamaica has kept the policy rate at the historic low level of 0.50 per cent based on its assessment that inflation will generally continue to remain within...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is reminding landlords that they must ensure that water bills attached to their properties are settled on time and in full. Based on the legal provisions that guide the operations and policy of the NWC, bills are not sent in the name of tenants. Instead, they are directly linked to properties. This means the water...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is calling for an extension of the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) of the Group of 20 (G-20), to further aid in the economic recovery of developing countries from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Mr. Holness noted that while he appreciates that the initiative has been extended until June 2021, he is suggesting a...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Royal Caribbean Group, Richard Fain, says a number of test cruises carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic and also prior to the start of vaccination programmes by countries have shown that ships are ready to start sailing again. Mr. Fain, in a video message to travel advisors on March 22, said that the sector...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is advising the public that it continues its Customer Census Mapping Project in the parish of Westmoreland.  The NWC Customer Census Mapping Project involves a door-to-door survey of existing and potential NWC customers and mapping them using global positioning system (GPS) devices so that the NWC can use this digital information in its continuous service improvement efforts. The...