Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) will open select Tax Offices this Saturday April 17 and Saturday April 24, 2021, as it continues in its efforts to bring greater convenience to taxpayers considering the recent amendments to the Disaster Risk Management Orders. Additionally, persons wishing to make payments for Property Tax may opt to utilise the added convenience of TAJ’s weekend operating...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, has hailed the COVID-19 Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme and E-commerce National Delivery System (ENDS) as prime examples of innovation in customer service. Speaking at a Jamaica Customer Service Association Leadership Forum and Service Excellence Webinar on April 14, he highlighted how the health pandemic demanded...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel. Clarke, is encouraging businesses to prepare for digital currency, which is expected to be launched in 2022 by the Bank of Jamaica. Dr. Clarke was speaking at the Jamaica Customer Service Association Leadership Forum and Service Excellence Webinar on April 14. “I would charge you, as leaders of customer...

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) plans to restructure its operations, improve its supervisory capabilities, and facilitate the expansion of the financial markets. This, while ensuring the safety and soundness of regulated entities and greater consumer protection. The Commission will pursue several strategies to this end in fiscal year 2021/22, details of which are outlined in the Jamaica Public Bodies Estimates...

THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED that Bank of Jamaica has the sole authority to issue currency of the island of Jamaica, represented by notes and coins issued by Bank of Jamaica. Any purported issuance of currency of the island of Jamaica by a person or an entity other than Bank of Jamaica is unauthorised and in breach of the Bank of...

“The Jamaica Central Securities Depository Limited (JCSD) recognized the challenges listed companies and other companies face in hosting their Annual General Meetings (AGMs), Extraordinary General Meetings (EGM) and other events during this Pandemic, as the Government’s and the Ministry of Health & Wellness, to protect the population, have mandated no gathering and/or restrictions on the number of persons attending an...

On April 1, 20021, Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) met with representatives of financial holding company designates (FHC) and deposit taking institutions (DTIs) and agreed the following: Effective immediately, the boards of FHCs and DTIs can choose to resume the distributions of dividends to shareholders owning more than one per cent of issued shares which had been declared for their 2019...