Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is advising that disbursements have been made to the first 74,749 of the now 272,041 Jamaicans, who have applied successfully to receive the $20,000 Reverse Income Tax Credit (RITC). The payments being made relate to the following financial institution and remittance services that are fully configured to receive payments:  JN Bank  JN Money Services...

The Financial Investigations Division (FID) is ramping up its effort to combat financial crimes as it seeks to fill 117 new positions. The FID is a department of Government and is the only law-enforcement body within the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. Speaking recently with JIS News, Brand Communications Specialist at the FID, Garth Williams, indicated that the...

Members of Jamaica’s Fiscal Commission Advisory Committee were announced on Tuesday (October 29) by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. Speaking in the House of Representatives, Dr. Clarke informed that JMMB Group Chief Executive Officer, Keith Duncan, will chair the Committee. Mr. Duncan also chairs the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC). The other members...

 

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has hailed outgoing Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, as a “special resource for Jamaica”. Dr. Clarke, who officially demits office on Wednesday (October 30), is to be appointed Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) effective October 31. Contributing to the outpouring of...

Some 77,000 Jamaicans who have successfully applied for the Government’s Reverse Income Tax Credit (RITC) are expected to receive an update on the availability of the funds this week. Speaking today (October 29) in the House of Representatives, outgoing Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said that these persons are expected “to be in...

The Government is taking steps to regularise landownership in Ackee Walk and Jackson Town in St. Andrew North Western, enabling residents to obtain titles for properties they have lived on for several years. Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said the Government will be issuing a ministerial order to declare these two communities under the Registration of Titles,...