Come Thursday afternoon, February 19, Jamaicans will hear what the Government intends to spend for the Fiscal Year 2015/16. Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, will table the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure and Revenue Measures in the House  of Representatives, which will provide details on what the Ministries and agencies will receive for Recurrent (house-keeping) and...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) this morning implemented phase one of its new Revenue Administration Information System (RAiS). The February 9, 2015 rollout involves operating General Consumption (GCT), Special Consumption Tax (SCT), Guest Accommodation Room Tax (GART) and Telephone Call Tax (TCT) activities on the new system.  The other tax types will continue to be processed on the previous system for...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, says there will be no increase in property tax rates in the next fiscal year. Speaking in the House of Representatives, on February 10, the Minister addressed speculation in the media about the 'supposed' intentions of the government to increase property taxes. Dr. Phillips also informed the Lower House that...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) has switched over to its new Enterprise Portal following an upgrade of its web services. This consolidates several previously operated web options. Users of the new tax website will be able to seamlessly access TAJ's various internet services, such as making online payments, filing returns electronically, querying their property tax status, downloading tax forms or simply...

The Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) will be staging its Inaugural Town Hall Meeting Tour across the island over the first two weeks of February led by a team of top officials from all divisions of the Commission. The meetings aim to heighten interactions with the gaming public and stakeholders in the gaming, betting and lottery sectors through discussions...

The public is advised that the Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) web service will remain offline for a further 24 hours to accommodate a major upgrade. As a result all online transactions, including the filing of tax returns, payment of taxes and fees, as well as the Property Tax query feature will remain unavailable to the public during this period. The...

The main findings of the October 2014 Labour Force Survey, conducted by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) are presented below. The reference week for this survey was September 21-27, 2014.   In October 2014, the number of persons in the Labour Force was 1,310,700, an increase of 6,200 (0.5%) above the 1,304,500 recorded in October 2013. The male labour...