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Income Tax Deadline is Today

Income Tax Filers have until 11:59 p.m. tonight (March 15) to file their final Income Tax Returns for 2023 and Estimated Returns for 2024, as ALL Companies, Partnerships, Self-employed individuals, employed individuals with other sources of income and all other...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill delivers his remarks during the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) workshop on Wednesday (March 13), at the Courtyard by Marriott in Kingston. The three-part workshop series, titled ‘SEZ Unplugged’, targeted professionals, including attorneys-at-law, realtors, commissioned land surveyors, and financial professionals, and was designed to equip them with knowledge on investment opportunities within Jamaica's Special Economic Zones (SEZs).

PHOTOS: Minister Hill Attends JSEZA Workshop

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (head of table), addresses the National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA) board meeting held on Wednesday (March 13) at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston.

PHOTOS: Minister Hill at NCRA Board Meeting

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Hon. Nigel Clarke opening the 2024/25 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 12.

TAJ Investing $11 Billion in Creating Modern Tax Offices

Members of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service debate team with the Champion Trophy, after winning the second staging of the Public Sector Debate Competition in 2023. Sharing the moment with them is Executive Director, Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Maria Thompson Walters (right).

Registration Now Open for 2024 Public Sector Debate Competition

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, opened the 2024/25 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 12.

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Junior Exchange Voting Share Capital Threshold Moves to $750 Million

The Income Tax Act will be amended to increase the maximum participating voting share capital of companies listed on the Junior Stock Exchange from $500 million to $750 million. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said the measures are in an effort to further facilitate growth of the micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME)...

Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Affairs Commission, Dolsie Allen, speaks at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.

2 years ago CommerceIndustryInvestment

Increase in Number of Cases Handled and Resolved by CAC

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) handled 1,292 complaints and resolved 893 up to February of the current fiscal year, an increase of 24 and 11 respectively, over the similar period in 2022/23. The figures were provided by the Commission’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dolsie Allen, who addressed a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank. Mrs. Allen informed that most...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, addresses the Standing Finance Committee in the House of Representatives on March 6.

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$88 Billion in PIR for Manufacturing in 2023

The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is reporting that in excess of $88 billion in Productive Input Relief (PIR) was approved last year to assist businesses. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, made the disclosure while addressing the Standing Finance Committee in the House of Representatives on March 6. “We approved PIR, which is Productive Input Relief, for...

Assistant General Manager for Compliance Management at the National Housing Trust, Dameon McNally.

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NHT Stages Third Compliance Engagement and Mobilisation Session for Entrepreneurs

Several micro, small and medium-sized business operators in Kingston and St. Andrew benefited from the National Housing Trust’s third Compliance Engagement and Mobilisation Session (Compliance 365) at Mandela Park in Half-Way Tree, St. Andrew, on Thursday (March 7). NHT Assistant General Manager for Compliance, Dameon McNally, said the session is pivotal to the entity’s thrust to improve compliance among members...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), in dialogue with Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Amber Group, Ambassador Dushyant Savadia, on arrival for the launch of the Amber UTech Launchpad at the University of Technology (UTech) campus in Papine, St. Andrew, on March 6. Accompanying them are President of UTech, Dr. Kevin Brown (left) and Pro Chancellor of UTech, Aldrick McNab (right).

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Hundreds of MSMEs Benefit from BIGEE Programme

Some 1,335 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) have so far benefited from the Boosting Innovation Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem (BIGEE) programme. The US$25-million project forms part of the Government’s thrust to support a sustained and robust entrepreneurial ecosystem in Jamaica, thereby boosting the country’s economic growth. It is financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IBD) and executed by the...

2 years ago Finance & Public ServiceIndustry

BGLC Takes Licensing Activities to Rural Towns

The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) is making it easier for owners and operators of gaming machines and prescribed premises outside of Kingston to renew their licences, which will expire on March 31. Director of Licensing and Registration at BGLC, Vivian Nunes, told JIS News that each year, the Commission seeks to reach out to customers outside the Kingston...

Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Dolsie Allen, shares details on activities for World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) during a JIS Think Tank on March 7. WCRD will be observed on March 15.

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March 15 is World Consumer Rights Day

Jamaica will join the global community is observing World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) on March 15, under theme ‘Fair and Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in Consumer Relations.’ Activities will take place locally under the sub-theme ‘Consumer and Technology: Are you Protected?’. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Thursday (March 7), the CAC’s Chief Executive Officer, Dolsie Allen, said...