Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government, in drafting the $715.6-billion Budget for the 2017/18 fiscal year, has taken major steps to safeguard the welfare...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government plans to discontinue withdrawing funds from the National Housing Trust (NHT) to finance the Budget. Responding to questions...

The Government is conducting a forensic review of state agencies which have significant financial surpluses in accounts, totalling nearly $200 billion, with a view to incorporating these in the Administration’s...

The Government will be moving to categorise public bodies to facilitate more focused oversight and monitoring, in a principle-based approach to the new policy of rationalisation. Minister of Finance and...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has announced that a new property tax regime will be adopted starting April 1. Opening the 2017/18 Budget Debate in...

The report from the Financial Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC) Commission of Enquiry into the collapse of the financial sector is expected to be completed within the next six months. Minister...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government is making banking services more accessible to Jamaicans. This is through approval of the Banking Services (Deposit Taking...

Effective April 1, 2017, the personal income tax threshold will be increased from $1 million to $1.5 million. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, made the...