Employers and self-employed persons are reminded that Thursday, January 14, 2010 is the deadline to file their Employers Annual Returns for PAYE (Income Tax) and Education Tax. Persons are encouraged...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon Audley Shaw, has given assurances that most cash advances from the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) will be repaid by the end of...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Honourable Audley Shaw, has announced that the Letter of Intent to access a US$1.2 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will...

The Government wishes to make it clear that there will be no retroactivity in the application of the General Consumption Tax (GCT) on electricity. A statement from the Ministry of...

The second tranche of the two-tiered income tax threshold increase for Pay As You Earn (PAYE) contributors and pensioners for the 2009/10 fiscal year, takes effect on Friday, January 1,...

The agro-processing sector accounted for 30 per cent of the total loans disbursed by the National Export Import (Ex-Im) Bank of Jamaica during the 2008/09 financial year. This amounted to...

The National Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank of Jamaica is reporting that it achieved a significant milestone during the 2008/09 fiscal period, with its loan usage (local and foreign), totaling $6.5 billion....

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service has made available $500 million to provide increases for Government pensioners in 2009/10. A Ministry Paper (Number 126/09) tabled by the Minister...

These revised revenue measures reflect changes made to the measures presented in Parliament on Thursday December 17, 2009 by Ministry Paper 128/09. The main feature of this revision is the...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, said Wednesday night (December 23) that his administration accepted the principle of sharing the tax burden more proportionately and equitably as a sound argument....

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding on Wednesday night (December 23) announced a revised tax package which seeks to minimise, as much as possible, the impact on poor families. The...