The Government’s efforts to take in every tax dollar is gaining traction, with the Large Taxpayer Office collecting some $63.7 billion in the 2009/2010 fiscal period, and $60.3 billion between...

Now that the requisite laws and regulations have been passed and gazetted, any interested party can apply for a licence to establish a credit bureau, and the Bank of Jamaica...

The Government has achieved most of its tax reform objectives, Director General of Tax Administration, Mrs. Viralee Latibeaudiere has asserted. Addressing a Jamaica Chamber of Commerce breakfast forum on tax...

Thousands of unclaimed bank balances amounting to millions of dollars, with sums in these accounts ranging from nearly $2 million to just over $500, are to be remitted to the...

Newly-appointed World Bank Country Directorfor the Caribbean, Françoise Clottes, will travel to Jamaica this week to meet with Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw and other government officials....

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon Karl Samuda, has expressed support for a one year tax break for micro enterprise start-ups, in addition to the recently announced one year...

The Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) expects its first drawdown of US$5 million on the US$20 million from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), before the end of the current fiscal year....

The Government is currently negotiating a US$75 million loan with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to help finance its tax administration reform programme, Finance and Public Service...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, is warning that the Ministry will be vigilant in monitoring the operations of companies listed on the Junior Stock Exchange,...

Cabinet has approved a 10 per cent increase for minimum wage earners and industrial security guards. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, made the announcement during Tuesday’s...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, is to meet with the Bankers Association of Jamaica (BAJ) on Wednesday (January 26), to discuss their role in Government’s...