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OCI and Taxation — The Unseen Impacts of Insurance Finance Income Presentation Choices

July 8, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

One of the lesser-discussed, yet highly impactful features of IFRS 17 is the option for insurers to present insurance finance income or expense either in the profit or loss (P&L) statement or in Other Comprehensive Income (OCI). While this may seem like an accounting classification choice, it carries significant tax implications in Jamaica. The TAJ...

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Onerous Contracts and Tax Adjustments — What the TAJ Will (and Won’t) Recognize

July 7, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

One of the most transformative features of IFRS 17 is its treatment of onerous contracts—insurance contracts that are expected to generate a net loss over their coverage period. While IFRS 17 mandates immediate recognition of losses from onerous contracts, the Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) has issued firm guidance stating that not all of these losses...

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The Fair Value and Modified Retrospective Approaches — Choosing the Right Path to Transition

July 7, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

The adoption of IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts represents a transformational shift in how insurance companies measure and present their financial results. A critical challenge lies in how to transition from IFRS 4 to IFRS 17, particularly for existing insurance contracts. IFRS 17 offers three transition approaches: the Full Retrospective Approach, the Modified Retrospective Approach (MRA),...

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Unpacking IFRS 17: The Premium Allocation Approach (PAA) and its Challenges

July 7, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

A New Era of Insurance Reporting IFRS 17, effective from 1 January 2023, has redefined how insurance contracts are measured and reported globally. Replacing IFRS 4, this new standard aims to increase transparency, consistency, and comparability in financial statements by applying a uniform approach to insurance contract valuation. Among its key features is the Premium...

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Beyond the Deadline: Why Tax Filing Is Just the Beginning of Good Compliance

July 5, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

Tax Filing Isn’t the Finish Line—It’s the Starting Point For many businesses, tax filing is treated as a once-a-year administrative task: gather the receipts, prepare the forms, submit, and move on. But in today’s regulatory environment—especially in Jamaica and across the Caribbean—filing your tax return is only one part of a much larger compliance responsibility....

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Navigating Jamaica’s GCT: 7 Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

July 5, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

GCT Compliance Is More Complex Than You Think Jamaica’s General Consumption Tax (GCT) regime is a key component of the tax landscape. While it functions like a standard value-added tax (VAT), it comes with unique rules, exemptions, and compliance requirements that can easily trip up even well-intentioned businesses. For many Jamaican companies—especially SMEs—GCT errors lead...

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Transfer Pricing Compliance: Why Even SMEs Should Be Paying Attention

July 5, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

Transfer Pricing Is No Longer Just a Big Business Issue Traditionally, transfer pricing (TP)—the rules governing the pricing of transactions between related parties—was seen as a concern only for large multinationals. But in today’s globally interconnected economy, even small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly affected by TP rules, especially those operating across borders, within...

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Smart Tax Planning: How to Legally Reduce Your Corporate Tax Burden

July 5, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

Reducing Tax, Ethically and Strategically Taxes are one of the largest expenses for any business. Yet many companies in Jamaica and across the Caribbean continue to overpay or miss opportunities to optimize their tax positions—not due to evasion, but because of a lack of planning. At Dawgen Global, we believe that smart tax planning is...

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5 Ways Real-Time Bookkeeping Improves Strategic Decision-Making

July 5, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

Timely Data = Smarter Decisions In today’s fast-paced business environment, having accurate financial data isn’t enough—it must also be current. Traditional bookkeeping models, which close the books monthly or quarterly, leave decision-makers flying blind in the interim. Real-time bookkeeping changes this by delivering up-to-date, dynamic financial visibility, empowering leaders to act with confidence—every day. At...

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Preparing for IPOs and Investment: The Power of Financial Reporting Readiness

July 5, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

Your Financials Are Your First Impression When seeking investment—from private equity firms, angel investors, venture capitalists, or preparing for a public listing—your financial statements are your resume. They tell the story of your business model, scalability, credibility, and risk. In the Caribbean, where capital markets are maturing and funding options are expanding, investor readiness starts...

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