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The Hidden Tax Data in Every Online Transaction

October 3, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Digital tax compliance is won or lost in the data captured at checkout and in accounts payable. Caribbean businesses that cannot reproduce the tax treatment of a single transaction are not ready for Jamaica’s 2027 changes or the region’s new registration regimes. Executive summary Every digital tax position rests on a handful of data points:...

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Every territory has its own tax. The group should still read as one set of numbers.

September 20, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Local compliance is genuinely local and cannot be harmonised away. What can be harmonised is everything underneath it — the chart, the definitions, the cut-off and the eliminations. Most groups have it the other way round. IN SHORT A multi-territory group has to file locally under local rules, in local currency, to local deadlines. That...

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Invoices that send themselves, and chase themselves.

September 4, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Automating invoicing and receivables collection Days sales outstanding is discussed as a measure of customer behaviour. For most businesses it is mostly a measure of their own delays. This article sets out the four intervals you control, what each day of them is worth in cash, and why a gentle unfailing schedule protects relationships...

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If your bank feed is not connected, you are paying someone to retype a statement

September 3, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Bank feeds and automated reconciliation — how they work, and what they do not do Reconciliation is treated as an accounting task. It is data entry with a checking step appended. This article sets out the three ways a feed can be connected, what happens to a transaction once it arrives, and an honest account...

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AML/CFT for VASPs in Jamaica: What the New Guidelines Require

July 1, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The AML/CFT/CPF Guidelines are the backbone of the VASP regime. Here is what they require — from the institution-wide risk assessment to customer due diligence, monitoring, record-keeping and reporting to the FID. In short: of the three instruments in the FSC’s proposed VASP framework, the AML/CFT/CPF Guidelines carry the most weight — they...

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Substance Requirements: Building a Compliant Jamaican VASP Presence

July 1, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Substance is the requirement that a licensed VASP be a real operation in Jamaica, not a nameplate. Here is what each element means in practice, why it matters, and how to build a presence that satisfies the FSC — and your bank. In short: of all the licensing conditions, substance is the one...

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Capital and Substance: Meeting the J$16 Million Requirement and Building a Real Jamaican Presence

July 1, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Two of the biggest market-entry hurdles for a VASP licence are money and presence — enough well-documented capital, and genuine local substance. Here is what the FSC requires, and how to prepare for both without stumbling. In short: every VASP applicant must hold at least J$16 million in paid-up capital — the same floor...

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How Jamaica’s VASP Framework Compares to MiCA, the UK, Singapore and the Cayman Islands

June 29, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Jamaica is not regulating virtual assets in a vacuum. Here is how its proposed licensing regime measures up against four of the world’s most influential frameworks — and what that means for operators choosing where to build. In short: Jamaica’s proposed VASP regime is recognisably part of a global wave. Like the EU’s MiCA,...

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The FSC VASP Consultation Explained: Timeline, Instruments and What Happens Next

June 29, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Jamaica’s Financial Services Commission has opened its proposed VASP licensing regime for public comment. Here is what is on the table, how to respond, and the road from consultation to a live licence. In short: the FSC published its proposed VASP licensing framework for public consultation on 10 June 2026, with comments due by...

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What Is a Virtual Asset Service Provider Under Jamaican Law?

June 29, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

A plain-English definition of a VASP under Jamaica’s proposed regime — the activities that bring you in scope, who is excluded, the decentralised-finance question, and how it all tracks the FATF standard. In short: a virtual asset service provider (VASP) is a business that, for or on behalf of others, provides virtual-asset services — operating...

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The Hidden Tax Data in Every Online Transaction

Substance Requirements: Building a Compliant Jamaican VASP Presence

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The FSC VASP Consultation Explained: Timeline, Instruments and What Happens Next

What Is a Virtual Asset Service Provider Under Jamaican Law?

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