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What Digital Tax Means for Caribbean Retail and Manufacturing

October 3, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Retailers and manufacturers now buy software, advertising and cloud capacity from abroad and sell through websites, marketplaces and chat apps. Digital tax reaches both sides of that ledger, and the margin effect is larger than most finance teams expect. Executive summary Caribbean retailers and manufacturers are no longer simply buyers and sellers of goods. They...

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Canada’s Reversal and the Uncertain Road to Pillar One

September 30, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Canada enacted a digital services tax, reached back two years to collect it, then repealed it and refunded the money with interest. The episode is a lesson in legislative risk, and a signpost for Caribbean states choosing between the OECD, the United Nations and their own consumption taxes. Executive summary In June 2024 Canada enacted...

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Jamaica’s GCT on Foreign Digital Services: What Changes in 2027

September 29, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Most Jamaican businesses already pay GCT on imported services through the reverse charge. The Budget measure is aimed at households and unregistered buyers, and its design will decide whether registered businesses are taxed twice. Executive summary Jamaica’s Budget for fiscal year (FY) 2026/27 proposes to apply General Consumption Tax (GCT) to digital services and intangibles...

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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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Proof of Reserves Explained: The New Quarterly Audit for Jamaican Exchanges and Custodians

June 28, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Jamaica’s VASP regime introduces a recurring, independently audited proof of reserves for trading platforms and custodians. Here is what it is, why it matters, what makes it credible, and how to be ready. In short: under Jamaica’s proposed VASP regime, Class A (trading platforms) and Class C (custodians) must demonstrate — at least...

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Jamaica’s Proposed VASP Licensing Regime: The Complete Guide

June 27, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Everything businesses, boards and investors need to understand about how Jamaica will license and supervise virtual asset service providers — the six license classes, capital and substance, AML/CFT, proof of reserves, fees, and the road to enactment. In short: the Financial Services Commission (FSC) has proposed a full licensing regime for virtual asset service...

Tokenized Resort Real Estate: The Caribbean Use Case That Tests the Framework

May 5, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

In the seven previous articles of this series, we have constructed the Digital Asset Governance and Assurance Framework — DAGAF™ — pillar by pillar. We have established the case for a Caribbean-anchored framework, mapped the foreign and regional regulatory regimes Caribbean enterprises must operate within, set out the architecture of the framework as a whole,...

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Auditing the Token: ISA, IFRS, and the New Assurance Mandate in the Caribbean

April 28, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Editor’s Note This is the sixth article in a twelve-part Dawgen Global series introducing DAGAF™ — the Digital Asset Governance & Assurance Framework. Articles 1 through 5 set out the inflection-point argument, mapped the foreign regulatory regimes, established the architecture of DAGAF™, and treated Pillar 1 (Governance and Board Oversight) and Pillar 3 (Tax Treatment...

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Tokenization in the Caribbean: Why Boards, Regulators, and Enterprises Must Engage Now

April 28, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Editor’s Note This is the first article in a twelve-part Dawgen Global series introducing DAGAF™ — the Digital Asset Governance & Assurance Framework — the Caribbean’s first integrated framework for the governance, assurance, tax, and risk management of tokenized real-world assets. Each article in the series will engage one dimension of the tokenization question facing...

Canada’s Reversal and the Uncertain Road to Pillar One

Jamaica’s GCT on Foreign Digital Services: What Changes in 2027

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

Proof of Reserves Explained: The New Quarterly Audit for Jamaican Exchanges and Custodians

Jamaica’s Proposed VASP Licensing Regime: The Complete Guide

Tokenized Resort Real Estate: The Caribbean Use Case That Tests the Framework

Auditing the Token: ISA, IFRS, and the New Assurance Mandate in the Caribbean

Tokenization in the Caribbean: Why Boards, Regulators, and Enterprises Must Engage Now

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