Tax Audit

Designing a Pan-Caribbean Tax Operating Model for a Multi-Jurisdictional Group

April 19, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

C | Context A diversified Caribbean group, built over three decades through a combination of organic expansion and strategic acquisition, had accumulated a multi-jurisdictional footprint whose tax management had not kept pace with its commercial development. The group’s fourteen legal entities, spread across six Caribbean jurisdictions, were each managed by local finance teams operating under...

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Tax Disputes and Objections: How to Challenge a TAJ Assessment and Navigate the Appeals Process

April 6, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

When TAJ and the Taxpayer Disagree Receiving a tax assessment from Tax Administration Jamaica is one of the most consequential financial events a Caribbean business or individual can face. The assessment sets out TAJ’s determination of the tax liability for a particular period — a determination that may include additional tax, interest, and penalties that,...

CRS and FATCA Compliance: What Caribbean Financial Institutions and Account Holders Must Know

April 6, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The End of Financial Privacy as a Tax Planning Tool For decades, offshore financial accounts served a dual purpose for many Caribbean and international investors: a store of wealth beyond the reach of domestic tax authorities, and a mechanism for sheltering investment returns from the income tax obligations that would apply if those returns were...

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Financial Services Taxation: Sector-Specific Tax Obligations for Banks, Insurance Companies, Credit Unions, and Securities Dealers

April 6, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Why Financial Services Taxation Requires Specialist Expertise The taxation of financial institutions in Jamaica and across the Caribbean is more complex, more consequential, and more frequently mismanaged than the taxation of any other sector. The financial services sector encompasses institutions with vastly different tax profiles — commercial banks subject to the higher 33.33% CIT...

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Property Tax and Stamp Duty: What Every Property Owner, Developer, and Investor Must Know

April 6, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The Tax Dimension of Every Property Decision Land is one of the most significant assets in the Caribbean economy. From the family home to the commercial plaza, from the agricultural smallholding to the large industrial facility, from the hotel resort to the residential development — property ownership and property transactions carry a tax dimension that...

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Tax Treaties and Cross-Border Structuring: Navigating Jamaica’s Treaty Network and Avoiding Double Taxation

April 6, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The Treaty as a Tax Planning Tool and Compliance Obligation Double taxation — the imposition of tax on the same income by two different jurisdictions — is one of the most significant barriers to cross-border investment. A Jamaican company that receives dividends from a UK subsidiary faces potential taxation in both the UK (as...

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Transfer Pricing and BEPS: What Every Caribbean Group Must Know About Cross-Border Tax

April 5, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The International Dimension of Caribbean Tax For Caribbean businesses with operations in a single domestic market — a Jamaican retailer selling to Jamaican customers, a Barbadian service provider with no overseas operations — transfer pricing and the OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) framework may appear to be remote concerns. But for the...

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Payroll and Statutory Deductions: PAYE, NIS, NHT, Education Tax, and HEART — Every Employer’s Complete Compliance Guide

April 5, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The Payroll Obligation Every Employer Carries The moment a Jamaican business hires its first employee, it assumes a comprehensive set of statutory obligations that must be met every month for the entire duration of that employment relationship. These obligations extend far beyond the payment of wages — they encompass the accurate calculation, deduction, and remittance...

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Personal Income Tax: Obligations for Employees, Self-Employed Professionals, and Rental Income Earners

April 4, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Every Individual Is a Taxpayer Personal income tax is the tax that touches the widest range of Caribbean individuals — from the salaried employee whose employer handles deductions automatically, to the self-employed professional managing their own compliance, to the property investor navigating the rules on rental income, to the senior executive with multiple income streams...

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GCT / VAT Compliance: Registration, Input Tax Credits, and Avoiding the Most Costly Mistakes

April 4, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The Tax That Touches Every Transaction Of all the taxes in Jamaica’s fiscal framework, the General Consumption Tax is the one that most Caribbean businesses encounter most frequently — in every sale they make, in every purchase they process, in every invoice they issue, and in every return they file. GCT is a tax...

Tax Disputes and Objections: How to Challenge a TAJ Assessment and Navigate the Appeals Process

CRS and FATCA Compliance: What Caribbean Financial Institutions and Account Holders Must Know

Financial Services Taxation: Sector-Specific Tax Obligations for Banks, Insurance Companies, Credit Unions, and Securities Dealers

Tax Treaties and Cross-Border Structuring: Navigating Jamaica’s Treaty Network and Avoiding Double Taxation

Payroll and Statutory Deductions: PAYE, NIS, NHT, Education Tax, and HEART — Every Employer’s Complete Compliance Guide

Personal Income Tax: Obligations for Employees, Self-Employed Professionals, and Rental Income Earners

GCT / VAT Compliance: Registration, Input Tax Credits, and Avoiding the Most Costly Mistakes

April 20, 2026Post-Merger Integration Case Study: How a Caribbean Insurance Group Planned Day 1, One Hundred Days and Year-One Value Realization

April 20, 2026Vendor Due Diligence Case Study: How a Caribbean Manufacturing Group Prepared for a Future Sale from a Position of Strength

April 20, 2026Minority Investment Case Study: How a Caribbean Fintech Platform Raised Institutional Capital Without Giving Up Founder Control

April 19, 2026Buy-Side M&A Case Study: How a Caribbean Beverage Distributor Built Regional Scale Through a Disciplined Acquisition Mandate

April 19, 2026Executing a People-First Integration Following a Caribbean Financial Services Merger

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