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From Compliance to Strategy: A Caribbean CFO’s Blueprint for Building a Tax-Ready Organisation

March 5, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The CFO Who Built a Tax Function Three years ago, the CFO of a Caribbean conglomerate with operations in manufacturing, distribution, and financial services across four territories sat in a board meeting and could not answer a question about the company’s effective tax rate. She knew the number. She had approved the tax provision...

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Tax Dispute Resolution: When the Revenue Authority Comes Calling

March 5, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Thirty Days to Respond The managing director of a Caribbean real estate development company arrived at his office on a Monday morning to find a registered letter from the revenue authority. The letter was an assessment notice. It stated that following a comprehensive audit of the company’s tax affairs for the three most recently...

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Payroll Tax, Social Security, and Employee Benefits: The Compliance Minefield Caribbean Employers Navigate Daily

March 5, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The Statutory Audit That Uncovered Two Years of Errors The human resources director of a Caribbean hospitality group with 1,200 employees across three territories received a telephone call from the group’s CFO on a Friday afternoon in January. The call was not about recruitment or training or employee relations. It was about payroll tax. A...

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Tax Governance and the Board: Why Tax Strategy Belongs in the Boardroom

March 5, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The Question the Board Could Not Answer The annual general meeting of a Caribbean listed company had proceeded smoothly through the chairman’s report, the CEO’s operational review, and the presentation of the audited financial statements. The company had performed well: revenue was up twelve per cent, operating margins had improved, and the dividend had...

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Indirect Tax and the Caribbean Consumer: VAT, GCT, and the Hidden Compliance Burden

March 5, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The E-Commerce Business That Did Not Know It Had Three Tax Problems The founder of a Caribbean e-commerce business had built something remarkable. Starting from a warehouse in Kingston, the company had grown in four years to become one of the region’s most successful online retailers of specialty consumer goods. Customers in Jamaica, Trinidad and...

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The Digital Tax Revolution: How Technology Is Transforming Caribbean Tax Administration and What It Means for Your Business

March 4, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The Assessment Nobody Expected The owner of a Caribbean retail chain with fourteen stores across two parishes had spent the previous eighteen months investing in digital transformation. An e-commerce platform was launched, a loyalty programme was digitised, and the company began accepting payments through three digital payment platforms in addition to its traditional point-of-sale systems....

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Tax Incentives and Special Economic Zones: Maximising Legitimate Benefits Without Crossing the Line

March 4, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The Exemption That Vanished The managing director of a Caribbean technology company had built his business on a compelling competitive advantage: a special economic zone designation that provided a corporate income tax rate significantly below the standard rate, duty-free importation of equipment, and exemption from certain indirect taxes. The designation had been instrumental in attracting...

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From Compliance to Strategy: A Caribbean CFO’s Blueprint for Building a Tax-Ready Organisation

Tax Dispute Resolution: When the Revenue Authority Comes Calling

Tax Governance and the Board: Why Tax Strategy Belongs in the Boardroom

Indirect Tax and the Caribbean Consumer: VAT, GCT, and the Hidden Compliance Burden

The Digital Tax Revolution: How Technology Is Transforming Caribbean Tax Administration and What It Means for Your Business

Tax Incentives and Special Economic Zones: Maximising Legitimate Benefits Without Crossing the Line

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