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A 90-Day Digital Tax Readiness Plan for Caribbean Groups

October 4, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

A group that starts in October 2026 can finish a disciplined readiness programme before Jamaica’s planned digital tax commencement in early 2027. Here is what each month should deliver, who owns what, and how the board will know it worked. Executive summary Digital tax readiness is not a legal memorandum. It is an owner, a...

Who Collects Tax When a Platform Sits in the Middle

September 29, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Marketplaces, booking sites and delivery apps now stand between Caribbean sellers and their customers. The law increasingly decides who collects the tax by who controls the transaction, not by who owns the product. Sellers who assume “the platform handles it” are carrying risk they have not measured. Executive summary A single online sale can involve...

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The Caribbean Digital Tax Moment

September 29, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Jamaica’s Budget, Grenada’s new law and years of quiet collection in Barbados and The Bahamas mean digital tax is no longer a foreign debate. It is a Caribbean compliance question, and boards need a method to answer it. Executive summary Until recently, “digital tax” in the Caribbean meant headlines from Paris, London and Ottawa. In...

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Treaty Access Under Scrutiny: Substance, Beneficial Ownership and Principal Purpose Risk

June 7, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Treaty access used to be a paperwork question. It is now an evidence question. The entity that cannot show genuine substance, beneficial ownership, and commercial purpose may hold a residency certificate and still lose the benefit it relies on. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Double tax treaties remain essential tools in international business: they reduce withholding tax, allocate...

Board Minutes and Tax Substance: Why Documentation Can Make or Break a Holding Company Structure

June 3, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Executive Summary In modern international tax planning, documentation is no longer an administrative afterthought. It is a central part of tax defence. Holding companies, investment platforms, regional headquarters, and cross-border ownership structures may be legally valid, but they remain exposed if the evidence does not prove that they are commercially real. The recent Milan...

When Is a Holding Company a Conduit? Understanding Beneficial Ownership and Anti-Avoidance Risk

June 3, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Key Insight: A holding company is not vulnerable merely because it is lean. It becomes vulnerable when it lacks real substance, decision-making autonomy, commercial purpose, and evidence that it controls the income or assets it legally holds. Executive Summary Holding companies remain valuable tools in international tax and corporate structuring. They can support investment management,...

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 Strategy and Governance: Building a World-Class Tax Function for Caribbean Businesses

April 6, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

From Compliance to Strategy Eleven articles ago, this series opened with a foundational proposition: that tax is not a fixed cost to be simply paid, but a managed variable — shaped by how well the organisation understands its obligations, how proactively it plans its structures and transactions, and how rigorously it maintains the compliance...

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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...

A 90-Day Digital Tax Readiness Plan for Caribbean Groups

Who Collects Tax When a Platform Sits in the Middle

The Caribbean Digital Tax Moment

Treaty Access Under Scrutiny: Substance, Beneficial Ownership and Principal Purpose Risk

Board Minutes and Tax Substance: Why Documentation Can Make or Break a Holding Company Structure

When Is a Holding Company a Conduit? Understanding Beneficial Ownership and Anti-Avoidance Risk

Tax Strategy and Governance: Building a World-Class Tax Function for Caribbean Businesses

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

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