Jamaica

Taxed Like Europe? What the World’s Tax Rankings Really Say About the Caribbean

The finding Jamaica collects tax equal to 25.6% of its GDP — more, as a share of its economy, than the United States (19.5%), Germany (23.0%), Japan (20.2%) or Switzerland (20.0%). Barbados, at 27.8%, collects more than Greece and sits on the global top-20 list beside the Nordic welfare states. That is the Caribbean story...

Leadership & Careers Regulatory & Standards

CAREERS AT DAWGEN GLOBAL: Attorneys-at-Law — Legal & Compliance Division

October 4, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Build Your Legal Career with Dawgen Global Most legal careers grow along a single track. At Dawgen Global, yours can grow across several. Dawgen Global is an independent, integrated multidisciplinary professional services firm headquartered in Kingston, Jamaica, and operating in more than 15 Caribbean territories. We are expanding our Legal & Compliance Division and want...

Board & Governance Cybersecurity & Data Protection

Six Tools, No Team

October 4, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Why smaller businesses should buy cybersecurity as one system, not a collection of products A security stack built one invoice at a time Ask a Caribbean business owner how they protect their company and you will often hear a list. An antivirus licence bought in 2019. A backup tool added after a scare. An...

Board & Governance Cybersecurity & Data Protection

The Breach Begins Before the Login

October 4, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Why Caribbean businesses must secure the device itself, not just the network around it The laptop nobody suspected Picture a mid-sized distributor in Kingston. It has a firewall, antivirus on every machine and a managed email filter. The IT provider sends a clean monthly report. Then the finance manager’s laptop starts behaving strangely. A reinstall...

Data & Analytics Dawgen Frameworks & Series IT & Digital Transformation Risk & Compliance Strategy & Transformation Tax

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...

Dawgen Frameworks & Series Economy & Markets IT & Digital Transformation

What Digital Tax Means for Tourism and Creative Services

October 4, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Hotels, villa owners, musicians and filmmakers are paid through platforms that net off commissions, refunds and foreign tax before any cash arrives. The deposit is not the revenue, and the tax answer starts with who supplied what to whom. Executive summary Tourism and the creative industries are the Caribbean’s most visible exports, and both now...

Audit & Assurance Board & Governance Business Development & Entrepreneurship IT & Digital Transformation Risk & Compliance Tax

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...

Business Development & Entrepreneurship IT & Digital Transformation Risk & Compliance Tax

Can a Business Have Taxable Presence Without an Office?

October 3, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Yes, and in three different ways. A Caribbean software or services firm selling into neighbouring islands and Latin America can owe consumption tax, income tax or a special digital levy in a market where it has never signed a lease. Executive summary “We have no office there” is the commonest answer Caribbean businesses give on...

Accounting & BPO Advisory & Consulting AI & Emerging Technology Board & Governance IT & Digital Transformation

When Advertising, SaaS and Royalties Cross a Border

October 3, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

One foreign software invoice can carry two Jamaican taxes at once: withholding on the payment and General Consumption Tax on the import. Which applies, and at what rate, turns on a classification most finance teams never write down. Executive summary Caribbean businesses now pay foreign vendors for software as a service (SaaS), cloud hosting, online...

Audit & Assurance IT & Digital Transformation Risk & Compliance Tax

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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Taxed Like Europe? What the World’s Tax Rankings Really Say About the Caribbean

CAREERS AT DAWGEN GLOBAL: Attorneys-at-Law — Legal & Compliance Division

Six Tools, No Team

The Breach Begins Before the Login

A 90-Day Digital Tax Readiness Plan for Caribbean Groups

What Digital Tax Means for Tourism and Creative Services

Can a Business Have Taxable Presence Without an Office?

Canada’s Reversal and the Uncertain Road to Pillar One

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