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The Caribbean Is at the Foundation Stage of AI

October 18, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Count only the artificial intelligence (AI) that is live, the laws that are in force and the results that are published, and the Caribbean scores 32 out of 100. The region is at the foundation stage of AI value and governance. That is the headline of the inaugural Caribbean AI Value & Governance Index (CAVGI),...

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

October 5, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

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...

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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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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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Digital Services Taxes and the Price of Gross Revenue

September 29, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

A 2 or 3 per cent tax on revenue sounds modest until it is set against margin. Digital services taxes are expensive for thin-margin businesses, politically costly for the countries that levy them, and a poor fit for small Caribbean economies. Executive summary A digital services tax (DST) is a tax on the gross revenue...

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VAT at the Customer’s Doorstep: How Digital Tax Follows the Customer Across the Caribbean

September 29, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Consumption tax on digital services follows the customer, not the supplier. For Caribbean firms selling across the islands, that principle turns on three practical questions: is the customer a business, where are they, and who collects? Executive summary Every Caribbean consumption tax regime for digital services rests on one idea: value added tax (VAT) or...

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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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The Caribbean Is at the Foundation Stage of AI

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

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

Digital Services Taxes and the Price of Gross Revenue

VAT at the Customer’s Doorstep: How Digital Tax Follows the Customer Across the Caribbean

The Caribbean Digital Tax Moment

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