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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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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...

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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Canada enacted a digital services tax, reached back two years to collect it, then repealed it and refunded the money with interest.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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Cross-Border Tax Risk: Navigating Multi-Jurisdictional Complexity in the Caribbean

March 5, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The Expansion That Eroded Its Own Returns The board of a Caribbean financial services group had approved the expansion into a third territory with considerable enthusiasm. The target market offered a growing middle class, an underserved wealth management segment, and a regulatory environment that was progressively liberalising access for regional financial institutions. The business...

CARICOM double taxation agreement

Canada’s Reversal and the Uncertain Road to Pillar One

Cross-Border Tax Risk: Navigating Multi-Jurisdictional Complexity in the Caribbean

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