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General Insurance Contracts and the PAA — Simplicity with Tax Complexity

July 7, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

For many general insurance companies, the Premium Allocation Approach (PAA) under IFRS 17 offers a simplified framework for measuring liabilities and recognizing revenue. It’s especially attractive for short-duration contracts like auto, property, liability, and accident policies. However, simplification in accounting doesn’t necessarily translate to simplification in tax. In Jamaica, the TAJ Technical Advisory on IFRS...

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Life Assurance under IFRS 17 — A New Tax Narrative for Policyholder Protection

July 7, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

Life assurance companies operate under long-term, complex contractual obligations that require precise actuarial forecasts and careful financial planning. With the introduction of IFRS 17, the landscape for life insurers in Jamaica has fundamentally changed—impacting not just how revenue and profits are recognized, but also how tax liabilities are calculated and reported. To support a smooth...

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Smart Tax Structuring for Growth: Aligning Business Models with Tax Efficiency

July 5, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

Growth Is Good—Unless It Triggers Tax Exposure Every successful business faces inflection points—scaling operations, entering new markets, restructuring ownership, or raising capital. But as operations grow more complex, tax obligations grow with them—unless the business structure is carefully planned. Tax structuring is not about avoiding taxes—it’s about aligning your business model with local and international...

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Tax Risk Management: Building Confidence Through Compliance

July 5, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

Tax Risk Is Business Risk In today’s complex and fast-changing regulatory environment, tax risk is more than a finance issue—it’s a strategic business concern. Errors, omissions, or delays in tax compliance can trigger audits, penalties, reputational harm, and strained relationships with regulators. Caribbean companies are increasingly expected to demonstrate transparency, accuracy, and proactive governance in...

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Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC): Integrating Oversight for Better Decision-Making

July 5, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

Silos Are Risky—Integration Is Smart Caribbean businesses today operate in a challenging landscape—heightened regulatory requirements, fast-moving digital threats, environmental concerns, and growing stakeholder scrutiny. Yet too often, governance, risk management, and compliance functions operate in silos—creating duplication, blind spots, and strategic disconnects. Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) is a framework for integrating oversight, breaking down...

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Cybersecurity Risk Assurance: Protecting Data, Systems, and Reputation

July 5, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

In the Digital Age, Cyber Risk Is Business Risk From ransomware attacks and phishing scams to data leaks and system outages, cyber threats are no longer IT issues—they are boardroom-level risks. For Caribbean businesses, the digital transformation journey must go hand-in-hand with a robust cybersecurity strategy. Cybersecurity risk assurance provides the governance, monitoring, and testing...

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Internal Controls That Work: Safeguarding Assets and Enhancing Accountability

July 5, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

The Real Value of Internal Controls In a fast-paced business environment marked by evolving risks, regulatory scrutiny, and financial pressure, internal controls are not just about compliance—they are about confidence. A robust internal control system is your organization’s first line of defense against fraud, error, inefficiency, and reputational risk. But effective controls go beyond ticking...

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Enterprise Risk Management: Building Resilience in Uncertain Times

July 5, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

Risk Is the New Normal Global uncertainty—economic shocks, cyber threats, climate change, supply chain disruption, and regulatory upheaval—has transformed risk from an occasional boardroom discussion into a daily leadership imperative. Organizations across the Caribbean must now ask: “How prepared are we for what’s next?” At Dawgen Global, we believe Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is no...

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Beyond the Deadline: Why Tax Filing Is Just the Beginning of Good Compliance

July 5, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

Tax Filing Isn’t the Finish Line—It’s the Starting Point For many businesses, tax filing is treated as a once-a-year administrative task: gather the receipts, prepare the forms, submit, and move on. But in today’s regulatory environment—especially in Jamaica and across the Caribbean—filing your tax return is only one part of a much larger compliance responsibility....

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Navigating Jamaica’s GCT: 7 Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

July 5, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

GCT Compliance Is More Complex Than You Think Jamaica’s General Consumption Tax (GCT) regime is a key component of the tax landscape. While it functions like a standard value-added tax (VAT), it comes with unique rules, exemptions, and compliance requirements that can easily trip up even well-intentioned businesses. For many Jamaican companies—especially SMEs—GCT errors lead...

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General Insurance Contracts and the PAA — Simplicity with Tax Complexity

Life Assurance under IFRS 17 — A New Tax Narrative for Policyholder Protection

Tax Risk Management: Building Confidence Through Compliance

Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC): Integrating Oversight for Better Decision-Making

Cybersecurity Risk Assurance: Protecting Data, Systems, and Reputation

Internal Controls That Work: Safeguarding Assets and Enhancing Accountability

Enterprise Risk Management: Building Resilience in Uncertain Times

Beyond the Deadline: Why Tax Filing Is Just the Beginning of Good Compliance

Navigating Jamaica’s GCT: 7 Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

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