Customs and Tax Administration

VAT on Digital Trade in the Caribbean: Insights from The Bahamas and Barbados

The Caribbean Tax Outreach Programme, led by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) alongside regional and international partners, brings together tax officials from the Caribbean to discuss and share experiences on regional tax priorities through a series of events. The second virtual workshop of t...

Coordinated approach necessary to manage external relations – COTED hears

The importance of effectively managing the external relations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was strongly underscored at the opening of the 45th meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Thursday in Georgetown, Guyana. Chair of the COTED, the Hon. Paula Go...

More opportunities provided for private sector as CARICOM, Cuba expand duty-free market access

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba on Thursday signed the Second Protocol to an Agreement that will expand access to each other’s markets for goods. CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, and Cuban Ambassador to CARICOM, His Excellency Julio Cesar Gonzalez Mar...

CARIFORUM Team Supports EPA Implementation in Barbados

(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) - Barbados is now better positioned to realise greater benefits from the CARIFORUM-European Union (EU) and CARIFORUM-United Kingdom (UK) Economic Partnership Agreements, following in-country sessions from 16-17 June, ...

CARICOM ALIGNING TAX TREATY WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is updating its tax treaty to align it with international standards and rules.   “The CARICOM Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) recognises the importance of tax cooperation and the shifts in the international tax landscape and decided that the CARICOM...

CARIFORUM Customs officials begin three-day workshop in Georgetown

A Regional Workshop aimed at building capacity in the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM), began this morning at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana. The Regional Workshop on the Single Administrative Document (SAD) and Custo...

CARICOM, World Customs Organisation, sign MOU for capacity-building support to Region’s Customs Administrations

Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and the Secretary-General of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) His Excellency Kunio Mikuriya have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The signing ceremony took place at the CARICOM Se...

CSME Online Platforms launched to promote regional trade and business

The Caribbean Community’s development of a Single Market and Economy has been given a boost with the launch of four new on-line platforms aimed at promoting trade and improving the ease of doing business. The CARICOM Secretariat, with support from the European Union, on Monday launched the CA...

CDEMA and CARICAD Formalise Partnership for Regional Sustainable Development

In a true demonstration of regional partnership, two CARICOM institutions have taken an important step to formalize their relationship towards enhancing sustainable development across the region. The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the Caribbean Centre for Development Adm...

Turks and Caicos student wins COTA 2014 essay competition

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Martha Bohlale Rakuoane, a student of the Helena J. Robinson High School, Turks and Caicos Islands, won the US$1,000 first prize of the Caribbean Organization of Tax Administrators (COTA) Essay Competition 2014. J...

VAT on Digital Trade in the Caribbean: Insights from The Bahamas and Barbados

Coordinated approach necessary to manage external relations – COTED hears

More opportunities provided for private sector as CARICOM, Cuba expand duty-free market access

CARIFORUM Team Supports EPA Implementation in Barbados

CARICOM ALIGNING TAX TREATY WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

CARIFORUM Customs officials begin three-day workshop in Georgetown

CARICOM, World Customs Organisation, sign MOU for capacity-building support to Region’s Customs Administrations

CSME Online Platforms launched to promote regional trade and business

CDEMA and CARICAD Formalise Partnership for Regional Sustainable Development

Turks and Caicos student wins COTA 2014 essay competition

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