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Central Committee Meeting Of Parliament Regarding The Draft National Decree On International Assistance With The Levying Of Taxes.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The House of Parliament will sit in a Central Committee meeting on October 22, 2021.

The Central Committee meeting is scheduled for Friday at 14.00 hrs. in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg. The Minister of Finance, Mr. Ardwell Irion will be present.

The agenda point is:
Draft National Decree, containing general measures, in connection with the implementation of Article 61a of the General National Ordinance on Country Taxes (National Decree on international assistance with the levying of taxes (IS/081/2021-2022 dated October 1, 2021)

Due to measures taken to mitigate the coronavirus (COVID-19), the House of Parliament is only allowing persons with an appointment to enter the Parliament building.
The parliamentary sessions will be carried live on St Read more

Aps Offers Budget 2022 To Minister Of Finance.

PHILIPSBURG:--- On September 29, 2021, before the annual deadline of October 1st, stipulated in the National Ordinance, Algemeen Pensioenfonds Sint Maarten (APS) offered its proposed Budget 2022 to the Honorable Minister of Finance Mr. Ardwell Irion.

Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, APS net operational result in 2022 is expected to be positive at ANG 13.6 million, driven by strong positive results on investments Read more

Finance Minister Signed Off On Land For Family Member Minister Doran

PHILIPSBURG--Ardwell Irion, Minister of Finance on behalf of National Alliance (NA), signed for the issuance of long-lease land in the area Over the Bank, to a relative of his NA party colleague Egbert Doran, Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure VROMI Read more

Minister Of Vsa Chairs First Tripartite Meeting Of Year

Representatives of government, SZV and SMMC during Tripartite meeting of September 17.

PHILIPSBURG--The first 2021 Government, St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC), Social and Health Insurances SZV Tripartite meeting was held on Friday, September 17. It was the first meeting that government took part in since it discontinued its participation in 2020. This was announced in a press release from SZV on Monday.

  The meeting was chaired by Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor VSA Omar Ottley, welcoming representatives of SZV, SMMC and several members of the Ministry of VSA, including Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion and his staff.

  Ottley emphasised on the importance of governments participation in the Tripartite meetings, stating All three entities, government, SZV and SMMC share the overall objective of having qualitative, affordable and accessible health care for the residents and visitors of St Read more

Irion Clarifies Tax Reform Concerns, Encourages Healthy Discussions

Finance Minister Ardwell Irion.

PHILIPSBURG--Finance Minister Ardwell Irion sought to clarify concerns regarding the recent tax reform suggestions presented in Parliament recently Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Sunday said the Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion proved once again that the financial information he shares with the Parliament and the people of St. Maarten cannot be trusted. The misinformation and hiding of the truth continue, MP Emmanuel said.
The MP was referring to the disclosure by Minister Irion that a 7.5% sales tax for online purchases is on the table as part of the governments tax reform plans Read more

Emmanuel: Finance Minister Proves Again He Cannot Be Trusted With Financial Information

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Sunday said the Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion proved once again that the financial information he shares with the Parliament and the people of St. Maarten cannot be trusted. The mis-information and hiding of the truth continues, MP Emmanuel said.
The MP was referring to the disclosure by Minister Irion that a 7.5% sales tax for online purchases is on the table as part of the governments tax reform plans Read more

7.5% Tax Proposed For Online Purchases, To Level Playing Field, Stimulate Buying Local

Finance Minister Ardwell Irion in Parliament on Thursday.

~ 12.5% VAT off the table ~ 

PHILIPSBURG--If a proposal currently on the table goes into effect, consumers purchasing items online such as from Amazon will be required to pay a 7.5 per cent tax on the items, they buy on the world wide web.

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New Building Codes And Environmental Norms Presented To Build Back Better

Final reports on Building Codes and Technical Norms were handed to Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs and Finance Minister Ardwell Irion on behalf of VROMI Minister Egbert Doran together Read more

A Message To Minister Of Finance Mr. Ardwell Irion

The tax witch hunt should first and foremost start with the large foreign business investors prior to going after our struggling local businesses. In fact government should give incentives, tax break/relief and even exemption to local businesses for a period of time. It is Minister of Finance Mr. Ardwell Irion’s turn to show case his ambitious plan in turning around our bleak financial situation into a balanced then onto a bright one.

Armed with a law book presented by tax advisors Tax Inspector Mr Read more

PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):--- Members of Association of Dutch Municipalities VNG-International handed over final reports of Building Codes and Technical Norms to Prime Minister Hon. Silveria Jacobs and Minister Hon. Ardwell Irion, on behalf of the Minister of VROMI Hon Read more

Irion Taking Steps To Plug Szv Bleeding

PHILIPSBURG--Finance Minister Ardwell Irion is taking steps to correct some situations that were left unaddressed by previous governments.

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion announced on Wednesday at the Council of Ministers press briefing that he took note of the reports made by the CFT. He said he noticed the report did not mention anything about the recommendations made by the IMF in their reports that state that the Netherlands should cancel the debt St. Maarten accumulated through liquidity support Read more

Aalbers And Lont Present Capita Selecta; Caribisch Fiscaal Recht To Minister Irion

~Tax advisors present Finance Minister with Caribbean tax law book~

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten On Friday afternoon Minister of Finance Hon.
Ardwell Irion received a copy of the book Capita Selecta; Caribisch Fiscaal Recht,
presented by Tax Inspector Marco Aalbers and Tax Advisor Quincy Lont. Both
Aalbers and Lont are working in the tax field on Sint Maarten for many years and are
co-authors of the book.

The book contains a unique thematic introduction to tax law as it applies on Sint
Maarten, Curacao, Aruba, the BES islands and Suriname Read more

~Tax advisors present Finance Minister with Caribbean tax law book~

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten On Friday afternoon Minister of Finance Hon. Ardwell Irion received a copy of the book Capita Selecta; Caribisch Fiscaal Recht,
presented by Tax Inspector Marco Aalbers and Tax Advisor Quincy Lont. Both Aalbers and Lont are working in the tax field on Sint Maarten for many years and are co-authors of the book.
The book contains a unique thematic introduction to the tax law as it applies to Sint Maarten, Curacao, Aruba, the BES islands, and Suriname Read more

Aalbers And Lont Present Capita Selecta; Caribisch Fiscaal Recht To Minister Irion

~Tax advisors present Finance Minister with Caribbean tax law book~
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten On Friday afternoon Minister of Finance Hon. Ardwell Irion received a copy of the book Capita Selecta; Caribisch Fiscaal Recht, presented by Tax Inspector Marco Aalbers and Tax Advisor Quincy Lont. Both Aalbers and Lont are working in the tax field on Sint Maarten for many years and are co-authors of the book.
The book contains a unique thematic introduction to tax law as it applies on Sint Maarten, Curacao, Aruba, the BES islands and Suriname Read more

No More Payroll Support For Businesses In Default

Finance Minister Ardwell Irion

PHILIPSBURG--Businesses that failed to live up to the agreement for receiving payroll support will not be receiving any further support for the coming months, Finance Minister Read more

Mp Emmanuel: Govt. Too Comfortable With Increasing Tax Burden On People, Businesses

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Christophe Emmanuel on Tuesday said he still cannot understand how a government that professes to care about its people is so comfortable and still unable to realistically tackle the issues that would improve their standard of living, but prefer to look at new ways to inflict more tax burden directly and indirectly upon them.

In this context, the MP referred to the Minister of Finance Ardwell Irions tax-reform presentation on Monday to Parliament as a presentation of nothing Read more

Broker: Real Estate Tax For Non-Residents Can Damage St. MaartenS Reputation

PHILIPSBURG--Introducing a real estate tax on non-residents, who purchase property in the country can severely damage St. Maartens reputation as a trustworthy destination to invest in, says real estate broker Arun Jagtiani, of Island Real Estate.

  Jagtiani was at the time responding to part of a presentation made by Finance Minister Ardwell Irion in Parliament on Monday regarding tax reform for the country Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Christophe Emmanuel on Tuesday said he still cannot understand how a government that professes to care about its people is so comfortable and still unable to realistically tackle the issues that would improve their standard of living, but prefer to look at new ways to inflict more tax burden directly and indirectly upon them.
In this context, the MP referred to the Minister of Finance Ardwell Irions tax reform presentation on Monday to Parliament as a presentation of nothing Read more

Mixed Reaction To IrionS Tax Reform Presentation

PHILIPSBURG--There was mixed reaction from Members of Parliament (MPs) to the tax reform presentation delivered by Finance Minister Ardwell Irion on Monday.

  United Democrats (UD) MP Read more

ImfS Fad Recommends Gaming, Real Estate Tax, Excise Duty On Diesel, Unhealthy Items

Finance Minister Ardwell Irion in Parliament on Monday.

PHILIPSBURG--A number of recommendations from the International Monetary Funds (IMFs) Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD) for new tax areas that can be introduced in St. Maarten are currently under discussion.

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Green Light For Sixth Tranche Liquidity Support For Country

Finance Minister Ardwell Irion

PHILIPSBURG--The Dutch government has approved the sixth tranche of NAf. 48 million liquidity support for St. Maarten.

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Dancers of INDISU Dance Theatre of St. Maarten at Dance Excellence 2021 in Los Angeles, California.

COLE BAY--INDISU Dance Theatre of St. Maarten, led by directors Susha Hien and Ihndhira Richardson-Marlin, travelled to Los Angeles, California, with twenty talented and dynamic dancers, ages nine to 23, to attend Dance Excellence 2021, an annual festival for international dancers hosted by Annie Mc. Quitty.

  They were accompanied by two dance instructors and 12 chaperones, who cheered on Team St Read more