The topic ‘Fiscal Legislation within the Kingdom’ was the central point in a seminar organized by the Dutch Ministry of Finance in the Renaissance Hotel in Aruba on November 19th and 20th. The purpose of the meeting was to share best practices, and to strengthen each other's positions and mutual ties in fiscal matters within the Kingdom as much as possible. The Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and Bonaire were represented by administrators, official experts from the tax authorities and economic affairs, and experts of the Central Banks.
After the opening of the seminar by the new Aruban Minister of Finance, Mike de Meza, the almost 50 participants from the Antilles, Aruba, Curacao, Saint Martin, Aruba, Bonaire, and the Netherlands exchanged the developments in the field of fiscal legislation and informed each other about intents in that fiscal legislation.
From Dutch side an explanation was given of the BES Tax, and Customs & Excise Bill, which was recently introduced into Parliament by the State secretary Jan Kees de Jager. The representatives of the Antilles, Aruba and the three islands territories have stated their experiences with the fiscal legislation and set forth plans.
All of the participants have experienced the meeting as very useful and enjoyable. The engagement was also made to keep informing and if necessary, to support one another on a regular basis.
