Caribbean Tax Company is able to offer you the full package in the field of tax advice throughout the Dutch Caribbean. We are headquartered in Curaçao and do have a satellite office in St. Maarten as well. From there we can provide assistance in Curaçao, Aruba, St. Maarten (Dutch side), Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (so called: ‘BES islands’).
We offer our services to as well companies as individuals. Our client base is quite divers, we provide advice to local businesses and business owners active on one or more of the Dutch Caribbean islands, but also to international focused companies in many cases we are partnering with local trust firms. Our services can be roughly divided in the following three types.
Below we will describe more in-depth what service we can provide for each type.
Tax compliance
We offer tax compliance services throughout all Dutch Caribbean islands. The services include the preparation and filing of:
- profit tax returns;
- personal income tax returns;
- sales tax returns;
- returns for payroll related taxes and social premiums; and
- real estate related compliance requirements.
CTC provides a full service package that provides the ability to maintain in full control of all compliance regulations on all Dutch Caribbean islands. The package allows our clients to meet all requirements, deadlines and procedures. With our tax compliance team we can offer a smooth and timely process to keep our clients compliant on all tax related aspects.
It is our experience that a lot of companies and individuals struggle to keep their local position compliant and facing some back log. Our approach is straight forward and efficient, starting with the current position clients are facing. With our strong relation with the local (tax) authorities, we can offer to provide efficient cleaning-up services. These include the preparation and filing of objections, including monitoring the outcome.
Our compliance service packages can be offered on a fixed fee basis on very competitive rates. For structures that includes several entities and trust companies specific rate cards are available. Please reach out if you are interested.
Tax advice
Our advisory team do have decades of experience and advise clients on all tax related aspects. Joris and Walter both have a Big4 background in international taxation advisory services. Some of our tax advisory include consulting the following:
- optimizing and planning of current and new structures;
- assisting in merger and acquisition projects;
- tax accounting
- litigation in tax disputes and reviews by local authorities;
- real estate planning;
- wealth advisory.
The Dutch Caribbean tax legislation offers many options to optimize the tax position of our clients. These include for example the use of exempted companies, private foundations but also the availability for individuals to apply for the penshonado and expat status.
CTC can be your trusted business partner.
Tax accounting
Do you want to combine your work with living in the Caribbean? This can be your change! In current day life, we see a lot of people that work from home. We can assist with the possibility of working from Curaçao, ne of the Dutch Caribbean islands. Curaçao is well know of its beautiful beaches, blue ocean, nice party life and lots and lots more.
If you want to enjoy this life and still work for your employer abroad, we can assist. If you work and live in Curaçao, your employer might become subject to local (tax) legislation. This is one of the main reasons that employers are reluctant to cooperate with agreeing on you leaving your home country. Flex2Work has the solution to help and avoid any (tax) disadvantages for your employer. We offer an all-in package that allows us sending a monthly invoice for all employee costs and take care of all legal and tax related compliance work for you.
Our services include:
- Preparation of employment agreements, including with the terms that are relevant for the business that you are in
- Taking care of the payroll administration, process changes, preparation of payslips and providing you with all documents through our secured online platform
- Doing all payroll related payments
- Providing annual documents for the personal income tax return
- Monitoring the employment relationship and keeping focus on deadlines
- Providing advice on any employment related issue that might occur
Are you interested in the service we can provide for you? Please reach out and we are more than happy to discuss.
