Central America and the Caribbean > Jamaica > Taxation

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Average time to clear customs > days	4.25 days		[11th of 39]
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Net taxes on products > constant LCU	22070940000
DEFINITION: Net taxes on products (net indirect taxes) are the sum of product taxes less subsidies. Product taxes are those taxes payable by producers that relate to the production, sale, purchase or use of the goods and services. Subsidies are grants on the current account made by general government to private enterprises and unincorporated public enterprises. The grants may take the form of payments to ensure a guaranteed price or to enable maintenance of prices of goods and services below costs of production, and other forms of assistance to producers. Data are in constant local currency.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Net taxes on products > current LCU	50809780000
DEFINITION: Net taxes on products (net indirect taxes) are the sum of product taxes less subsidies. Product taxes are those taxes payable by producers that relate to the production, sale, purchase or use of the goods and services. Subsidies are grants on the current account made by general government to private enterprises and unincorporated public enterprises. The grants may take the form of payments to ensure a guaranteed price or to enable maintenance of prices of goods and services below costs of production, and other forms of assistance to producers. Data are in current local currency.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Net taxes on products > current US$	801,416,100 $		[81st of 159]
DEFINITION: Net taxes on products (net indirect taxes) are the sum of product taxes less subsidies. Product taxes are those taxes payable by producers that relate to the production, sale, purchase or use of the goods and services. Subsidies are grants on the current account made by general government to private enterprises and unincorporated public enterprises. The grants may take the form of payments to ensure a guaranteed price or to enable maintenance of prices of goods and services below costs of production, and other forms of assistance to producers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Social contributions > % of revenue	7.18 %		[49th of 78]
DEFINITION: Social contributions include social security contributions by employees, employers, and self-employed individuals, and other contributions whose source cannot be determined. They also include actual or imputed contributions to social insurance schemes operated by governments.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Social contributions > current LCU	15344730000
DEFINITION: Social contributions include social security contributions by employees, employers, and self-employed individuals, and other contributions whose source cannot be determined. They also include actual or imputed contributions to social insurance schemes operated by governments.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Tax rates > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	60 %		[1st of 39]
DEFINITION: Tax rates as a major constraint measure the share of senior managers who ranked tax rates as a major or very severe constraint.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Taxes on goods and services > % value added of industry and services	13.31 %		[22nd of 89]
DEFINITION: Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > % of revenue	14.95 %		[43rd of 98]
DEFINITION: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > % of total taxes	19.28 %		[51st of 98]
DEFINITION: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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