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8 AWEMainta Diahuebs, 28 Juni 2018

Hulanda preocupa

P’e contrabanda di arma di candela y municion for di Venezuela pa Aruba

HULANDA ta masha su mes cu un cantidad
preocupa encuanto e di migrantenan
trafico y contrabanda Venezolano, cu kier
di arma di candela drenta Aruba.
Venezolanopa cu
Aruba y Corsou. Te awor autoridadnan
Esaki a ser deduci Hulandes no tin cifra

for di contestanan cu di cuanto Venezolano
Secretario di Estado, a drenta Aruba,
Raymond Knops a pero ta Presidente di
duna riba preguntanan Parlamento, mr. Ady
haci p’e miembro di Thijsen a declara cu
Tweede Kamer pa sigur Aruba tin como
VVD, Andre Bosman. 10 mil Venezolano

bibando ilegalmente.
Enberdad a keda Unda e Presidente di
confirma cu tin masha Parlamento a haya e
arma di candela den cifra aki, no ta conoci.
circulacion na Corsow
como na Aruba, cu
banda di traficacion di
hende, nan ta dedica OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION
na contrabanda di

arma di candela. Turnover taxes BBO, BAVP and BAZV
Den e prome mitar di e
aña aki, masha arma di
candela y municion a The Aruba Tax Department hereby reports that recently the Parliament of Aruba passed a legislative bill
ser confisca na Corsou entitled “introduction of a crisis levy and other tax measures”, which provides for amendments to a
y na Aruba y esaki number of tax ordinances. The most important amendments are summarized below and are scheduled to
enter into force on July 1, 2018.
tin Hulanda masha

preocupa. Turnover tax (BBO, BAZV and BAVP)
Subject to turnover tax (“Belasting op bedrijfsomzetten”), abbreviated as BBO, and health tax (“Bestem-

Otro preocupacion di mingsheffing AZV”), abbreviated as BAZV, are entrepreneurs that in the course of their enterprise supply
Andre Bosman tin ta goods or render services in Aruba. The taxable base consists of all remunerations (in cash or in kind)
received by the entrepreneur for the supply of goods or the rendering of services in Aruba. The tax rate is
debi na expresionnan set on 1.5% for the BBO and 2% for the BAZV. Please be informed that although they are different tax
haci pa Prome types, their tax base and other characteristics are similar.
Minister di Aruba,
Evelyn Wever-Croes As of July 1, 2018 a PPP projects additional funding tax (“Belasting additionele voorzieningen
den su entrevista haci PPS-projecten”) has been introduced at a tax rate of 1.5%. This tax type can be abbreviated as BAVP.

cu NRC Handelsblad, The existing BAZV tax rate has been adjusted as of July 1, 2018 to 3% and would therefore bring the total
ora e mandatario a turnover taxes such as BBO, BAZV and BAVP to 6%.
declara cu Aruba lo por
bira un di dos Syria, Turnover tax is payable by the business supplying the good or service. In practice, this can cause
complications for foreign businesses, given their limited presence in Aruba. These complications will be
debi n’e cantidad partially eliminated with the introduction of the possibility for the Minister in charge of finance to determine
di migrantenan that in some cases the BBO/BAZV/BAVP will not be payable by the foreign business, but by the domestic
Venezolano por ser client (“reverse-charge mechanism”).

spera.
Gobierno Hulandes a On a final note. The exemptions for particular services supplied by banks and for forming and performing
insurance contracts has been revoked. However, this does not extend to pension or life insurance
desmenti e declaracion contracts.
aki di Prome Minister
Evelyn Wever-Croes
y sigur no ta kere cu THE ARUBA TAX DEPARTMENT
Aruba por bay haya June 27, 2018