The Inland Revenue Department would like you to note the changes in the Tax Regime for the filing of your 2023 Income Tax Return. If you are an e-user the Income Tax Return Form has been adjusted to capture the capping of allowance at $30,000. If you use our downloadable & Print form on our website the form has also been adjusted to facilitate the capping of allowances.

Global Entrepreneurship Week 2023, hosted by the St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, came to a successful conclusion on Sunday, November 19th, 2023. The event focused on entrepreneurship as a catalyst for socio-economic growth, emphasizing its importance to the national agenda. Moreover, this year’s theme “Entrepreneurs Thrive Here”; coincides with Governments emphatic drive to strengthen support for entrepreneurs through a number of publicly funded initiatives that give support and increased finance to these group of daring change makers.

Mr. Ross Gardner, Managing Director of Carasco & Son, is the new President of the St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture. He was elected President at the Chamber’s 139th Annual General Meeting held on November 29th, 2023 at the Sandals Grande Ballroom, under the theme “The Driving Force for Sustainable Business and Community Prosperity for St. Lucia’.

The long-awaited St. Lucia Power Breakfast sponsored by 1st National Bank of St. Lucia did not disappoint the fifty plus attendees. Led by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and the Youth Economy, Mr. Francis Fontenelle, and his most able Colleague, Jemma Lafeuille, the information provided to business leaders was comprehensive insightful and extremely relevant.

Concerns regarding “Grid Stability” were among the major considerations advanced by LUCELEC when they discussed Capacity Limits and Pricing Policy with members of the Business Community at an Executive Luncheon organized by the St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce on Friday 20th October 2023 at the Harbor Club Hotel.

Global Ports Holding to Accelerate Growth with Saint Lucia Cruise Port in Two Years (Castries, St. Lucia, September 27, 2023)— Executives of Global Ports Holding (GPH), the world’s largest cruise port operator, confirmed that they expect to complete the Saint Lucia Cruise Port Investment Project within two years once construction begins.

The St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce organized and hosted a powerful and rewarding “face to face” engagement between the Customs & Excise Department and the St. Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority and the Business Community of the southern town of Vieux Fort on Thursday, July 20,2023.

The 138th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of The St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce, Industry and is scheduled for November 16th2022, and will be held under the theme “The Driving Force for Sustainable Business and Community Prosperity for St. Lucia’.

All organizations are in the business to create value for customers, shareholders and stakeholders. Whether the organization is for profit or non-profit, at the core of the existence of the business, is the idea or goal of creating value. However the realities of the current economic environment of increased competition, high financial and depressed economic realities, are forcing organizations to find and apply methods to innovate and be more effective.