Press Release

TERMS OF REFERENCEMICROSOFT 365 LICENSE PROCUREMENT

Background: The Belize Tax Service (BTS), a department under the Ministry of Finance, is seeking to procure Microsoft 365 licenses to support its digital transformation and ensure secure, collaborative, and efficient service delivery across all units. The licenses are intended to maintain and expand current capabilities under the Government of Belize’s standard ICT platform.
Objective: To acquire a one-year subscription of Microsoft 365 licenses tailored to the operational and security needs of BTS, including collaboration tools, project management solutions, security add-ons, and analytics services.

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST CONSULTING SERVICES

The Government of Belize has received financing from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), toward the cost of the Strengthening of Tax Administration Project (STAP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
The consulting services (“the Services”) for a Consulting Firm to Design, Implement, and Execute a Countrywide Public Awareness and Marketing Campaign for Electronic Tax Document (ETD) before, during and after the rollout of the ETD. Specific objectives include the following:
1.
Design and implement a Public Awareness and Marketing Campaign
2.
Increase Progressive Public Awareness of the ETD System
3.
Encourage Voluntary Taxpayer Compliance
4.
Foster Adoption and Usage of E-Invoicing services
5.
Collaborating with ETD Consultant

WAIVER GUIDANCE NOTE

The Director General of the Belize Tax Service Department (BTSD)
notifies all taxpayers that the deadline for filing Financial
Statement Return has been extended to June 30th, 2025.
Taxpayers are also reminded that the Financial Statement Return is
a summary return, and as such, uploading of full Financial
Statement is not mandatory—only the completion of the return is
required.

EXTENSION FOR FILING OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT RETURN

The Director General of the Belize Tax Service Department (BTSD)
notifies all taxpayers that the deadline for filing Financial
Statement Return has been extended to June 30th, 2025.
Taxpayers are also reminded that the Financial Statement Return is
a summary return, and as such, uploading of full Financial
Statement is not mandatory—only the completion of the return is
required.

GENERAL SALES TAX (AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE) ORDER, 2024

STATUTORY INSTRUMENT
NO. OF 2024
ORDER made by the Minister responsible for Finance in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 95 of the General Sales Tax Act, Chapter 63 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2020, and all other powers thereunto him enabling.
(Gazetted ……………………………, 2024)

PUBLIC RULING GENERAL SALES TAX TREATMENT OF TAX FOR RETURNABLEBEVERAGE CONTAINERS

1.0
OBJECTIVE
1.1 The objective of this public ruling is to set out the Director General’s interpretation of the application of specific provisions of the General Sales Tax Act (GST Act) to the transaction specified below.
1.2 The purpose is to achieve consistency in the administration of tax legislation and to provide guidance to the public and officers of the Belize Tax Service Department (“BTSD”).
1.3 This public ruling is made pursuant to Section 9 of the Tax Administration and Procedure Act, (“TAPA”) and is binding on the Director General until revoked. This public ruling is not binding on the taxpayers.