Montserrat Customs & Revenue Visit Bermuda

The Members of the Montserrat Customs and Revenue Service [MCRS] will conclude their consultation with the Ministry of Public Works’ Land Valuation Department tomorrow [Oct 16].

Damien Baxter [Valuation Survey Technician, Land Valuation Department], Violette Silcott [Comptroller of Inland Revenue, Montserrat], Charlesworth Phillip [Estate Management Consultant, Montserrat], Diane Elliott [Director of Land Valuation Department], Sheldon Carty [Valuation Officer, Montserrat Inland Revenue], Jennifer Beane [Valuation Survey Technician, Land Valuation Department]

MCRS members have been in Bermuda since October 8th to conduct research on, and observe, the following processes: Bermuda’s property valuation system and operations for land taxation purposes, billing/collection of land tax and the Land Valuation Department’s IT databases.

The consultation visit also included 2 days of on-site property inspections with the Department’s Valuation Survey Technicians.

Jennifer Beane [Valuation Survey Technician, Land Valuation Department], Charlesworth Phillip [Estate Management Consultant, Montserrat], Sheldon Carty [Valuation Officer, Montserrat Inland Revenue], Violette Silcott [Comptroller of Inland Revenue, Montserrat]

“The MCRS visit comes following a presentation given by the Land Valuation Department at a 2016 Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre [CARTAC] Property Taxation Conference,” a Goverment spokesperson said.

“The MCRS reached out to the Land Valuation Department and the Ministry of Finance earlier this year seeking assistance with their land valuation and taxation structure saying, ‘The Bermuda system was considered for review given the features of the system outlined during a CARTAC sponsored conference some years ago.’”

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