Barbados Revenue Authority

Merger of the Inland Revenue and Land Tax Departments and the Value Added Tax (VAT) & Excise Divisions of the Customs and Excise Department

JurisdictionBarbadosHeadquartersRoebuck Street, BarbadosAgency executives

Sir David Simmons, Chairman
Patterson Cheltenham, Deputy Chairman
Louisa Lewis-Ward, Revenue Commissioner

Parent departmentMinistry of Finance, Economic Affairs and InvestmentWebsitehttps://bra.gov.bb

The Barbados Revenue Authority is a statutory corporation of the Barbadian government that is a revenue service responsible for collecting revenue and taxes.^[1] It also provides other functions such as revenue and cashiering for the Barbados Licensing Authority and the Customs Department respectively. It was established on April 1, 2014, by the Barbados Revenue Authority Act, 2014-1^[2] as a merger between Inland Revenue and Land Tax Departments and the Value Added Tax (VAT) & Excise Divisions of the Customs and Excise Department. It has four divisions: Income Tax Division, Income Tax (Automatic Exchange of Information), Division Land Valuations Division and the Value Added Tax Division.

The BRA is housed under the portfolio of the Barbados Ministry of Finance.

References

^ "About Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) - Barbados Revenue Authority". bra.gov.bb. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
^ "Barbados Revenue Authority Act, 2014" (PDF). barbadoslawcourts.gov.bb. Retrieved 21 January 2024.