Barbados has thirty-four treaties in place, including a multi-jurisdictional treaty with fellow members of the CARICOM (Caribbean Common Market) area.
Double taxation agreements set out the rules between trading partners to avoid taxable income earned in one jurisdiction between taxed in two or more jurisdictions. Double taxation may be mitigated as follows:
- Exempting foreign source income earned in another territory
- Exemption of foreign source income that is taxed in another jurisdiction which is not considered a tax haven
- The taxation of foreign source income by one tax jurisdiction allows a credit for taxes paid in the other jurisdiction where the foreign source income was earned.
The following table summarized the agreements that are currently in force.
Austria | Kingdom of Bahrain | Botswana |
Canada | China | Cuba |
Cyprus | Czech Republic | Finland |
Republic of Ghana | Iceland | Republic of Italy |
Luxemburg | Malta | Mauritius |
Republic of Mexico | Kingdom of the Netherlands | Norway |
Republic of Panama | Republic of Portugal | State of Qatar |
San Marino | Republic of Seychelles | Kingdom of Spain |
Rwanda | Singapore | Slovak Republic |
Sweden | Switzerland | United Arab Emirates |
United Kingdom | United States of America | Venezuela |
The CARICOM double taxation treaty is a consolidated protocol between Barbados and the following partners in the CARICOM common market area.
Antigua | Belize |
Dominica | Grenada |
Cooperative Republic of Guyana | Jamaica |
The Federation of St. Christopher and Nevis | St. Lucia |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago |