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The Central Information Technology Office (or CITO) is an office under the Ministry of Finance in the country of Belize, located in the capital city of Belmopan.The office manages the government’s primary accounting system (SmartStream), as well as the application for the Income Tax and Sales Tax departments (SIGTAS).
Belize: Belize City: 4,310 km 2 (1,663 sq mi) 124,096 95,292 +30.2%: ... List of municipalities in Belize; List of West Indian first-level country subdivisions;
The Ministry of Finance is a government ministry of Belize responsible for public finances. [2] Traditionally, Prime Minister of Belize has also held the portfolio of Minister of Finance. [ 3 ]
Internal security is the domain of the Belize Police Department, currently staffed by about 1,200 police officers established in all six districts. The commissioner of police is Crispin Jeffries (since April 2009) Drugs in Belize are controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act. However, other types of crime are becoming more commonplace, and the ...
Map of Central America with Belize highlighted. Belize has 247 recognized municipalities, consisting of 2 cities, 7 towns, and 238 villages. [1] [2] [3] Each type of municipality has a different form of government as defined by Title VIII of the Laws of Belize. [1] The largest municipality by population in Belize is Belize City with a ...
The economy of Belize is a small, essentially private enterprise economy that is based primarily on agriculture, tourism, and services. The cultivation of newly discovered oil in the town of Spanish Lookout has presented new prospects and problems for this developing nation. [ 14 ]
The BDF, with the Belize National Coast Guard and the Immigration Department, is a department of the Ministry of Defence and Immigration. In 1997 the regular army numbered more than 900, the reserve army 381, the air wing 45 and the maritime wing 36, amounting to an overall strength of approximately 1,400. [ 46 ]
In the United States, the jock tax is the colloquially named income tax levied against visitors to a city or state who earn money in that jurisdiction. Since a state cannot afford to track the many individuals who do business on an itinerant basis, the ones targeted are usually high profile and very wealthy, namely professional athletes.