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Budget 2026

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Watch it balance · 2026
Cg 0M
comes in
p.184
Cg 0M
goes out
p.187
Cg +0M
left over
p.6
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Pick a figure — here’s the receipt
  • Cg 0M
    Total taxes

    Thirteen tax lines — wage, turnover, profit and the rest — reconciled to one total.

    Explanatory Notes · p.184 · reconciled
    The math — sums to Cg 478M
    • Wage taxCg 0M
    • Turnover taxCg 0M
    • Profit taxCg 0M
    • Transfer taxCg 0M
    • Room taxCg 0M
    • Excise dutiesCg 0M
    • Motor vehicle taxCg 0M
    • Income taxCg 0M
    • Time Share FeeCg 0M
    • Rental car taxCg 0M
    • Other TaxesCg 0M
    • Tourist taxlegislation not yet passed — excluded from 2026 (~18M)Cg 0M
    • Airbnb room taxlegislation pendingCg 0M
    Total taxesCg 478M
  • Cg 0M
    Income tax

    Not the same as wage tax (Cg 188M). The income-tax line really is this small.

    Explanatory Notes · p.184 · reconciled
    The math — sums to Cg 7M
    • Income tax (self-employed etc.)Cg 0M
    • Wage tax (payroll)Cg 0M
    Two different linesCg 7M
  • Cg 0Mfrom Cg 0M
    Dutch project funds

    A Cg 50M jump — the single biggest driver of this year's Cg 61M revenue rise (taxes rose too).

    Explanatory Notes · p.185 · reconciled
    The math — sums to Cg 69M
    • Project funds · 2025Cg 0M
    • Project funds · 2026Cg 0M
    • Year-on-year changeCg 0M
    This yearCg 69M
  • Cg 0M
    Collected by Finance alone

    Finance books the whole country's tax take — Cg 501M of the Cg 647M.

    Explanatory Notes · p.186 · reconciled
    The math — sums to Cg 501.1M
    • Education, Culture, Youth & SportCg 0M
    • JusticeCg 0M
    • Public Health, Social Development & LaborCg 0M
    • FinanceCg 0M
    • General AffairsCg 0M
    • Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport & TelecomCg 0M
    • Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment & InfrastructureCg 0M
    All ministriesCg 647M
  • Cg 0M
    Personnel

    The government's single biggest cost, of Cg 637M spent this year.

    Explanatory Notes · p.187 · reconciled
    The math — sums to Cg 279M
    • Personnel costsCg 0M
    • Material costs, goods & servicesCg 0M
    • Transfers and subsidiesCg 0M
    • Social provisionsCg 0M
    • InterestCg 0M
    • Depreciation costsCg 0M
    • Scholarships and allowancesCg 0M
    All chaptersCg 637M
  • Cg 0M
    Capital goods

    Roads, buildings, IT and the GEBE generators — one year of investment.

    Explanatory Notes · p.191 · reconciled
    The math — sums to Cg 162.7M
    • GEBE generators · VROMICg 0M
    • Clem Labega Square, Philipsburg · TEATTCg 0M
    • New MDS/SMCAA building · TEATTCg 0M
    • Tax Administration ICT modernization · FINCg 0M
    Total capital goodsCg 162.7M
  • Cg 0Mfrom Cg 0M
    Free cash, year-end

    The 'surplus' hides a squeeze: free cash falls from Cg 13M to Cg 5M.

    Explanatory Notes · p.189 · reconciled
    The math — sums to Cg 5M
    • Free cash · openingCg 0M
    • Free cash · year-endCg 0M
    • ChangeCg 0M
    Year-endCg 5M
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  • Revenue categories → Cg 647M
  • Nine chapters of spending → Cg 637M
  • Per-ministry cost lines → each ministry’s own total
  • Per-ministry revenue → Cg 647M

Source · Explanatory Notes to the 2026 National Budget of Sint Maarten (Landsverordening begroting 2026, tabled 10 June 2026). Page numbers are the printed pages of that document. Figures are in millions of Cg unless noted.