What it means for you
DraftBefore ParliamentYour share of the budget
Enter your yearly income to explore an estimated share of public spending. This is an illustration, not your tax bill.
Estimated taxCg 710 a month
A rough estimate, not your tax bill: it applies the budget's island-wide average, tax at 14.2% of the economy, to any income.
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Sint Maarten · Draft budget 2027
Your tax slip
Income Cg 60,000 a year · shown a month
- Schools, culture & sportCg 143
- Police, courts & prisonCg 122
- Health & social careCg 111
- PM's office, fire & ICTCg 108
- Tax office & debt interestCg 105
- Tourism & the economyCg 47
- Roads, garbage & planningCg 43
- Parliament & high councilsCg 23
- Independent bodiesCg 8
Tax estimated at 14.2% of income, the island-wide average, not your actual tax. Split by each area's exact share of planned spending.
kotaiviren.sx · Draft · Not a bill
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The split
Where your estimated tax would go
Each block is one area, sized by its share of all planned spending.
- Cg 143
Schools, culture & sport
- Cg 122
Police, courts & prison
Justice17.2%
- Cg 111
Health & social care
- Cg 108
PM's office, fire & ICT
General Affairs15.3%
- Cg 105
Tax office & debt interest
Finance14.8%
- Cg 47
Tourism & the economy
- Cg 43
Roads, garbage & planning
Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment & Infrastructure6.0%
- Cg 23
Parliament & high councils
Parliament & High Councils of State3.3%
- Cg 8
Independent bodies
Special Entities1.1%
How this estimate is worked out
The method
How this estimate is worked out
- 1
Estimate the tax
We multiply the income by 14.2%: the budget's tax-to-GDP ratio, which is all taxes divided by the size of the whole economy. It is an island-wide average. Your real tax depends on your wages, what you buy and the rules for each tax.
- 2
See the spending split
We split that estimate by each area's exact share of the Cg 662,158,099 the draft ordinance plans to spend.
- 3
Per day, week or month
We divide the yearly figure by the days, weeks or months in a year. Day and week amounts are shown with cents, rounded so the lines still add up to the total.
What this leaves out
- It is not your tax bill. The ratio is an average across the whole island, so it will be too high for some people and too low for others.
- Taxes are treated as one pot. This page splits your share the way planned spending is split. It pictures scale; it doesn't trace where a particular guilder goes.
- These are draft figures. The budget has not been adopted yet, and its figures can change before Parliament votes.
Everyone's equal share
What if the whole budget were divided by everyone who lives here?