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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Procedure==<br />
'''Apply In-Person'''<br><br />
#To apply for a Trade License, you have to visit the Tax Admiration Jamaica (TAJ) office in your parish. Please TAJ’s contact details via this link: [https://www.jamaicatax.gov.jm/web/guest/our-offices Link]<br />
# Obtain the application form for Trade license from TAJ parish office or download it online form TAJ’s website: [https://www.jamaicatax.gov.jm/web/guest/trade-and-business-licence?inheritRedirect=true Link] or directly via this link: [https://www.jamaicatax.gov.jm/documents/10181/2094563/tb01.pdf/0da12687-db50-4d55-b7f4-e955a9e88f38 Link] and fill it accordingly.<br />
#Then prepare all the required documents for your application and attach them to the application form.<br />
#Go to the TAJ’s office at your parish and pay the application fee at the cashier window and obtain the payment receipt.<br />
#Submit the complete application to the TAJ officer at the service window for application including the payment receipt.<br />
#The official will verify your application and forward it to the relevant department for approval.<br />
#Then your application details will be recorded in TAJ’s data base for online services and the license will be processed and issued to you.<br />
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'''Note''':<br />
*Applications for the trade licence, along with payment of the relevant fees, are made in each parish on April 1st of each year<br />
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==Required Documents==<br />
*Business registration certificate<br />
*Identification documents<br />
*Tax certificate<br />
*Payment receipt<br />
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==Office Locations & Contacts==<br />
'''Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ)'''<br><br />
Address: PCJ Bldg. 36 Trafalgar Road,Kingston 5<br><br />
Phone: 922-5905<br><br />
Email: taxhelp@taj.gov.jm <br><br />
Website: [http://www.jamaicatax.gov.jm/ Link] <br><br />
All TAJ office contacts: [https://www.jamaicatax.gov.jm/web/guest/our-offices Link]<br><br />
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==Eligibility==<br />
*Every person carrying on a trade or business specified in the first schedule of the Licences on Trade and Business Act provide in the “Information Which Might Help” section below<br />
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==Fees==<br />
*Please view fee details via this link: [https://www.jamaicatax.gov.jm/rates-and-fees/*tradersandhawkers Link]<br />
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==Validity==<br />
*The license is valid for the period sated in it<br />
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==Documents to Use==<br />
*Application from: [https://www.jamaicatax.gov.jm/documents/10181/2094563/tb01.pdf/0da12687-db50-4d55-b7f4-e955a9e88f38 Link]<br />
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==Sample Documents==<br />
Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.<br />
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==Processing Time==<br />
Please explain processing time taken in obtaining the document/certificate.<br />
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==Related Videos==<br />
Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.<br />
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.<br />
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.<br />
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,<br />
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube<br />
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.<br />
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.<br />
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==Instructions==<br />
*There are various classifications of traders and they range from wholesale dealer, merchant, super-cargo, auctioneer and proprietor of newspaper.<br />
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==Required Information==<br />
*Applicants information<br />
*Return details<br />
*Type of license being applied for<br />
*Business details<br />
*Declaration<br />
*Signature and date<br />
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==Need for the Document==<br />
*A trade licence is issued to retail and wholesale dealers with a designated place of business with liberty to store in and deliver out of public and other warehouses<br />
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==Information which might help==<br />
*Trades and Business Act: [https://moj.gov.jm/sites/default/files/laws/The%20Licences%20on%20Trades%20and%20Business%20Act.pdf Link]<br />
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==Other uses of the Document/Certificate==<br />
Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.<br />
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
*TAJ: [https://www.jamaicatax-online.gov.jm/Portal/licence_types.html*TradeLicence Link]<br />
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==Others==<br />
More information which might help people.<br />
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