Belize public holidays 2026, GST rate and tax data
Belize: GST rate 12.5% since 1 Apr 2010; 14 public holidays in 2026 (next: Garifuna Settlement Day, 19 Nov 2026); minimum wage 5 BZD per hour; inflation rate (CPI) 4.4%.
11 series, each cited to the official source it was verified against; most recently verified 24 Oct 2026. Currency BZD.
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{ "country": "BZ", "series": "vat", "value": 12.5, "unit": "percent", "effective_from": "2010-04-01", "last_confirmed": "2026-10-15", "source": { "name": "General Sales Tax Act, Cap. 63, section 9(1)", "url": "https://media.bts.gov.bz/uploads/General_Sales_Tax_Act_2011_f573a52314.pdf" } }
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Belize public holidays 2026
14 days in 2026; next: Garifuna Settlement Day on 19 Nov 2026. Official source: Government of Belize Press Office, Press Release PR#218-25, 'Public and Bank Holidays… · last verified 10 Oct 2026
Fixed by law 7 Confirmed 7
| Date | Holiday | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2026 Thu | New Year's Day Falls on a Thursday in this year. |
Fixed by law | Government of Belize Press Office… |
| 15 Jan 2026 Thu | George Price Day Falls on a Thursday in this year. |
Confirmed | Government of Belize Press Office… |
| 9 Mar 2026 Mon | National Heroes and Benefactors Day Falls on a Monday in this year. |
Confirmed | Government of Belize Press Office… |
| 3 Apr 2026 Fri | Good Friday Falls on a Friday in this year. |
Fixed by law | Government of Belize Press Office… |
| 4 Apr 2026 Sat | Holy Saturday Falls on a Saturday in this year. |
Fixed by law | Government of Belize Press Office… |
| 6 Apr 2026 Mon | Easter Monday Falls on a Monday in this year. |
Fixed by law | Government of Belize Press Office… |
| 1 May 2026 Fri | Labour Day Falls on a Friday in this year. |
Fixed by law | Government of Belize Press Office… |
| 1 Aug 2026 Sat | Emancipation Day Falls on a Saturday in this year. |
Confirmed | Government of Belize Press Office… |
| 10 Sep 2026 Thu | St. George's Caye Day Falls on a Thursday in this year. |
Confirmed | Government of Belize Press Office… |
| 21 Sep 2026 Mon | Independence Day Falls on a Monday in this year. |
Confirmed | Government of Belize Press Office… |
| 12 Oct 2026 Mon | Indigenous People's Resistance Day Falls on a Monday in this year. |
Confirmed | Government of Belize Press Office… |
| 19 Nov 2026 Thu | Garifuna Settlement Day Falls on a Thursday in this year. |
Confirmed | Government of Belize Press Office… |
| 25 Dec 2026 Fri | Christmas Day Falls on a Friday in this year. |
Fixed by law | Government of Belize Press Office… |
| 26 Dec 2026 Sat | Boxing Day Falls on a Saturday in this year. |
Fixed by law | Government of Belize Press Office… |
Status is read from the record: fixed by law follows from a standing rule (a fixed date or the Easter computus); confirmed is dated in the cited official calendar and not flagged provisional; estimated is provisional or moon-sighting dependent; substitute stands in for a statutory day that fell on a weekend or was moved. Hover a status for the reason.
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Rate schedules and breakdowns
Withholding tax rates
15–25% across 3 withholding taxes — no single rate · in force from — · Official source: Income and Business Tax Act, Cap. 55, Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised… · last verified 10 Oct 2026
Rates by payment type
| key | label | rate | applies to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dividends | Dividends | 15 | dividends paid by Belizean companies to non-residents; withheld by the paying company and remitted to the Belize Tax Service | Income and Business Tax Act, Cap. 55… |
| Conditional exemptions exist post-2019 for dividends to non-residents not on the EU non-cooperative list with no Belize permanent establishment; applying one is a determination, not a lookup. | ||||
| interest | Interest | 15 | interest paid to non-resident lenders | Income and Business Tax Act, Cap. 55… |
| management-fees-technical-services | Management fees, rentals of plant, technical services, insurance premiums | 25 | management fees, rental fees for plant or equipment, fees for technical services, and insurance premiums paid to non-residents | Income and Business Tax Act, Cap. 55… |
| This 25% head is the closest Belize comes to a royalties rate; payments for the use of equipment or know-how are typically withheld here. | ||||
Personal income tax
0–25% across 2 bands · in force from 2025-01-01 · Official source: Income and Business Tax Act, Cap. 55, s.16(1)-(2) as amended by section 4 of… · last verified 23 Jul 2026
| min | max | rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 29000 | 0 |
| 29000 | — | 25 |
Statutory social-insurance contributions
0–10% across 2 contribution branches · in force from 2022-04-04 · Official source: Social Security Board, Belize · last verified 11 Aug 2026
| key | label | rate total | rate employee | rate employer | unit | base | currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| social_security | Social Security contribution — employed persons aged 14 to 64 (single contribution funding all benefit branches) | 10 | — | — | percent | A BRACKETED WEEKLY CONTRIBUTION TABLE, not a percentage of actual pay. Actual weekly earnings fall into one of thirteen wage bands; each band carries a fixed "weekly insurable earnings" figure, and the contribution is a fixed cash amount for that band. The combined contribution is 10% of the band's insurable-earnings figure in every band, but the SPLIT between employee and employer varies band by band — the employee share rises from 1.88% to 4.50% and the employer share falls from 8.13% to 5.50% as earnings rise. The complete table (weekly earnings band -> weekly insurable earnings -> employee $ / employer $ / total $ -> employee % / employer %): under $70.00 -> $55.00 -> $1.03 / $4.47 / $5.50 -> 1.88% / 8.13%; $70.00-$109.99 -> $90.00 -> $1.69 / $7.31 / $9.00 -> 1.88% / 8.13%; $110.00-$139.99 -> $130.00 -> $2.44 / $10.56 / $13.00 -> 1.88% / 8.13%; $140.00-$179.99 -> $160.00 -> $3.94 / $12.06 / $16.00 -> 2.46% / 7.54%; $180.00-$219.99 -> $200.00 -> $5.94 / $14.06 / $20.00 -> 2.97% / 7.03%; $220.00-$259.99 -> $240.00 -> $7.94 / $16.06 / $24.00 -> 3.31% / 6.69%; $260.00-$299.99 -> $280.00 -> $9.94 / $18.06 / $28.00 -> 3.55% / 6.45%; $300.00-$339.99 -> $320.00 -> $11.94 / $20.06 / $32.00 -> 3.73% / 6.27%; $340.00-$379.99 -> $360.00 -> $13.98 / $22.02 / $36.00 -> 3.88% / 6.12%; $380.00-$419.99 -> $400.00 -> $16.15 / $23.85 / $40.00 -> 4.04% / 5.96%; $420.00-$459.99 -> $440.00 -> $18.45 / $25.55 / $44.00 -> 4.19% / 5.81%; $460.00-$499.99 -> $480.00 -> $20.86 / $27.14 / $48.00 -> 4.35% / 5.65%; $500.00 and over -> $520.00 -> $23.40 / $28.60 / $52.00 -> 4.50% / 5.50%. All figures Belize dollars per week. | BZD |
| rate_employee and rate_employer are null because there is no single national employee or employer percentage — the split is a function of the band, and only the 10% combined rate is constant. Read the two cash amounts off the table above; do not compute them from actual pay. THE… | |||||||
| employment_injury_only | Employment Injury Benefit contribution — persons aged 60 to 64 who have received or are receiving a Social Security benefit, and all persons aged 65 and over | — | 0 | — | currency per week | A FLAT CASH AMOUNT of BZD 2.60 per contribution week, payable entirely by the employer, regardless of the employee's earnings. It is not a percentage of pay: the amount is the same for every employee in these categories. (BZD 2.60 is 0.5% of the $520 maximum insurable earnings, but the schedule states it as a cash figure and it does not scale down for lower earners.) | BZD |
| rate_total and rate_employer are null because this is a flat cash amount, not a percentage; the unit field says so. Nothing is deducted from the employee. THE COVER IS NARROWER THAN THE MONEY SUGGESTS: the schedule states in terms that it "Covers Employment Injury Benefit Only"… | |||||||
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