Jamaica Small Business Starter Pack — Register, Price & Launch

Register it, price it and launch it. Written for Jamaica, with the order to do things in and who to deal with at each step.

Part 1, pick the structure: sole trader against limited company, and the liability difference that actually decides it.

Part 2, registering: the route through the Companies Office of Jamaica, what the BRF1 Super Form registers you for in one go, the sole trader path and the company path step by step, and the parish Municipal Corporation licence people forget until opening week.

Part 3, tax: your TRN, the GCT registration threshold and how to work out your own threshold in units rather than dollars, plus what changes the day you take on an employee.

Part 4, pricing: a full worked costing in J$ for a real small operation, including the three costs people leave out, target margins by type of business, and the maths on what a ten percent discount really costs you.

Part 5, the first thirty days: a week by week launch plan, from being findable to looking at the numbers.

Plus where to get real help: COJ, TAJ, JBDC, DBJ, EXIM Bank, your Municipal Corporation and HEART/NSTA Trust.

14 pages. Fees are deliberately not printed, because they change with every budget. There is a table to write in the current ones and the body to confirm them with.

Instant digital download. General guidance, not legal, tax or accounting advice.