Counsel, CaribTax Private Client. Caribbean tax lawyer, former tax inspector, and the compiler of the first English language edition of Sint Maarten's tax legislation.
Marco Aalbers has spent more than a decade working in Caribbean tax, on both sides of it. He served within the Sint Maarten tax inspectorate before advising privately, and has held roles with the Government of Sint Maarten, PwC Dutch Caribbean and Wolters Kluwer. His work concentrates on formal and procedural tax law, international and interregional taxation, fiscal policy, and structuring for clients operating across Caribbean jurisdictions.
That combination is the reason this practice exists. Technical knowledge of what the legislation says is widely available. Knowledge of how a position is actually received, which arguments carry weight in practice, and where a matter is genuinely arguable rather than simply uncomfortable, comes from having read files from the other side of the desk.
The first comprehensive English language edition of Sint Maarten's tax laws, compiled and edited by Marco Aalbers. Presented to Parliament in January 2024 and since established as an annual reference, available through VanDorp.
Co-author. A foundational textbook offering a thematic introduction to the tax systems of Sint Maarten, Curaçao, Aruba, the BES islands and Suriname.
Contributor to the Wolters Kluwer fiscal encyclopaedia, covering income tax, corporate tax, payroll tax, indirect taxes, treaties and exemptions across the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom.
Specialised academic research underpinning the firm's digital assets practice.
Marco lectures at the University of Curaçao Dr. Moises da Costa Gomez, where he trains students and practising professionals in Caribbean tax law. The teaching and the practice inform one another: the questions that recur in a lecture hall are frequently the same ones that recur in an engagement.
A Position Review opens with a confidential discussion of your fiscal position, the risks in it, and what you are trying to achieve.
