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Labor Laws in Belize

  • Annual Leave: 2 weeks
  • Maternity Leave: 14 weeks
  • Public Holidays: 14
  • Workweek: 45 hours per week.

Income Tax in Belize

Income tax is charged at a rate of 25%, and for residents of Belize, the first $26,000 of their annual income is exempt. Pension income is also exempt.

There’s no graduated scale of taxation like in the U.S. and many other countries. Belize currently has no capital gains tax.

Value Added Tax (VAT) in Belize

General Sales Tax (GST) in Belize is levied at 12.5%.

Social Security in Belize

Contributions are payable for all employees between fourteen (14) years to sixty-five (65) for each contribution week worked, for the whole or any part in which the person is employed in insurable employment.

Employers are liable to pay the total contribution due, which includes the employer’s share and the employee’s portion that is deducted from the employee’s salary.

  • Employees:Contribution rates range from 1.88% to 4.5% of insurable earnings, depending on the salary level.
  • Employers:Contribution rates range from 5.5% to 8.13%, also depending on the salary level.

Work Visas Belize

Here is work visa information for Belize, download our guide for an extensive breakdown.

Visas are not required for citizens of the United States and its territories, Canada, the United Kingdom, and its territories, the European Union, and Caribbean and Central American countries.

Belize's labor regulations are designed to protect the local job market to enable the employment of as many Belizeans as possible, and understandably so.

Employment of foreign citizens is possible, however, under certain circumstances.

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