'75-90' of firmsnot paying NIB,BEC on time

Sun, Jun 19th 2011, 11:00 PM

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor With between 75-90 per cent of Bahamian companies not paying their electricity and National Insurance Board (NIB) contributions on a timely basis, a leading accountant believes the 75 basis point reduction in the Discount and Prime rates will have "minimal impact" in terms of stimulating economic activity. Raymond Winder, managing partner at Deloitte & Touche (Bahamas), told Tribune Business that individuals and companies were more likely to use the estimated $60-$70 million set to be returned to borrowers to pay-off existing debt "shore up" household and company balance sheets, rather than engage in new spending. Agreeing that t ...

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