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June 22, 2023
Road Traffic Department projects $56 million revenue intake
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Road Traffic Department is expected to remain a significant contributor to the government's revenue, with projected intake for the 2023/2024 fiscal year exceeding $56 million, according to Housing and Transport Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis. During her budget communication, Coleby-Davis noted that the Department has been allocated over $6.9 million for recurrent expendit...
DPM lauds work of Customs Officers
January 26, 2018
DPM lauds work of Customs Officers
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest on Wednesday, applauded the work of Customs Officers being honoured in special ceremonies, and noted they were appreciated for their years of dedication and sacrifice...
March 13, 2018
ALIV Launches Premier Cloud Based Push to Talk Service
Believing in innovation and technology, ALIV announced last week, the official launch of The Bahamas? and The Caribbean?s first premier cloud-based Push to Talk Service in partnership with iScape and Push to Talk International...
Minister Dames Explains why Bill is not a 'Spy Bill'
April 30, 2018
Minister Dames Explains why Bill is not a 'Spy Bill'
While giving his contribution to the Interception of Communications Bill 2017, Minister of National Security the Hon. Marvin Dames termed it a comprehensive contemporary law to fight ?sophisticated technologically savvy criminals and dismantle their criminal networks...?
April 13, 2023
DIR focused on revenue collection, says acting controller
The Department of Inland Revenue (DIR) has moved out of a season of ease of doing business and turning out business documents extremely fast, and is now in a season of ensuring the government's revenue is collected, or punitive measures are taken against businesses that are non-compliant, DIR Acting Controller Shunda Strachan said yesterday, adding that ...
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April 13, 2023
VAT arrears recorded at just over $190 million, but likely much higher
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Department of Inland Revenue's top official yesterday noted that just under there are just over $190 million in Value-Added Tax (VAT) arrears "on the books", although she acknowledged the sum is likely significantly higher due to the number of business charging the tax without remitting the revenue to government. "That's only [...]
March 21, 2023
The Bahamas to Host the Next Northern Caribbean Security Summit
The Minister of National Security the Hon. Wayne Munroe and US Chargé d’Affaires Usha Pitts attended a press conference at the Ministry on Monday, March 20, 2023 to update the nation on the Northern Caribbean Security Summit which took place in Miami, Florida from March 8 – 10, 2023.
March 14, 2023
Ministers Wayne Munroe and Keith Bell attend Northern Caribbean Security Summit
Ministers Wayne Munroe and Keith Bell, Permanent Secretaries Cheryl Darville and Cecilia Strachan, Commissioner Clayton Fernander and senior officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force, Commodore Dr. Raymond King and senior officers of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, Director Anthony Ferguson and senior officers from the National Crime Intelligence Agency, and senior officers from the Customs Depa...
January 24, 2023
New Pharmacy is Now Open on Paradise Island in The Bahamas
A rapidly growing development around the top superyacht marina in The Bahamas has expanded its amenities again with the opening of a pharmacy right on Paradise Island.
Firms losing 'millions' on freight 'prepaying'
January 11, 2011
Firms losing 'millions' on freight 'prepaying'
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
Bahamian companies are collectively losing "millions of dollars" per year through inflated transportation costs they do not have to pay, a Bahamas-based express cargo and courier provider told Tribune Business yesterday, something that also results in them paying more import duties/Stamp Tax to Customs than they need to.
Acknowledging that this was "defi...
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