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June 02, 2010
Prime Minister delivers 2010/2011 Budget Communication

The Bahamas Government expects to increase revenue to 19.7% or $1,492 million in this fiscal year due to new measures taken to enhance its revenue administration and collection processes, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Rt. Hon Hubert Ingraham said Wednesday during his presentation of the Government?s 2010/2011 Budget Communication to the House of Assembly.

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May 26, 2010
2010/2011 Budget Communication

Mr. Speaker, this is the 33rd Budget Exercise in which I will have participated in this Parliament as an MP; the 14th as the Prime Minister and the 6th as Minister of Finance. Such extensive experience in this country?s fiscal affairs has enabled me to observe the many ebbs and flows of economic life in The Bahamas and the attempts by successive Ministers of Finance to grapple with them. I have ...

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Business - Fri Mar 5
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March 05, 2010
Business - Fri Mar 5

Taking tax pressure off Bahamian businesses

Projects to lower carbon emissions by 355,000 tonnes

Resorts worried in Governor's Harbour

Investor behind Bahamas firm's $25m collapse convicted

MP wants news on BTC sale

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December 08, 2009
Audit to improve energy efficiency

The Bahamas Government has embarked on a mission to reduce energy consumption with the launch of an energy audit at Anatol Rodgers High School.

?The whole intent of the audit is to improve our energy security, which essentially means to lower our reliance on petroleum products,? said Minister of State with responsibility for Energy in the Ministry of the Environment, the Hon Phenton Neymour.

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July 09, 2009
Inconsistency at Customs hits energy efficient firms

BAHAMIAN suppliers of energy efficient equipment and technology are ?finding it very difficult to function? because of the inconsistent treatment their imported products receive from the Customs Department, a former Chamber of Commerce president said yesterday, with some shipments allowed in duty-free and others charged the full 45 per cent.

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July 28, 2008
$10 Stamp Tax On All Shipments

The government moved yesterday to tab on a $10 stamp tax to all freight shipments entering the country, from food to furniture to computers ? the last item supposedly "tax free".

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