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BAHAMIAN financial services institutions must ensure they are ready, from a training and systems perspective, for implementation of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), a senior compliance officer said yesterday.
Bahamians too frequently overlook the certainty of death, top attorneys and a medical expert warning that the failure to leave their financial house in order can leave loved ones and family vulnerable.
A well-known Bahamian accountant yesterday said the indirect tax burden on local companies effectively meant they were paying 30-40 per cent of every $1 million they earned in tax.
A Bahamian aviation attorney has been invited by Aruba’s Aircraft Registry to speak at the 2013 Aeropodium offshore aircraft conference. The conference is expected to attract top experts in private and corporate jet aircraft-related arenas.
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is set to bring three more cell towers into service by month’s end, in a bid to relieve New Providence “hot spot” bottlenecks created by a 27,000 per cent increase in data traffic.
The National Insurance Board’s (NIB) suspended director yesterday blasted the Grant Thornton forensic audit’s findings as “biased and incomplete”, rebutting its “exorbitant” conclusion on the rental of his brother’s apartment.
A well-known fiscal hawk yesterday expressed “major concern” that Bahamian taxpayers would foot an ever-increasing bill to support the bureaucracies this nation is being forced to create through its international trade commitments.
THE Bahamas’ financial services brand needs more clarity, a Cabinet Minister yesterday arguing that this nation was not merely a “commodity” jurisdiction but a preeminent “full service provider”.
THE Bahamas’ has already signed up to obligations that “go beyond” those of World Trade Organisation (WTO) member countries, a senior official yesterday calling for a “balance” that would see this nation receive the benefits associated with WTO accession.
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A Bahamian insurer yesterday unveiled a 145.4 per cent net income increase for 2012, shrugging off a 50 per cent decline in construction industry premiums.
THE Government’s proposed Value Added Tax (VAT) regime will create a more transparent pricing and tax regime, a senior official said yesterday, although there would not be “a 100 per cent offset” against reduced Customs and Excise duties.
The third annual Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF), was launched yesterday atPort of Spain, Trinidad. CIF 2013 will take place on June 10-11 at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre, and is expected to deliver two days of high level discussions on investment opportunities in the Caribbean.
Consolidated Water’s Bahamian rival for the Windsor water supply contract yesterday dismissed the BISX-listed company’s attempts to paint its offer as uncompetitive on price.
A Cabinet Minister last night pledged to avoid “choking off the economy” in implementing a Value-Added Tax (VAT), telling Tribune Business: “The danger of that is at the forefront of our minds.”
A Freeport company is in talks with electric car and modular home firms to further expand its light manufacturing capabilities, with its workforce “potentially doubling” by year’s end.
US client disclosures by CIBC Trust Company (Bahamas) and its Cayman affiliate equal just 12 per cent of the number who have voluntarily disclosed accounts with their regional parent to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), it has been alleged.
Key parties in the battle over the Oceania Heights development yesterday resolved “how to settle the major issues”, the Exuma Chamber of Commerce’s president describing that outcome as “significant”.
TOURISM Minister Obie Wilchcombe said yesterday that incidents such as the recent murder of an American visitor to New Providence could negatively impact this country’s reputation as a premier tourist destination, telling Tribune Business: “We’re meddling with disaster.”
The Securities Commission of the Bahamas (SCB) has appointed Velma Miller as manager of its market surveillance department with effect from yesterday.
BROKERS yesterday described Customs’ shift to the electronic submission of documents as a “giant step forward”, telling Tribune Business the new system would increase their efficiency and eliminate “freelancers”.
THE Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation’s (BCCEC) chairman yesterday said the private sector continued to be concerned over high crime levels, noting that this was “stifling” entrepreneurship through increased security costs.
Determining Value-Added Tax’s (VAT) impact on the private sector is “a complete crapshoot” until the Government provides more details, a leading businessman fearing it could push the Bahamas back into recession if mishandled.
THE Bahamas Agricultural & Industrial Corporation (BAIC) is evicting at least two tenants from its Soldier Road Industrial Park due to delinquent rental payments, with one case involving almost $800,000 in unpaid arrears.
Fidelity Bank (Bahamas) believes its $2 million first quarter net income performance will repeat throughout 2013, with shareholder equity returns having risen another 3.7 percentage points.