He endorsing vat but check out his surname HMMMMMMMMM

Is he related to PGC? Not to say that it disqualifies his statement but it's a detail that should be highlighted if he is.

The above comments are typical Bahamian responses. We are obsessed with who is connected to who. Thats a national sin....... nepotism

The comments would not have been made if nepotism were not rampant.

*Who is connected to who* under a given set of parameters can also be called *Conflict Of Interest*, a worldwide sin

As a forensic accountant, he certainly stands to make money "auditing" either for Government or an unfortunate business owner.
Most accountants who are under-employed are no doubt anticipating increased business.
One only has to look at the newspapers over the last 10 years, many announcements of this certificate or that qualification, all geared to the foreseeable and now impending "First world"
fiscal reporting requirements.

In a country like Bahamas where avoiding / evading Tax is built into the National Psyche, VAT provides the most scope for fraud out of all the tax options. So of course Mr. Christie has a vested interest in talking up the viability of VAT. Well spotted Oracle!

Anyone who has ever tried to have an intelligent, rational conversation with Bahamas customs senior officers would sensibly be quite concerned with expansion of their arbitrary power so uncoupled from intelligence or rule of law.
Implementing a first world record keeping TAX such as VAT in a country devoid of a record keeping population is asking for trouble.

nothing to add. well said. the two best paying jobs in the Bahamas in near future: Customs officer and Fraud Examiner.

Just read this, its from one year ago, in a Country far far away from the Bahamas, where there are plenty of resources to tackle VAT fraud / VAT and the Bahamas don't go together, face it, not even academically.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/fina…

No country ever taxed itself into prosperity. Quite the contrary. For decades, until 'progressives' rewrote history with their 'narrative', the Bahamas were always seen as prosperous precisely because of their light tax structure.

No taxation without representation .............. c.1770 USA >>>>>>>> WAR

Whose side are those representatives in our Parliament on???????????

Will this clueless government ignite a social uprising ???????????????

Sadly, He's not a credible source editor. Kendrick is Christie's bag man, first cousin as well. In addition, he's a senior partner at: Grant Thornton, the accountant firm that handed The Government of The Bahamas a $1million bill en lieu of 'forensic audit' services at The National Insurance Board. One of which we've seen no fruitful action as a result of. Its the case involving Cargill and the like should I remind you readers.

What kind of reporting is this? That's the first question that the reporter should have asked given his surname...as I said before, in and of itself it wouldn't disqualify his statement (though the ransacking of NIB does in my opinion), but given that (I assume) the article was looking for an expert voice who was pro VAT, I would expect that it would at least look at the obvious factors that might tilt their opinion to one side or the other. Still report but let the viewers know those details so they can form their own opinion.

wonderful listening to the prime minister's cousin whose firm recently got over $1 million of our money to do nothing with NIB tell us how a regressive tax designed to destabilize economies is a good move for The Bahamas....

Don't know whether to laugh or cry...stupid is as stupid does...only problem is that the two stupids are playing Russian roulette with our livelihoods.

These PLPs serious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!