Mr. Miller says that you will not see VAT on your bills until February. Well, I got my bill for December 2014 / January 2015 and guess what, VAT for days in January is on the billl........ JOKESSS...
Also, how can BEC charge "VAT TAX" on "FUEL TAX".?????????. VAT should only be on actual useage only...

Do you know Customs is charging VAT on customs duties and all tax collection services they supply?

according to the rules, they are supposed to charge vat on customs duties and on all services

If you see who they are buying their fuel from, then you would understand why they are having a problem paying for it. What is snake oil?

This is a big joke. BEC charges a fuel surcharge on the cost of fuel that has been falling for the past year .......... and now they are only going to charge a partial VAT tax on the bill??? This is a conundrum .................... Miller and BEC dont seem to know what the hell to do with VAT and fuel surcharge. Bahamians should sue BEC for fraudulent misrepresentation on billing

The man is a walking joke. The same man whose restaurant doesn't charge VAT, but adds a gratuity on to bills? The same man who pays hundreds of thousands in cash to settle outstanding bills, going against basic KYC rules? the same man who ducks unions, but is the Corporation's chairman? What exactly is Mr Miller qualified to do, and why is he anywhere near BEC's finances? Please help me understand what role this man plays on our national stage.

VAT on the fuel surcharge is basically a tax on two other taxes,
giving the same problem they already have on fuel gas/diesel sales at the stations.
VAT may be charged on the Kwh usage but not on the fuel.
Government aught to recognize they have a problem on this.

Which Bahamians?????? Bahamians go to any extent to duck government hospitals and schools except they cant help it ...... but the other "Bahamians" enjoy the sweetness that we pay for

THE PRINCE OF ARIBIA SAYS $100.00 PER BARREL OIL is a thing of the past and will not be seen again in the near future or at least not in the next five years. There was a plan afoot that started around 2000 to artificially inflate the price of oil and petroleum products to a point where gasoline would be selling the US for around $11.00 per gallon and in the United Kingdom and Canada for around $13.00 per gallon. That would have meant a price of between $17.00 and $20.00 per gallon in the Bahamas and some Caribbean nations. The plan of these elitist was not only to create a false shortage of oil and reap huge windfall profits as was seen with EXXON a few years ago, but they also wanted to restrict the mobility of the masses. Many persons would not have been able to put fuel in their vehicles when the gas prices hit double digits and airline travel would have been reserved for the rich and famous. The average consumer would barely be able to light his home and air conditioning for many would have been unthinkable. Fortunately the bottom fell out of that plan and a world global recession revealed that the earth is virtually swimming in oil. Not only that but alternative and renewable sources of energy have been developed and many persons who are sitting oil reserves fear they may become obsolete and so they decided to dump them. This has lead to a glut on the oil market, even with Russia, being shut out of the market by US sanctions. OPEC nations are refusing to cut back on production to allow the more expensive US and Canadian oil to get a good share of the market. No one is sure where this will end but many predict that the market will see $30 or $25 per barrel oil, before this summer. Many jobs will be lost in the oil industry as many companies will not find it feasible to drill for expensive oil or many refineries will scale down their operations or even shut down completely. The consumer can help determine how long the 'more than affordable energy market" lasts by continuing to conserve energy and restrict consumption. Of course when prices of airline tickets start to fall more people will travel, and once motorists become confident that gas prices will stay low, the 8,10 and 12 cylinder gas guzzlers may return to the highways. To the oil billionaires: old people use to say, "You can do what you like when you like, but you can't do it as long as you like." to that is say to them ' go drink oil!"

And there it is: Another postcard from the bubble.

And your point?

Where does this man live ,why do you give him the opportunity to spew shit out his mouth. Vat is the law and i dont know that anyone can not charge vat. once you are registered you have to charge the 7.5 % no more no less.

Precisely...BEC and fuel as well...when VAT was being discussed, it was laid out that companies could collect input credits from BEC and fuel bills, etc, you'd get the 7.5% back on those outlays as inputs to net out against what you collect in the sales side. So now they are not going to show you the 7.5% and water down what you can collect in credits to neutralize your outlay back to the government...well guess what...prices just increased a couple more percentage points for each of these last ditch effort rule changes to try to save face in the consumers eyes. Lower your price to 'absorb it' but still show the full 7.5% so people can do the accounting properly.