100% bull crap...sad also to see that on the eve of the election, they are just now giving into adding benefits and demands from unionized government employees...let's win that vote with what essentially comes down to bribes at this stage in the game.
Technically yes...if you build your dock on crown land/seafloor it's taxable...it all comes down to the interpretation of crown land vs private property. Canals that were dug through solid ground that is private property remain private property. Developments that were formed around existing waterways or marshlands that were once crown land in that sense, those are taxable.
I pay almost as much in real property tax each year (and yes, sadly, I do pay it), but just shy of what a minimum wage employees take home pay would be each year...It's not so much the 'fee' the fee is minimal. Even if you have a 100 foot dock, which is BIG dock for a private residence, that is only $200 a year, it's minor, but it comes down to the interpretation of the law and legal precedents that have been set and in place for years. Now they think they can re-interpret the way the law reads to suit their needs. It will need to be decided in the courts, AGAIN, since this has been decided many times in the past, but they will ignore that fact.
Of course they will...now that 99% of the plates are manufactured through a contractor at great expense instead of using cheap prison labour to save the tax payers money during this total overhaul of plates.
Well the PLP sure as hell didn't fix it as promised...they had the answers!! Guess there answers were to let all the gang members just kill themselves off.
Import only...I guess no one bothered to read the story...out of this whole fiasco, there MIGHT be ONE shipment from an obscure brand that MIGHT have come into the Bahamas. Yet everyone is panicking and wanting to pull everything off the shelves. The sooner the government releases which brand is at risk the better so people can move on and calm down.
Tell us the brand of the ONE that was exported to the Bahamas please so we can move on with the rest of the good corned beef!! A blanket ban on all Brazilian beef is pointless!! Single out the culprits with the facts in hand and let the rest carry on. give us the name of the product in that container!!
B_I_D___ says...
100% bull crap...sad also to see that on the eve of the election, they are just now giving into adding benefits and demands from unionized government employees...let's win that vote with what essentially comes down to bribes at this stage in the game.
On Gibson denies last-minute labour laws are a political manoeuvre
Posted 5 April 2017, 7:31 p.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
Technically yes...if you build your dock on crown land/seafloor it's taxable...it all comes down to the interpretation of crown land vs private property. Canals that were dug through solid ground that is private property remain private property. Developments that were formed around existing waterways or marshlands that were once crown land in that sense, those are taxable.
On ‘Dock tax’ crackdown on gated communities
Posted 5 April 2017, 9:15 a.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
I pay almost as much in real property tax each year (and yes, sadly, I do pay it), but just shy of what a minimum wage employees take home pay would be each year...It's not so much the 'fee' the fee is minimal. Even if you have a 100 foot dock, which is BIG dock for a private residence, that is only $200 a year, it's minor, but it comes down to the interpretation of the law and legal precedents that have been set and in place for years. Now they think they can re-interpret the way the law reads to suit their needs. It will need to be decided in the courts, AGAIN, since this has been decided many times in the past, but they will ignore that fact.
On ‘Dock tax’ crackdown on gated communities
Posted 5 April 2017, 9:10 a.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
I'm a Bahamian living behind one of those gated communities with one of those controversial docks...so explain that one away...
On ‘Dock tax’ crackdown on gated communities
Posted 5 April 2017, 7:46 a.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
He'll have more than a sprained ankle by the time they finish working on him...
On UPDATED: Omar Archer denied bail in criminal libel case
Posted 4 April 2017, 1:19 p.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
Of course they will...now that 99% of the plates are manufactured through a contractor at great expense instead of using cheap prison labour to save the tax payers money during this total overhaul of plates.
On Inmates to start making licence plates in May
Posted 31 March 2017, 3:23 p.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
Well the PLP sure as hell didn't fix it as promised...they had the answers!! Guess there answers were to let all the gang members just kill themselves off.
On Johnson laments failure to tackle crime issues
Posted 27 March 2017, 2:53 p.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
Sad...political abuse of power.
On Police issue wanted bulletin for political activist Omar Archer Sr
Posted 24 March 2017, 7:51 p.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
Import only...I guess no one bothered to read the story...out of this whole fiasco, there MIGHT be ONE shipment from an obscure brand that MIGHT have come into the Bahamas. Yet everyone is panicking and wanting to pull everything off the shelves. The sooner the government releases which brand is at risk the better so people can move on and calm down.
On Brazil officials urge caution over alert on meat imports
Posted 24 March 2017, 7:49 p.m. Suggest removal
B_I_D___ says...
Tell us the brand of the ONE that was exported to the Bahamas please so we can move on with the rest of the good corned beef!! A blanket ban on all Brazilian beef is pointless!! Single out the culprits with the facts in hand and let the rest carry on. give us the name of the product in that container!!
On Brazil officials urge caution over alert on meat imports
Posted 24 March 2017, 2:55 p.m. Suggest removal