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Let us stop putting young men and women in jail for a little bit of plant. grow up bahamas. If you can gamble, drink alcohol, take pharmaceuticals, stand in parliament...

um, you are referring to meth, crank and crack, no the green plant. grow up please and do some real research.

beer, wine, rum, wodka, etc.? no?

How come I cannot find this report anywhere online? The BNSI webpage is a joke that hasn't ever been updated since it was launched. This is more the silo mentality of the Bahamas govt'.

The simple fact of the matter is that when govt talks PPP it blatantly and loudly admits the the govt has failed miserably despite confiscating 25% of the entire economy in the name of taxes. If the $3,300,000,000 that the govt earned in 2023 is not enough to build and maintain the infrastructure of the Bahamas then the govt is clearly an abject failure. if $3,300,000,000 is not enough to pay all the salaries of civil servants and maintain the roads and airports, then the govt is a terrible waste of time. both parties are equally and entirely culpable. A spade is a spade no?

This whole thing reeks of incompetence and lack of understanding of how life works. We have unqualified people in positions they have no business being in. For starters I thought we were all innocent until proven guilty? apparently not in the case of tax payment. when tax is involved we are all guilty until proven innocent in the Bahamas.
We have a situation where the people with these jobs to collect taxes do not understand their role and their rules and the laws that govern their activities. They think they are the new gestapo of the Bahamas. The actions admit that the DIR is in over their heads and don't know what they are doing. I would expect that the law allows for the DIR to request bank records from the Central Bank from the commercial banks which would very easily validate the tax return statements being made without having to barge down the door with guns a blazing. Al Capone was caught with tax evasion after years of avoiding conviction on any other charges. It looks the Bahamas Tax Authority don't have a clue and would not know how to catch Al if you gave them the roadmap.

Or is this really just an intimidation act to bully people into greasing the palms?
And why are businesses being told to pay taxes a year in advance? What if the economy tanks? what if new competition comes into the market? we all know that not a single part of the Bahamas Government (esp. BPL and BTC) are loathe to issue refunds... someone needs to get their knuckles wrapped and put in their place or fires will start. and it will lead to more criminal activity.

developers getting cart blanche approval on anything specifically including valuable coastal habitat but he talking about sustainable. keep pulling that leg because the other one already numb with laughter. How many new coastal projects underway? how about that massive wetland area in SE Nassau?

maybe people caught on to the fact that the motives may not be fully altruistic?

This the same set that complained when minnis admin sent aid down south back den?

how about car and boat license and registration?