if a Canadian company had not been hired to do a property tax reassessment the property tax arrears may not have been so great. they put a value of $80,000 on a piece of bush in the middle of nowhere and is maybe worth $5,000. the property tax arrears may be artificially inflated maybe?
He had his chance to make a number of changes which the people have been expecting for years, decades even, but he was unable to accomplish anything much except make it more difficult for non profits and made it better for the offshore banks. Did I miss any other significant accomplishments? Pandemic aside.
I'm curious about the ROI on shotspotter in Nassau? Are there any stats to show that the system helped to catch armed robbery or assault? does it work? Is it worth the millions of $ spent on it every year? I was in Nassau for 10 day past December and there gun shots to be heard all over town at night. Shotspotter doesn't seem to be doing much in the way of deterent, then why are we spending so much on it?
agreed, they might want to consider some introspection first. survey their existing customer base? BTC aint no better and streaming services are just the new way of doing business, get with the times or die like the dinosaurs.
is this a tail wag dog thing? am i missing something? The property tax role is, by law, supposed to be gazetted and published annually. Has that ever happened in the past 50 years? Why not simply name and shame the delinquents of property tax? seems a very simple exercise but then again the property tax office is such a mess that publishing would reveal clearly to the world how much of a dismal quagmire that office is in. I believe Mr. Wilson is underqualified for the position he holds which is why he makes these unfounded statements.
2nd point is that VAT registrants are tax collectors for the govt. A business is not paying but collecting VAT on behalf of the Bahamian people. Wilson said 'they aren't paying' when he should have said they are "not collecting". or does he mean to elaborate and state that they are collecting but not paying? which is in essence theft from the Bahamas Government and they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. but wait, do we have cronyism at work here? Will they got off with a slap on the wrist? such blatant in your face criminality happening all over the place in this country. they need to check into many other businesses, maybd hire that old secret shopper company to conduct due diligence throughout the Bahamas on VAT compliance?
DWW says...
IMF apparently did not consult FINCO :)
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DWW says...
if a Canadian company had not been hired to do a property tax reassessment the property tax arrears may not have been so great. they put a value of $80,000 on a piece of bush in the middle of nowhere and is maybe worth $5,000. the property tax arrears may be artificially inflated maybe?
On Tax authority chief labels $875m arrears 'alarming'
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DWW says...
meanwhile the rest of the economy is going gangbusters...
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DWW says...
2023 but we like to keep it ol skool around here nah
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DWW says...
He had his chance to make a number of changes which the people have been expecting for years, decades even, but he was unable to accomplish anything much except make it more difficult for non profits and made it better for the offshore banks. Did I miss any other significant accomplishments? Pandemic aside.
On Minnis: Tightening gun regulation ‘misguided’
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DWW says...
I'm curious about the ROI on shotspotter in Nassau? Are there any stats to show that the system helped to catch armed robbery or assault? does it work? Is it worth the millions of $ spent on it every year? I was in Nassau for 10 day past December and there gun shots to be heard all over town at night. Shotspotter doesn't seem to be doing much in the way of deterent, then why are we spending so much on it?
On Shotspotter and cameras brought to Grand Bahama in crime fight
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DWW says...
no need to record the activities of the fine men and women of the impeccable RBPF who have absolutely nothing to hide.
On Shotspotter and cameras brought to Grand Bahama in crime fight
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DWW says...
but 1 person wanted their lucrative fuel contract back and screw the public. Davis did not get my vote, but the people get the govt they deserve.
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DWW says...
agreed, they might want to consider some introspection first. survey their existing customer base? BTC aint no better and streaming services are just the new way of doing business, get with the times or die like the dinosaurs.
On Cable’s pay-TV status ‘screaming for removal’
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DWW says...
is this a tail wag dog thing? am i missing something? The property tax role is, by law, supposed to be gazetted and published annually. Has that ever happened in the past 50 years? Why not simply name and shame the delinquents of property tax? seems a very simple exercise but then again the property tax office is such a mess that publishing would reveal clearly to the world how much of a dismal quagmire that office is in. I believe Mr. Wilson is underqualified for the position he holds which is why he makes these unfounded statements.
2nd point is that VAT registrants are tax collectors for the govt. A business is not paying but collecting VAT on behalf of the Bahamian people. Wilson said 'they aren't paying' when he should have said they are "not collecting". or does he mean to elaborate and state that they are collecting but not paying? which is in essence theft from the Bahamas Government and they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. but wait, do we have cronyism at work here? Will they got off with a slap on the wrist? such blatant in your face criminality happening all over the place in this country. they need to check into many other businesses, maybd hire that old secret shopper company to conduct due diligence throughout the Bahamas on VAT compliance?
On ‘Hundreds of millions of tax dollars’ owed to govt
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