Here we go again, the old “the foreign property owners are the biggest delinquents when it comes to paying real property taxes” trope. I’d like to see Mr. Andrew Allen’s verifiable proof that is the actual case. In my experience the biggest delinquents in many, but not all, cases are Bahamian owned properties on New Providence, especially commercial propertys, but homes also. Granted there are many foreign homeowners who are delinquent on their taxes, some intentionally for sure, and others are behind due to the semi-broken and convoluted system in place to access ones tax-bill and pay it. Every year I have numerous foreign property owners, most seeking information and help trying to access and use the government system to pay their taxes. In my experience the huge majority of foreign property-owners not only want to pay their taxes on time, they actually want to do it early…but cannot due to the governments broken system.

Where in South Abaco is this going to be located??

So how is a new client going to open a new personal account?? Online?

Unfortunately the government consistently tends to overcomplicate these things and so forces the business, yacht-owner or homeowner to jump through far too many hoops in relation to whatever benefit they might receive.

Birdie…government added 10% vat to medications at the beginning of the year. Gvernment wants its cake and eat it too.

Start Cove is 100% spot on!
In total, statistics from the Florida-based International Shark Attack File show that only about 32 shark attacks have been reported in the Bahamas since 1749, the highest number in the region.

Not to mention sharks keep the ocean healthy.

In total, statistics from the Florida-based International Shark Attack File show that only about 32 shark attacks have been reported in the Bahamas since 1749, the highest number in the region.

Lot of misinformation in these comments. We’ve had 2 fatal shark attacks in 3 years, both in the same general area….Green Cay/ Rose Island. Yet zero shark attack fatalities in the area where the highest number of human-shark encounters takes place…South-West New Providence. There are hundreds of people, scuba divers,snorkellers and swimmers in the water interacting with 20,30,40 sharks at a time, twice a day, every day, 365 days a year. And that has been going on for over 30 years. During the 1990s and early 2000s, when there were 3 scuba companies operating out of Coral Harbour and South Ocean there were, on average, between 1,000 and 2,000 divers and snorkellers in the water swimming and diving with sharks during feedings every month. No fatalities or even major injuries. So if the problem were really the sharks then there would have been hundreds if not thousands of bites and numerous deaths out there between 1990 and now. No, the problem is not sharks or the number of them…its the uncontrolled and unregulated fish-cleaning,chumming and unregulated wildlife feeding combined with untrained boat crews and far too many people in the water. It’s a cowboy free-for-all in that area.

All good if they are actually easy and user-friendly for people to access and use. And if they can keep them up and actually working…unlike the last 2 iterations of the Real Property Tax portals.