The original RPT digital portal was extremely easy to register on and set-up an account on and pay ones real property tax. It was user-friendly and reliable. The new portal, when it came online a few years ago and replaced the old system was a nightmare, for various reasons, to set-up an account on and use. It was a very opaque, not-intuitive jump-through-the-hoops process. I suspect many homeowners, especially foreigners, got very frustrated with it and left the digital system and went back to the old postal system of dealing with their taxes, which means delays in revenue-collection. And this year the whole Property-Tax digital site was down and unavailable for at least 4-6 months. It only became accessible and sort of usable about a month ago. Unfortunately even though you can now access your dashboard and get your tax-bill, the digital payment page is still throwing up a multiple error message. I've heard of people still using it and making successful payments but I for one am not at all comfortable entering my credit-card info to pay on a page that has errors and might not be secure. If government really wants people to pay their taxes then make it easy,safe,secure and reliable.
Exxon Valdez Mauritius Deepwater Horizon Ocean Ranger Piper Alpha .....and the list goes on. This one is kind of on point for the Bahamas..June 1979 Mexico's government-owned oil company, Pemex, used a semi-submersible drilling rig to create Ixtoc I, an exploratory oil well 62 miles off the coast of Campeche, Mexico. On June 3, the well experienced a blowout, initially leaking 30,000 barrels of oil into the gulf each day.
Took me less than 5 minutes to find these.
Just Google "oil spill Trinidad" and an impressive list of nasty shows up.
Just enforce the PROPER wearing of masks, enforce public social distancing, no large gatherings! Lack of enforcement by authorities, of those 3 simple things are what has allowed the spike of cases on the island since the last lockdowns!!!!
By mail??? Bwahahahaha! I just received my November2019 and December 2019 bank statements this past Tuesday! Nothing can be reliably done by mail, especially in the Family Islands. Anybody who thinks this withdrawl of brick-and-morter bank branches, especially from the Family Islands, is a non-issue let alone a positive thing is completely lacking in critical thinking skills and lacks the ability to foresee the consequences.
Not to mention the fact that the Real Property Tax website still isn't working correctly and the department hasn't uploaded this years new tax bills. Kind of difficult to pay your taxes when yyou don't have a bill and the site is broken. SMH!
Considering how badly their service quality has dropped in the past year I find this surprising. Here in Eleuthera the service is no better than BTC, especially their WiFi...which has slowed to snail-like speeds.
The Disney plan will do virtually nothing for Eleuthera or its economy. A few well placed locals will make some money during the construction phase and upon completion of the construction a few more will get low-paying toilet-cleaning and beach-raking jobs without benefits. Meanwhile a natural spot of extreme beauty will be destroyed and turned into a carnival ground that will never be able to be repaired or made whole again. Anybody who thinks otherwise has no clue how the cruise-lines operate,has not bothered to look at Princess Cay just down the road or the other private cruise islands in the country and just have their heads buried in the sand.
becks says...
The original RPT digital portal was extremely easy to register on and set-up an account on and pay ones real property tax. It was user-friendly and reliable. The new portal, when it came online a few years ago and replaced the old system was a nightmare, for various reasons, to set-up an account on and use. It was a very opaque, not-intuitive jump-through-the-hoops process. I suspect many homeowners, especially foreigners, got very frustrated with it and left the digital system and went back to the old postal system of dealing with their taxes, which means delays in revenue-collection. And this year the whole Property-Tax digital site was down and unavailable for at least 4-6 months. It only became accessible and sort of usable about a month ago. Unfortunately even though you can now access your dashboard and get your tax-bill, the digital payment page is still throwing up a multiple error message. I've heard of people still using it and making successful payments but I for one am not at all comfortable entering my credit-card info to pay on a page that has errors and might not be secure. If government really wants people to pay their taxes then make it easy,safe,secure and reliable.
On Property tax woe ‘a colossal mess’
Posted 5 February 2021, 5:27 p.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
A company shill....zero credibility.
On BPC director blasts 'preposterous' action
Posted 19 November 2020, 11:22 p.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
Exxon Valdez
Mauritius
Deepwater Horizon
Ocean Ranger
Piper Alpha
.....and the list goes on.
This one is kind of on point for the Bahamas..June 1979
Mexico's government-owned oil company, Pemex, used a semi-submersible drilling rig to create Ixtoc I, an exploratory oil well 62 miles off the coast of Campeche, Mexico. On June 3, the well experienced a blowout, initially leaking 30,000 barrels of oil into the gulf each day.
Took me less than 5 minutes to find these.
Just Google "oil spill Trinidad" and an impressive list of nasty shows up.
On Oil opponents to Gov't: 'Come to your senses'
Posted 13 November 2020, 2:45 p.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
The new sidewalks are the problem....
On Flooded again - residents of Coral Harbour left frustrated
Posted 10 November 2020, 9:17 p.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
Just enforce the PROPER wearing of masks, enforce public social distancing, no large gatherings! Lack of enforcement by authorities, of those 3 simple things are what has allowed the spike of cases on the island since the last lockdowns!!!!
On 'We can wage COVID war without lockdowns'
Posted 10 November 2020, 8:21 a.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
Pretty sure banks in Canada did not lose correspondent banking relationships with US or European banks when Canada legalized marijuana.
On Bran: Banks cannot hold nation hostage on marijuana plans
Posted 2 November 2020, 1:41 p.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
By mail??? Bwahahahaha! I just received my November2019 and December 2019 bank statements this past Tuesday! Nothing can be reliably done by mail, especially in the Family Islands. Anybody who thinks this withdrawl of brick-and-morter bank branches, especially from the Family Islands, is a non-issue let alone a positive thing is completely lacking in critical thinking skills and lacks the ability to foresee the consequences.
On Scotiabank: 93% of transactions at closing sites digital
Posted 29 October 2020, 6:30 p.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
Not to mention the fact that the Real Property Tax website still isn't working correctly and the department hasn't uploaded this years new tax bills. Kind of difficult to pay your taxes when yyou don't have a bill and the site is broken. SMH!
On Realtor chief 'annoyed' over tax hike proposals
Posted 23 October 2020, 5:42 p.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
Considering how badly their service quality has dropped in the past year I find this surprising. Here in Eleuthera the service is no better than BTC, especially their WiFi...which has slowed to snail-like speeds.
On Aliv targets summer 2019 'break even'
Posted 3 November 2018, 5:44 p.m. Suggest removal
becks says...
The Disney plan will do virtually nothing for Eleuthera or its economy. A few well placed locals will make some money during the construction phase and upon completion of the construction a few more will get low-paying toilet-cleaning and beach-raking jobs without benefits. Meanwhile a natural spot of extreme beauty will be destroyed and turned into a carnival ground that will never be able to be repaired or made whole again. Anybody who thinks otherwise has no clue how the cruise-lines operate,has not bothered to look at Princess Cay just down the road or the other private cruise islands in the country and just have their heads buried in the sand.
On Disney's Lighthouse Point proposal approved by National Economic Council
Posted 20 October 2018, 5:09 p.m. Suggest removal