I had a Cuban colleague years ago. She received the same wages as the others, as the housing allowance was not mandatory by employer. The employee paid the permit and her full wages minus Nib.
500 was her personal allowance. Then she presented receipts for rent food and utilities. What was left over she sent to Cuba. Saw her doing the accounts many times .
At the end of her contract she could import a car to Cuba duty free. Which she did when she returned.
The import duties on cigarettes and vape is already 223%. No need for this vat. Yet potato chips is 5%. Sugary drinks with high fructose corn syrup, like coca cola, is processed in the liver same as alcohol. So you get teenagers with cyhrrosis of the liver.
Finally it is not diabetes in their 40s. It is type 2 diabetes in pre teens.
Every expat has walked out. Here is the deal: A university president raises funds. He does not even need a doctorate. In the US, many are not doctors, just business people. Just bring the money. . If he does not find the money, he will quit like the last one.
Last year it was so big they combined all groups to go together down the street. Group smaller than a single junkanoo group. Should not get any money from govt.
In the past I have considered home made goods as a source of income.
The packaging duty is 40 percent. The duty on commercial kitchen equipment is 45%
So it costs a lot to make baked goods at home or preserves as well. I gave up on it as I could not pay myself.
In the past you could see homemade pepper sauce sold in recycled beer bottles, but today's customer wants to see branded custom made bottles saying 'Mike Hot Sauce'.
In addition, the baker has to compete with the large scale processed food brands of cakes and cookies.
Occasionally someone tries selling cakes in the parking lot, but they rarely return.
The same happens with sewing the duty on fabric is 30%, sewing machine parts 45%. So we cannot compete with imported mass produced clothing.
Thing is, govt can produce nothing, ten years of bamsi and 2 years of Golden "Joke". There is nothing to show for it.
ohdrap4 says...
I am very sad to see this beautiful building on fire.
On Major fire breaks out Downtown
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ohdrap4 says...
I had a Cuban colleague years ago.
She received the same wages as the others, as the housing allowance was not mandatory by employer. The employee paid the permit and her full wages minus Nib.
500 was her personal allowance. Then she presented receipts for rent food and utilities. What was left over she sent to Cuba. Saw her doing the accounts many times .
At the end of her contract she could import a car to Cuba duty free. Which she did when she returned.
On Mitchell hits out at Cuban claims
Posted 24 April 2025, 8:37 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
Housing prices have doubled too. For either purchase or rent
On IMF: Mortgage payments double as wages stagnate
Posted 14 April 2025, 4:26 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
The import duties on cigarettes and vape is already 223%. No need for this vat.
Yet potato chips is 5%.
Sugary drinks with high fructose corn syrup, like coca cola, is processed in the liver same as alcohol. So you get teenagers with cyhrrosis of the liver.
Finally it is not diabetes in their 40s. It is type 2 diabetes in pre teens.
On Merchant surprise as sweets and sugary drinks not included in VAT cut
Posted 3 April 2025, 10:50 a.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
> Dr Michael Darville stressed the government has no plans to impose such taxes.
I understand. This is like the FOIA.
Phew, I can continue to drink my koolaid.
On ‘No plan to impose new taxes on food’
Posted 27 March 2025, 9:59 a.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
Where do I sign up to receive stiff penalty incentives?
On Green scheme may reward or penalise participants
Posted 27 March 2025, 9:55 a.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
It took six months to change signatories on an account. Dozens of emails rather than seeing the customers.
Also married women catch hell if their NIB and passport do not match their signature. I have experienced that in two separate banks.
On Mitchell: No one wants to wait six months to open a bank acccount
Posted 25 March 2025, 3:46 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
Every expat has walked out.
Here is the deal: A university president raises funds.
He does not even need a doctorate. In the US, many are not doctors, just business people. Just bring the money. .
If he does not find the money, he will quit like the last one.
On UTEB ‘intensely disappointed’ with UB president selection
Posted 18 March 2025, 1:08 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
Last year it was so big they combined all groups to go together down the street.
Group smaller than a single junkanoo group.
Should not get any money from govt.
On Carnival ‘too big an event for govt not to get involved’, says Tirelli
Posted 17 March 2025, 1:24 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
In the past I have considered home made goods as a source of income.
The packaging duty is 40 percent. The duty on commercial kitchen equipment is 45%
So it costs a lot to make baked goods at home or preserves as well. I gave up on it as I could not pay myself.
In the past you could see homemade pepper sauce sold in recycled beer bottles, but today's customer wants to see branded custom made bottles saying 'Mike Hot Sauce'.
In addition, the baker has to compete with the large scale processed food brands of cakes and cookies.
Occasionally someone tries selling cakes in the parking lot, but they rarely return.
The same happens with sewing the duty on fabric is 30%, sewing machine parts 45%. So we cannot compete with imported mass produced clothing.
Thing is, govt can produce nothing, ten years of bamsi and 2 years of Golden "Joke". There is nothing to show for it.
On VAT food cut runs ‘counter’ to farm policy
Posted 15 March 2025, 10:53 a.m. Suggest removal