many already do so. I used to shop online for items which I could not find locally, or even at the malls when I travelled. Now, even with air freight duty, things are cheaper one by one, and I even by non-perishable food items.
Locally, I buy price controlled, or duty free items, or wait for clearance sales
however, if people do that en masse, the central bank may clip your prepaid cards
"Bran has now taken to talk'in about himself in third person, like PM Christie in a most peculiar way has now began referring about himself in his recent speeches"
And let's not forget environmental levies, which depending on the product, are huge. $5 on a car tire is noy the same as $15 on a coffeemaker, and these levies don't go in customs duty exemption, in case one decides to bring one from miami.
But, as it is today in Abaco, at maxwell's there are some articles marked with a green dot, which means they were purchased from wholesaler in Nassau. The prices on those are astronomical. You do get a better deal on things they clear directly in Abaco, even cheaper than Nassau.
I think of VAT as a chain markup, the govt join the middle man in the markup chain and wants his cut.
And I have said before, that, if I bought an icecream freexer and paid 45% customs duty, it was a one time fee. Now the govt collects $0.45 every time i sell an icecream cone.
COB don't do research. They take opinion surveys among their friends and students, which get published because there is a cohort of fake doctors in the world who keep their own academic journals.
However, me believes that they don't let COB do research because in 1997 they predicted the PLP would win the election in their poll, a moratorium on opinion polls was placed until they learn how to select an unbiased sample.
ohdrap4 says...
many already do so.
I used to shop online for items which I could not find locally, or even at the malls when I travelled.
Now, even with air freight duty, things are cheaper one by one, and I even by non-perishable food items.
Locally, I buy price controlled, or duty free items, or wait
for clearance sales
however, if people do that en masse, the central bank may clip your prepaid cards
On Small business VAT costs 'double' UK's
Posted 22 February 2014, 2:58 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
the late paol adderley said:
in the bahamas , only the poor or the unfortunate pay taxes
On 'Tax dodger should be fired from VAT role'
Posted 21 February 2014, 5:54 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
muss be a "long and winding road" to link mcweeney to McCartney.
but the plp politicians all live in the yellow submarine
On Bank of the Bahamas to sue The Punch
Posted 21 February 2014, 3:37 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
they need to change his picture.
that monalisa smirk does not look good these days....
On Bank of the Bahamas to sue The Punch
Posted 21 February 2014, 3:34 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
This coalition scares me.
Are they saying to bring on VAT on top of existing customs duty?
Whatever the impact of VAT is, it could only be worse if the customs duty is not lowered.
Payroll tax is nonsense, it only taxes the poor schlemiel like me.
And then businesses can avoid it. Take the janitress and maintenance people off the payroll, and hire people by the day.
Soon enough there would be temp agencies for all sort of occupations.
Anyway, it is up to the business owners to figure out how much of a gross profit reduction he can take that will keep the clients coming.
On Tax co-chair queries 'immediate' end to $300m Customs duties
Posted 20 February 2014, 8:28 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
"Bran has now taken to talk'in about himself in third person, like PM Christie in a most peculiar way has now began referring about himself in his recent speeches"
The Tribune editor has been doing it for years!
On BRAN: Legalise web shops - but fine for years of illegal activity
Posted 20 February 2014, 3:32 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
And let's not forget environmental levies, which depending on the product, are huge. $5 on a car tire is noy the same as $15 on a coffeemaker, and these levies don't go in customs duty exemption, in case one decides to bring one from miami.
But, as it is today in Abaco, at maxwell's there are some articles marked with a green dot, which means they were purchased from wholesaler in Nassau. The prices on those are astronomical. You do get a better deal on things they clear directly in Abaco, even cheaper than Nassau.
I think of VAT as a chain markup, the govt join the middle man in the markup chain and wants his cut.
And I have said before, that, if I bought an icecream freexer and paid 45% customs duty, it was a one time fee. Now the govt collects $0.45 every time i sell an icecream cone.
On MP says time is running out to explain VAT to residents
Posted 20 February 2014, 9:48 a.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
But truth be told, the VAT poster boy was always Zhivago "Monavie", the economist who said the global crisis was not going to affect the bahamas.
On MP says time is running out to explain VAT to residents
Posted 19 February 2014, 9:59 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
2017 belinda wilson, belinda wilson, 2017
leslie miller for minister of finance
On It is time for a woman to lead us
Posted 19 February 2014, 2:09 p.m. Suggest removal
ohdrap4 says...
COB don't do research. They take opinion surveys among their friends and students, which get published because there is a cohort of fake doctors in the world who keep their own academic journals.
However, me believes that they don't let COB do research because in 1997 they predicted the PLP would win the election in their poll, a moratorium on opinion polls was placed until they learn how to select an unbiased sample.
On MP says time is running out to explain VAT to residents
Posted 19 February 2014, 2:06 p.m. Suggest removal