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In some ways, the Budget is a marvel of concise brilliance. In other ways, it sidesteps the most pressing structural issues of our time. To the first point: the finance minister did what he had to do. He has taken decisive steps to reduce the defic...

Local business welcomed the Budget yesterday, but warned that Bermuda’s finances will take time to improve. John Wight, president of the Chamber of Commerce, singled out continued effort to reduce the deficit and advance warning of changes to the tax...

Sustainable development must remain central on the road to fiscal sustainability, according to Greenrock. Described as one of three “mega-trends”, Bob Richards partially credited the drop in oil prices to the island’s recovering economy, in his Budge...

Finance minister Bob Richards warned yesterday that an international crackdown on offshore jurisdictions could wreck the economies of the developed world. The stark warning came in the Budget speech as Mr Richards said that an attempt spearheaded by ...

Wage packets will be hit after an increase in payroll tax and motorists will have to fork out more at the pumps after Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, unveiled his Budget statement in the House of Assembly yesterday. Residents will also face a ...

Bermuda’s international business chiefs said they would swallow increased taxes if the Government continued to cut its costs and pushed ahead with reforms in the public service. Insiders added that the sector wanted to see the Government live up to i...

Government spending figures for the fiscal year ahead show a $7.3 million drop, reflecting the shift of the Department of Civil Aviation into a quango. The move had been announced last month by Shawn Crockwell, the Minister of Tourism Development and...

Bob Richards yesterday spelt out the danger to the country of failing to tackle the Government’s debt mountain, while announcing an annual budget that will add to it. The finance minister said the debt burden “undermines our ability to support the ne...

David Burt, the Shadow Minister of Finance, has warned that local businesses will end up closing as a result of the tax increases contained in the Budget. Speaking shortly after the conclusion of the 2016-17 Budget statement by Bob Richards, the Mini...

It’s Budget time. Brace yourselves, people. But while you do, spare a thought for our seniors. It will be revealing to see whether they will merit a line or two in today’s Budget Statement. They ought to; maybe even a paragraph or two. They have iss...

The island is likely to face a hike in taxes when Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, presents the 2016/17 Budget this morning in the House of Assembly. That assessment has come from observers ranging from Kendaree Burgess, the executive director ...

Bermuda’s business community believes that tackling the island’s debt mountain was key to revitalising the economy. Chamber of Commerce president John Wight said: “Government has a very challenging job to narrow the 2016-17 year deficit in order to m...