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Landlords were warned today not to pass a proposed rental tax on to their tenants. The Government said tenants have called Consumer Affairs reporting that their landlord has informed them their rent will be increased “due to the new tax” from March 1...

So, where were we? Ah, yes, our “fundamental macroeconomic external imbalance”. If a nation’s savings exceeds its investment, as ours obviously does, the country has “excess savings”, which it then exports to other countries to fund their investment ...

Hundreds of people have registered opposition to a rental tax after a seniors organisation called on its members to air their views. Age Concern Bermuda asked it members for their views on the suggestion, included in a pre-Budget report from the Mini...

Sometimes all a business owner needs is a desk, wi-fi and a steady supply of coffee to get their business chores done. But with Bermuda’s high rents, such a simple set-up can be hard to find. With that in mind, siblings, Natasha and Oliver Tucker, ...

Dear Sir, The Government recently released its 2018 Digest of Statistics Report, providing an annual summary of various socioeconomic statistics covering the period 2007 to 2017. It is a lengthy document and is well worth a read for those who have th...

Canadian tax authorities have launched about 100 audits into taxpayers named in the Paradise Papers, a huge batch of documents stolen from the database of law firm Appleby. The audits were revealed in the Canadian Parliament, the Toronto Star reporte...

A proposed tax on rental income could cost people their homes, the finance minister has been warned. Curtis Dickinson was told that any new tax would hurt people who depended on income from an apartment to pay their mortgages. Paulette Robinson said:...

Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said tax increases included in the Pre-Budget Report were being considered, but were not guaranteed. However, he told an audience at a public meeting last night that if taxes on commercial and residential re...

In the third of a five-part series examining the impact of the ageing of Bermuda’s population, we look at government finances. Bermuda’s burgeoning national debt is the millstone that impacts not just today’s generation of taxpayers, but will also af...

The Fiscal Responsibility Panel report reviewed the evolution of the all-important debt/revenue ratio under different scenarios — and also included a projection based on the recommendations of the Tax Reform Commission being implemented by Government...

For Andreaz Glasgow, the hardest thing about being a 15-year-old entrepreneur is being 15. It means an adult has to cosign on every legal aspect of his businesses, Element Graphic Studios, Bermuda Local Guides and Guess What? “Rather than being reg...