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'VAT should be part of broader economic reform'

FREEPORT – Former Prime Minister of Barbados Owen Arthur says the introduction of a Value Added Tax should be viewed as an essential part of the broader sweep of economic reforms in the Bahamas.

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Gov't urged: Resist exemption 'clamour' over VAT reforms

The Bahamas’ proposed Value-Added Tax (VAT) will merely act as an ‘income replacement’ for the Government, a former Barbadian prime minister warning yesterday that “discipline” will be key to preventing the tax base’s erosion by ‘special interests’.

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