The Bahamas will host a major trust conference in June, featuring experts who will outline the changes occurring within the trust industry and how global, regulatory and financial restrictions can … Read More
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International Intermediaries Meet in Nassau
The Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB) recently launched an initiative that complements the work of Bahamian practitioners who interact with intermediaries and other opinion leaders regarding the financial services industry … Read More
Financial Stability Forum Concludes March Meeting
The Financial Stability Forum (FSF) met on 24-25 March in Berlin, focusing on (a) a review of potential vulnerabilities in the international financial system and (b) progress made in addressing … Read More
E-Commerce Legislation Will Create New Business Opportunities
Three bills currently before Parliament *”are aimed at making The Bahamas a centre for excellence in e-commerce,”* says Bahamian Prime Minister the Hon. Perry G. Christie. As the convergence of … Read More
Taxation of Savings Income
**Memorandum of Understanding** OECD Member States that also are EU Member States, together with Switzerland, apparently have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding, exempting Switzerland from cooperation on exchange of information … Read More
International Trusts Forum
**Enhancing Wealth Management Opportunities** The Institute for International Research (IIR) will host its Thirteenth Annual International Trusts Forum in Nassau, June 11-13, in partnership with the Bahamas Financial Services Board … Read More
The Bahamas: Sophisticated And Well-Regulated Financial Centre
***Canadian Banking and Financial Services – Important factors in the development of The Bahamas…*** The Prime Minister addressed delegates at a recent two-day conference for Group Managers, hosted on Paradise … Read More
IRS Amnesty
The Internal Revenue Service’s “amnesty” programme on so-called abusive tax avoidance schemes will not extend to promoters of such arrangements. The IRS has said that US taxpayers hiding income by … Read More
IT Enhanced Teaching & Learning
According to the Minister of Education, The Bahamas has reached a critical juncture in its development as the structural transformations of the Bahamian economy place the nation at the threshold … Read More
Company Registration Services Now Online
Yesterday, the Bahamas Government launched its Registered Agent Information System, under which registered agents are able to incorporate international business companies and take advantage of a range of other corporate … Read More