Chandler Sands, Managing Director of Campbell Shipping and a featured speaker at the recent [Nassau Conference](http://nassauconference.com), touts the huge potential for careers as seafarers, and calls on industry to meet … Read More
Funding for Grand Bahama Promotional Entity
State Minister for Finance Zhivargo Laing has confirmed that an initial $250,000 essential to funding the proposed Grand Bahama Business Development Board has been released, with another $250,000 of the … Read More
Central Bank Reduces Discount Rate
On Monday, The[ Central Bank of The Bahamas](http://www.centralbankbahamas.com) announced its decision to reduce the Discount Rate by 75 basis points to 4.50 percent, effective immediately. The Regulator noted that it … Read More
EOI Portal
The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes has created a new “Exchange of Tax Information” [Portal](http://eoi-tax.org/). The Global Forum conducts peer reviews of its member … Read More
OECD: Countries Continue to Move Towards Better Tax Transparency
Furthering their efforts to fight against international tax evasion and bank secrecy, members of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes have issued 9 new … Read More
OECD’s Updated Multilateral Tax Convention
Today new amendments to the [Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters](http://www.oecd.org/document/14/0,3746,en_2649_33767_2489998_1_1_1_1,00.html) open the Convention to all countries, allowing them to benefit from cross border tax co-operation and … Read More
Transparency and Exchange of Information Experts Meet in Bermuda
The [Global Forum on Transparency and Information Exchange for Tax Purposes](http://www.oecd.org/site/0,3407,en_21571361_43854757_1_1_1_1_1,00.html) is meeting in Bermuda to advance the implementation and peer review process for a transparent tax environment. *What progress … Read More
National Budget Communication
Presenting the 2011/2012 National Budget [Communication](http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/bahamasweb2/home.nsf/vContentW/54123198ACE4FD558525789B005155BB/$FILE/BUDGET%20COMMUNICATION%202011-12.pdf) to Parliament yesterday, Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. H.A. Ingraham pointed to the fact that by such mechanisms governments translate their vision of the … Read More
S&P’s BBB+/A-2′ Rating On The Commonwealth of The Bahamas Affirmed
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services revealed today that it has affirmed its ‘BBB+’ long-term and ‘A-2’ short-term foreign-and local-currency sovereign credit ratings on The Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The transfer … Read More
OECD Model Tax Convention
The Committee on Fiscal Affairs (CFA) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is inviting public comments on [draft changes to the Commentary on Articles 10, 11 and … Read More