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A new Tax Reform Commission is to review the domestic tax system and consider changes

A government brochure full of policy information that was already publicly available was deemed by the Opposition to be “propaganda”. Doug DeCouto, a One Bermuda Alliance senator, added that public funds should not be spent on producing political adv...

A balanced Budget has been pushed back a year to 2024-25, the Premier said last night. David Burt, who is now also the Minister of Finance, explained that the postponement was needed to let the Government implement its economic recovery plan and fund...

A proposal to slap a tax on rented homes in the Budget has been taken off the table, the Minister of Finance said yesterday. Curtis Dickinson made the announcement after complaints that landlords had tried to use the suggested levy as an excuse to ra...

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...

Opposition leader Craig Cannonier will give his Reply to the Throne Speech in the House of Assembly today. MPs will hear from the One Bermuda Alliance after the Government outlined its plans for the year last week. Mr Cannonier was expected to delive...

Lawyer Eugene Johnston revealed he relied on his support network because his family had “no ability to eat” when he found himself out of work. Mr Johnston, who has handled a series of prominent court cases over the past decade, fell on hard times aft...

Taxpayers will continue to “pick up the slack” if workers do not get a living wage, a public forum heard this week. Martha Dismont, the executive director of Family Centre, said financial assistance for food and housing for struggling Bermudians was ...

Public opinion on the introduction of a living wage for Bermuda will be heard at a forum next week. People have been invited to listen to a panel of speakers and give their views after legislators approved a parliamentary report on the subject. Rolfe...

The “real work” starts now to deliver a pay structure in Bermuda that aims to lift low-income workers off the breadline. More than two years after Rolfe Commissiong, a government backbencher, first moved to launch a committee that would consider a li...