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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:...

New taxes could be in the pipeline for the 2019-20 Budget, the Minister of Finance said yesterday. Curtis Dickinson said in his pre-Budget report that possible taxes included one on homes where the main function was for rental to tourists or to empl...

A more efficient Government could emerge alongside changes to the tax system in efforts to shore up the public purse, MPs heard last night. It was hoped a balance would be struck between trying to increase income while also cutting costs. Legislator...

The Bermuda Government could reap an extra $147 million over a two to three-year period if policy recommendations from the Tax Reform Commission are implemented, MPs heard this morning. The commission’s report was tabled in the House of Assembly by W...

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...

A single platform pledge out of 21 made by the Government for its first one hundred days remains uncompleted, Bermuda’s Premier has claimed. However, an in-depth interview with David Burt suggested that some promises said to be fulfilled are only wo...

The Government has done an “admirable” job of increasing opportunities for Bermudians, the Premier claimed yesterday. David Burt highlighted the amount of legislation that has gone through Parliament since the Progressive Labour Party took power and ...

A top-level shake-up of the Civil Service is to cost taxpayers an extra $40,000, Lovitta Foggo told Parliament yesterday. The government reform minister said the increase was because the post of Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service had bee...

The Bermuda Government stands to reap millions by tightening payroll tax on notional salaries in owner-managed businesses. Branded an “often-abused part of the payroll-tax system” by David Burt in his Budget speech, notional salaries were estimated t...

David Burt faces a crucial balancing act tomorrow with his first Budget as Premier, former premier Sir John Swan warned. Sir John called Mr Burt “the best of the best that we could have to lead the Progressive Labour Party”. “Not only does he have th...