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A teenage student exploring the science of taste can now reveal how she tracked down a potential genetic basis for the “sweet tooth”. Kameron Young, an International Baccalaureate student at Bermuda High School, is offering a presentation on her acad...

The new sugar tax could steer customers away from locally made products in favour of international competitors, according to some local businesses. The Government introduced exemptions for home bakers but small businesses have seen the cost of sugar ...

LONDON — The UK renewed its attack against offshore tax evasion with plans to publish a new compliance strategy around the overseas entities that wealthy individuals use to conceal their assets. The move “will build on the substantial progress the UK...

Th?e New York Times investigation of how Donald Trump built his fortune is deeply revealing on many levels. It also takes some work to get through, so here’s a summary of what I found most important in the piece. As you’ll see, although these revelat...

Soft drinks, sweets and other select items will be hit by a 50 per cent hike in duty rates as the first stage of the sugar tax kicks in today. The tax increases will rise to 75 per cent in April. Its phased implementation was agreed by legislators in...

Bermuda has less than five months remaining to honour its pledge to the European Union to enact new laws to address concerns over international tax avoidance. The Bermuda Government has developed a strategic plan to make the necessary changes, a gove...

In numerous publications in the last few weeks, various headlines arose noting that “the state of Delaware (Secretary of State Jeffrey Bullock) supports HR 6403, a current US congressional Bill titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act as the ...

A new tax will leave Bermuda’s least well off facing a “potentially huge bill”, an Opposition senator said this morning. The statement comes after the Payroll Tax Amendment Act was approved in the Upper Chamber on Wednesday. Justin Mathias, chair o...

Bermudians who travel to the UK for work have been warned their visits are most likely taxable — and British authorities are about to drastically increase penalties for those caught failing to report. Even those on vacation who occasionally send work...

The Government has been accused of “discriminatory” payroll tax reforms that will increase costs for small to medium businesses and “kill jobs”. The attack came from the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance as the House of Assembly debated an amendment t...

Property owners who want to register holiday accommodation were left baffled after there were no official forms available. In a bid to comply with the new Vacation Rental Act 2018, which introduced a 4.5 per cent tax on Airbnb-style rentals, landlord...

A tax break for first-time business owners has paid off, a woman who opened her own childcare centre said yesterday. Shekiah Washington, owner and head teacher at Little Achievers Daycare Centre, was one of the businesspeople who received a payroll t...