by Julie Carrington | Jun 14, 2024 | Top Stories
Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment, Ryan Straughn. (FP) Government will be tightening an existing policy to allow Barbadians to purchase generators free of VAT and import duties due to an abuse of the process by some persons. Minister...
by Government of Barbados | Dec 19, 2022 | Top Stories
Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn. (FP) The Ministry of Finance announces that Wednesday, December 21, 2022 shall be a VAT Holiday in Barbados. The objective is to provide a welcome ease for consumers who have faced 33 months of significant economic...
by Julie Carrington | Jul 14, 2022 | Top Stories
https://youtu.be/Bfi8g1bPssw Address to the Nation by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley – July 14, 2022. (PMO) Householders can expect to see a reduction in their electricity bills shortly as Government announced a reduction in the Value Added Tax on the first 250...
by Sheena Forde-Craigg | Jul 14, 2022 | Top Stories
https://youtu.be/Bfi8g1bPssw Address to the Nation by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley – July 14, 2022. (PMO) Government will be signing a compact agreement with the private sector on Saturday, July 16, to effect a reduction of prices on 44 essential items,...
by Sharon Austin | May 6, 2021 | Top Stories
(Stock Photo) For the fiscal period ending March 31, 2021, the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) collected just over $2.24 billion. However, says the Revenue Commissioner at the BRA, Louisa Lewis-Ward, this amount is down by over $208 million in comparison with the...