# “Currently, agricultural products and seeds imported by local farmers are subjected to a 10 percent VAT rate at the border, whereas the final produce sold locally [will soon be] subject to only 5 ...

Imagine a future where our hotels source 60 percent of their produce from local farms. What if Bahamian seafood exports flooded Asian markets, and our SMEs partnered with Caribbean neighbors ...

# Instead, he argued that the Government should exploit its purchasing power and seek to acquire materials itself for use in its own housing programme if it was really serious about reducing ...

In addition, instead of imposing major new taxes on Bahamians, we are working hard to collect more of the VAT already owed by ...