{"id":32806,"date":"2013-03-11T11:25:46","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T15:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=32806"},"modified":"2013-03-11T11:25:46","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T15:25:46","slug":"property-tax-amnesty-launched-in-the-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/03\/property-tax-amnesty-launched-in-the-bahamas","title":{"rendered":"Property Tax Amnesty Launched In The Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/03\/property-tax-amnesty-launched-in-the-bahamas-32806.html\/property-tax-image-s\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32807\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-32807\" title=\"Property-Tax-Image-s\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Property-Tax-Image-s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Property-Tax-Image-s.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Property-Tax-Image-s-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The Bahamas Government has legislated for a new property tax amnesty, which encourages taxpayers to join the property tax registry and settle any outstanding tax dues.<\/p>\n<p>Under the terms of the amnesty, persons with residential or commercial property valued at over $250,000 USD and with tax arrears dating back no more than three years, must make a declaration and full payment by June 30, 2013, to benefit from a 50% waiver of the total tax due and the total surcharge payable.<\/p>\n<p>Persons with residential or commercial property with tax arrears dating back more than three years will have until December 31, 2013, to make a full declaration and payment, and will benefit from a full waiver of surcharges.<\/p>\n<p>Persons who avail themselves of the initiative, and continue to be compliant will be entitled to a rebate worth 5% of the annual tax assessed in the three years following the scheme.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">By Phillip Morton<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">InvestorsOffshore.com<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tax-news.com\/news\/Property_Tax_Amnesty_Launched_In_The_Bahamas____60071.html\" target=\"_blank\">Original News Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bahamas Government has legislated for a new property tax amnesty, which encourages taxpayers to join the property tax registry and settle any outstanding tax dues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[40,1343],"class_list":["post-32806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-government","tag-property-tax-amnesty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}