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Conditions for Improving the Property Tax in the Bahamas: Final Report

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2011
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Kelly, R
Glenday, G
Forde, Wayne
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The Commonwealth of the Bahamas has translated sound economic management, political stability and close proximity to the world’s largest consumer market into steady growth and high levels of per capita income. Real annual economic growth has averaged about 1.3% over the past two decades with a strong growth spurt of 4.6% during 1993-99. Per capita income is currently about B$21,500 and over $25,000 in purchasing power parity terms, which makes it the highest amongst the Caribbean economies. Despite achieving growth and high levels of per capita income, the Government of the Bahamas (GoB) faces fiscal challenges to contain public debt while sustaining public services to support growth and development. These fiscal challenges are arising from (1) the negative impact of the 2008-09 recession on revenues combined with increased stimulus expenditures, (2) a narrow and volatile tax base combined with a need to modernize and strengthen its revenue administration and (3) policy objective of joining WTO has implications for reducing import duty rates and for non-discrimination in tax policy This report addresses options for improving the fiscal balance in the short and medium terms with a particular focus on the reform of the property tax system and its potential revenue contribution. The report (1) presents an overview and performance of the revenue base of the Bahamas exploring the nature and seriousness of the emerging public debt build up; (2) analyzes the existing tax structures and reforms presenting policy and administrative recommendations for improving revenue yield; (3) analyzes property tax policies and administration to identify recommendations for improving property tax revenue yield, equity and efficiency in the Bahamas.
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property taxation
Fiscal Policy
revenue mobilization
Bahamas
taxation
property tax
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Kelly, R; Glenday, G; & Forde, Wayne (2011). Conditions for Improving the Property Tax in the Bahamas: Final Report. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/9573.
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Glenday

Graham Glenday

Professor of the Practice Emeritus in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Graham Glenday is Professor of the Practice Emeritus of Public Policy at DCID.  Before retiring in August 2018, he was co-director of the International Taxation Program, PARM, and BUDGET programs. He is currently working on a range of issues relating to public investment management in the context of climate change and state owned enterprises.  He came to Duke in July 2001 from Harvard University where he was Director of the Public Finance Group in the Kennedy School of Government an
Kelly

Roy Kelly

Professor of the Practice of Public Policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Roy Kelly is Professor of the Practice of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University and the Director of the Program on Fiscal Decentralization and Local Government Financial Management. Previously, he spent 19 years with Harvard University at the Kennedy School of Government, the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), and the Harvard International Tax Program teaching local government finance, tax analysis and project evaluation. Kelly has over 3
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