VAT Is Not Law And Must Be Stopped!

WAKE UP BAHAMAS!

PLEASE URGENTLY SIGN PETITION AGAINST VAT (VALUE ADDED TAX)!

Do You Know That Value Added Tax (VAT) Is Not Law?

As VAT Was Not Legally, Lawfully, Nor Properly Passed In The Parliament,
Nor In The Senate!

Further, According To The Gazetted VAT Legislation, This VAT Bill, Also Was Not Assented To, Nor Signed Into Law, By Our Governor General, Dame Marguerite Pindling!

Therefore, Because The Above Process Was Not Carried Out,
It Means That VAT IS NOT LAW!

VAT MUST Therefore, Immediately Be Stopped And Immediately Be Challenged!

THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT IS ROBBING AND DEFRAUDING THE PEOPLE!

Because The Above Process WAS NOT CARRIED OUT, It Also Means That The Bahamas Government Is ROBBING, DEFRAUDING And Making Millions Of Dollars Off The People (Citizens, Tourists And Visitors Alike), Through The UNLAWFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF VAT, WHILE KNOWING IT TO BE ILLEGAL!

PLEASE SEE STAGES FOR THE PASSING OF BILLS!

The Cabinet Manual Of Procedures On The Government’s Website Shows The Procedure for The Passing Of Bills. These Stages Include:

• The Four (4) Stages For The Passing of Bills In The Parliament
(The House of Assembly), And The Votes To Be Taken At Each Stage.

• The Passage of These Bills In The Senate.

• And The Assent And Signing Off On These Bills By The Governor General

Please See Links Of The Government’s Web Site On Procedure For The Passing Of Bills Under Cabinet Manual of Procedures:

http://goo.gl/wi7QSM/

http://goo.gl/4Bk5sR

Please Also See Article 63. (1) Of The Constitution of The Bahamas, Which States Under:

ASSENT TO BILLS That ‘A Bill SHALL NOT BECOME LAW UNTIL the Governor-General Has Assented (Agrees) To It In Her Majesty’s Behalf And Signed In Token of Such Assent:

https://www.oas.org/juridico/mla/en/bhs/en_bhs-int-text-const.pdf

STRANGE FOR DAME MARGUERITE PINDLING TO ASSENT TO AND SIGN ONTO THIS VAT BILL!

But Won’t It Seem Strange That Our Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling Would Assent To And Sign Off On Such A BAD, REGRESSIVE Tax Bill Which Is AGAINST THE BAHAMIAN PEOPLE, Knowing That Our Governor General Is The Widow of The Father of Our Nation (Sir Lynden O. Pindling), Seen By Many As ‘The Moses’, The Deliverer of The (OPPRESSED) People?

THE PEOPLE ARE NOW BEING DOUBLE AND TRIPLE TAXED!!!

Yes……. VAT IS A BAD, REGRESSIVE TAX, And Its Implementation Has Contributed To
Greater Suffering Of The People, As There Is Now A TREMENDOUS INCREASE
AND PRICE HIKES On Items And Services:

And Where, We, The People Are Being DOUBLE TAXED AND TRIPLE TAXED
At Just About Every Point Of Purchase And Service:

For Example, On Our Already EXTREMELY HIGH BEC BILLS, GROCERY BILLS,
CUSTOM DUTIES, EDUCATION ……..ETC.

Our Government (Legislators), Many Of Whom Are Attorneys, Know This!

They Know That VAT IS A BAD, REGRESSIVE TAX!

They Know That THE VAT BILL IS NOT LAW,BECAUSE IT WAS NOT LEGALLY, LAWFULLY, NOR PROPERLY PASSED!

They Also Know That The VAT BILL WAS NOT SIGNED INTO LAW By Our Governor General:

Yes, The Executive (Cabinet) Knows This!

Our Government Knows This!

Our Prime Minister, Mr. Perry Christie (The Minister of Finance) Knows This!

The Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Philip Davis Knows This!

The Minister of State For Finance, Mr. Michael Halkitis Knows This!

The Attorney General, Mrs. Allyson Maynard Gibson Knows This!

And The Minister of State For Legal Affairs, Mr. Damien Gomez Knows This!

Yet, Instead, They Prefer To ROB AND DEFRAUD The People, IMPOSING THIS BAD, REGRESSIVE Tax (VAT) On The Backs of The People,
But To The Great Detriment And Suffering Of The People!

SOME MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT DUCKED THE VAT VOTE!

Some Of Our Members Of Parliament, Including Our Very Own Prime Minister,
Mr. Perry Christie, Even DUCKED THE VAT VOTE, Which Was Quickly Rushed Through Parliament, Quickly Passed And Quickly Implemented:

Please See Links Showing The Members Of Parliament, Who DUCKED The VAT VOTE:

http://www.thereal242.com/?p=2568

GREAT CONFUSION CONCERNING VAT!

CONSUMERS HOWEVER, ARE NOW BEING RIPPED OFF AT JUST ABOUT EVERY POINT OF PURCHASE AND SERVICE!

And Notwithstanding The Implementation Of VAT, There Is Now GREAT CONFUSION!

As Consumers Are CONFUSED As To What They Are Actually Supposed To Pay
At The Point Of Purchase And At The Point Of Service!!!

Please See This VAT Link Relating To INCLUSIVE PRICING:

http://www.thereal242.com/?p=2662#more-2662

Section 10 (1) In This SO CALLED VAT LAW, Under INCLUSIVE PRICING, States That:

A registrant MUST —

(a) In respect of a taxable supply, state the price inclusive of value added tax; and

(b) where the registrant charges value added tax on a taxable supply,
state the tax separately on a VAT invoice or a VAT sales receipt.

This Means That, In The Purchasing Of An Item (Eg. A Can Of Cream For .99cents),
The 7.5% VAT MUST BE INCLUDED:

(7.5% of .99 cents =.7cents)

The .7cents MUST Therefore, BE INCLUDED In This .99cents (For Can Of Cream).

So When You Get To The Register, To Pay For This Can of Cream,
Your Sales Receipt Must State Your Total Cost Of .99cents ONLY:

You SHOULD NOT Be Paying .99cent +.75cents For This Can Of Cream!!

This Is DOUBLE TAXING!

Further, On This VAT Invoice Or VAT Sales Receipt, It Must State Separately,
What The VAT Charge Is For This Can Of Cream(Which Is .7cents):

The Consumer SHOULD NOT Be Charged ANOTHER .7cents (7.5% VAT)
At The Register!!!

THE QUESTION HOWEVER, IS, WHAT ABOUT OTHER BILLS PASSED IN PARLIAMENT?

What About Bills Passed, This Year, Last Year And The Years Before?

What About The Gaming Bill?

The Stem Cell Bill?

The Disability Bill?

The Sexual Offences Bill?

As These Bills, Apparently, Also Were Not Legally, Lawfully, Nor Properly Passed
In The Parliament, Nor In The Senate And Apparently, And Apparently Also Were Not Assented To, Nor Signed Into Law, By Our Governor(s) General!!

What Is Going On In This Country?

We Can No Longer Sit Back And Accept This!

OUR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (MP's) HOWEVER, MUST BE MADE TO ACCOUNT!!!

We Must Make Calls, Write, Inundate And Demand That Our Legislators
And Members Of Parliament (MP’s) Scratch, Cancel And Stop This BAD, REGRESSIVE VAT (TAX), In Which They Know IS NOT LAW!!!

Our Members Of Parliament Are Sent To The People's Parliament To Represent Their Constituents, And Not Go To The People’s Parliament, With Their Own Agenda!

THE VAT DEPARTMENT HAS ‘NO TEETH’ AND IS OF NO USE TO THE CONSUMER!

In Making And Filing Complaints With The VAT Department, As It Relate To Businesses And Merchants Breaking The Law, And As It Relate To TREMENDOUS HIKE IN PRICES, Including The DOUBLE TAXING On Items, The VAT Department Seems To Be Dysfunctional, And Seems To HAVE ‘NO TEETH’.

Have You Heard Of Anyone, Any Business Owner, Any Merchant
(THE GOVERNMENT’S TAX COLLECTORS), Who Has Been Penalized,
Brought Before The Courts Or Even Jailed For Breaking This SO CALLED VAT LAW?

VAT REGISTRANTS (BUSINESSES) MUST FILE RETURNS BY 28TH APRIL, 2015

VAT Registrants (Businesses), The Government’s TAX COLLECTORS, However,
Are Now Being Forced To Pay Up And Hand Over ALL The VAT Funds,
They Would Have Collected From The People, Monies, We, The People
Would Have Been DEFRAUDED Of (Since 1st January, 2015),
Due To The Unlawful Implementation Of Value Added Tax (VAT):

Please See Link:

http://www.thenassauguardian.com/bahamas-business/40-bahamas-business/55564-quarterly-vat-deadline-looming-filing-system-to-be-challenged

Please See Other Links Relating To VAT:

http://www.thereal242.com/?tag=bahamas-vat

http://www.tribune242.com/news/2014/aug/22/fnm-angry-over-rushed-passing-vat/

YET OUR GOVERNMENT, APPARENTLY, IS ABOUT TO USE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF VAT FUNDS TO PAY FOR BAHAMAS JUNKANOO CARNIVAL!

And Where Our Leaders Have Yet To Reveal Or Disclose Exactly How These Millions In VAT Funds Are Being Used!

In Which, I Believe, Is Why This VAT Bill Was Rushed Through Parliament,
Quickly Passed And Quickly Implemented!

Yet So Many Of Our People Are Suffering!

And Our Nation Has Such A Great Deficit!

Wake Up Bahamas!

Please Sign This Petition!

Please Also Urgently Sign Petition Of Vote of No Confidence And For The Immediate Removal Of:

The Minister of Finance (Prime Minister, Mr. Perry Christie)
Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Philip Davis, Minister of State For Finance (Mr. Michael Halkitis), The Attorney General (Mrs. Allyson Maynard Gibson) & Minister of State For Legal Affairs (Mr. Damien Gomez), Both Attorneys For The Government),
The Executive (Cabinet) And Government of The Bahamas (Our Legislators):

As Just Too Many Of Our People Are Suffering!!!

And Our Leaders Care Absolutely Nothing About We, The People!!!

Mrs. Tanya Cash (A Very Concerned Citizen, House-Wife, Mother And Consumer,
Whose Family And Fellow Citizens Are Being ROBBED AND
DEFRAUDED By Her Government, Through The Illegal, Unlawful, And
Improper Passage And Implementation Of The Value Added Tax/VAT
Bill, Passed Since January 2015)