- Prime Minister Philip Davis suggested potential further VAT cuts if Bahamians support his government.
- VAT rate on certain unprepared food items will reduce from ten percent to five percent starting April 1.
- Future VAT decreases depend on fiscal standing and continued public support.
- A robust inspection program is monitoring prices to ensure benefits from VAT reduction.
- The VAT cut aims to provide relief to families facing rising prices.
- The reduction applies to all food sold in stores except prepared foods in deli sections.
- Free National Movement leader Michael Pintard criticized the VAT reduction as insufficient.
- Pintard pledged to exempt VAT on healthy foods and remove VAT from breadbasket items, medicines, and feminine hygiene products if his party returns to power.
Source: tribune242.com
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