Bill re Duties, Taxes and other Payments (Exemption) Act, 2023.
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S.I. 2022 No. 127: Declaration of Approved Small Business
(Stow It Safe Limited) Order, 2022.
Law Revision Correction Notice
- The Declaration of Approved Small Business (Stow It Safe Limited) Order, 2022 (S.I. 2022 No. 98) which was published in Part A of the Official Gazette on 24th November, 2022 was inadvertently published with the incorrect name of the Minister who signed the instrument.
- The Order is reprinted in this publication asS. I. 2022 No. 127 to reflect the correct name of the Minister who signed the instrument.
- The commencement date of the Order remains 24th November, 2022.
Law Revision Commissioner.
DUTIES, TAXES AND OTHER PAYMENTS (EXEMPTION) ACT, 2023
OBJECTS AND REASONS
This Bill would improve the process for the granting of exemptions to individuals, businesses and agencies from the payment of duties, taxes and other imposts.
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DUTIES, TAXES AND OTHER PAYMENTS (EXEMPTION) ACT, 2023
Arrangement of Sections
- Short title
- Interpretation
- Exemption from taxes by the Minister
- Exemption from taxes with the approval of the Cabinet
- Conditions respecting order
- Limitations on the exercise of the power to exempt
- Repayments
- Refund re overpayment of taxes
- Repeal of Cap. 67B
BARBADOS
A Bill entitled
An Act to improve the process for the granting of exemptions to individuals, businesses and agencies from the payment of duties, taxes and other imposts.
ENACTED by the Parliament of Barbados as follows:
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Short title 1.
This Act may be cited as the Duties, Taxes and other Payments
(Exemption) Act, 2023.
Interpretation
- In this Act“duty” or “tax” means import duty, consumption tax, income tax, national insurance contribution or any other tax, duty or impost;“person” means an individual, a business, an agency or an entity of any kind.
Exemption from taxes by the Minister - Notwithstanding anything contained in any enactment, and subject tothe provisions of the Public Finance Management Act, 2019 (Act 2019-1) the Minister of Finance may by order
- grant an exemption to; or
- remit or refund any payment made byany person in respect of the payment of any duty or tax where the sum does not exceed $100, 000.
Exemption from taxes with the approval of the Cabinet
- Notwithstanding anything contained in any enactment, and subject tothe provisions of the Public Finance Management Act, 2019 (Act 2019-1), the Minister of Finance may, with the approval of the Cabinet, by order
- grant an exemption to; or
- remit or refund any payment made byany person in respect of the payment of any duty or tax where the sum exceeds$100, 000.
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Conditions respecting order5.(a)(b)
An order made under this Act
is subject to any condition specified in the order; is subject to negative resolution; and
may be made retrospective to any date specified in the order.
Limitations on the exercise of the power to exempt
6. The Minister or the Cabinet, as the case may be, may only exercise
the power conferred under section 3 or 4 where it is in the public interest to do so or where it is necessary to alleviate hardship or avoid injustice.
Repayments
7.
(a)
(b)
Where an exemption granted under this Act is subject to any condition specified in an order made under this Act; or any condition specified in any other enactment,
the sums which were exempt are repayable by the person to whom the exemption was granted where the conditions so specified are not complied with by that person.
Refund re overpayment of taxes
8. Any duty or tax which is overpaid by a person under any enactment
may be refunded without the enactment of an order under this Act.
Repeal of Cap. 67B
9.
repealed.
The Duties, Taxes and other Payments (Exemption) Act, Cap. 67B is
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Read three times and passed the House of Assembly this day of , 2023.
Speaker
Read three times and passed the Senate this day of
, 2023.
President
PARLIAMENT
FIRST SESSION OF 2022-2027
BILL
cited as the Duties, Taxes and other Payments (Exemption) Act, 2023
Government Printing Department
23rd January, 2023
S.I. 2022 No. 127
Small Business Development Act CAP. 318C
DECLARATION OF APPROVED SMALL BUSINESS (STOW IT SAFE LIMITED) ORDER, 2022
The Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 4 of the
Small Business Development Act, makes the following Order:
- This Order may be cited as the Declaration of Approved SmallBusiness (Stow It Safe Limited) Order, 2022.
- For the purposes of the Small Business Development Act, Cap. 318C,Stow It Safe Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, Cap. 308 as Company No. 45132 and located at 1st Floor One Welches, Welches in the parish of Saint Thomas, is declared to be an approved small business.
- Stow It Safe Limited is granted the following incentives in respect ofits business:
- the payment of corporation tax at a rate of 15 per cent on the profits of the business;
- exemption from import duty on raw materials and plant and equipment imported for use in the business;
- exemption from withholding tax on dividends and interest earned on any investment in an approved small business or in any fund approved for investment in small businesses;
- exemption from the payment of stamp duty under the Stamp Duty Act, Cap. 91 on all documents related to the business, where the registration of those documents is required by law; and
2 S.I. 2022 No. 127 - a deduction of corporation tax of an amount equal to 20 per cent of the actual expenditure incurred in respect of the use of technology, market research and any other activity that is, in the opinion of the Revenue Commissioner, directly related to the development of the business.
Made by the Minister this 14th day of November, 2022.
L. CUMMINS
Minister responsible for Business
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Printed and Published by
the Barbados Government Printing Department
