On the 25th of February, 2013 Prime Minister Perry Christie, in his 2012/2013 Mid-Year Budget Statement, with a view of strengthening and assisting the administration of real property taxes in the Bahamas, introduced real property tax incentives to take effect on March 1, 2013.

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FOCUS, Vol. 68, Issue 3/2026

In this issue, we examine Bahamian financial services through the introduction of usufructs; explore how intestacy, forced heirship, and...

The Evolution of Bahamian Financial Services: Usufructs and the Future of Wealth Structuring

In The Bahamas, several key themes have dominated developments in the legal and regulatory framework for financial services so...