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Scott Pearman, MP

Scott Pearman, MP

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15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I move that under the provisions of Standing Order 33(7)(a) the remaining stages of the said Private Bill be undertaken forthwith.
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I move that the said Private Bill be now read the second time in this House 320 15 December 2023 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly by its title only: Meanwhile Insurance Bitcoin (Bermuda) Limited Act 2023.
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I move that the clauses and preamble of the said Private Bill be approved.
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I move that the said Private Bill be now read for the third time in this House by its title only and passed: Meanwhile Insurance Bitcoin (Bermuda) Limited Act 2023.
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Good morning and thank you, Mr. Speaker.
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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And thanks to the Honourable Premier, Minister of Finance, for his Statement to the House this morning. Honourable Minister and Premier, as Minister of Finance you previously provided to Parliament an estimate of the approximately 2,000 entities that may be in scope for this new corporate tax. Does the Gov-ernment have an estimate for how many entities might also leave …
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Second question.
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Honourable Minister of Finance and Premier, what is the expected net revenue of the tax after tax credits and after any possible entities that may leave? Is there an estimate net revenue figure?
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Third question. Thank you.
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Honourable Premier and Minister of Finance, how is it anticipated that this tax will be ad-ministered? And is there a cost estimate of what that will cost to administer?
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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No supplementary, Mr. Speaker.
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I thank the Honourable Minister.
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, supplementary.
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Honourable Minister. If it is being revisited right now, will you have an answer before the Budget Debate?
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to the Honourable Minister. I just have one question in relation to proposed section 2 . . . actually, it is the replacement that appears under clause 2. And it is the entire replacement. And if you read the subsection numbers of the replacement, it is about [proposed] section 26(4) at the …
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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With your leave, Mr. Chairman?
8 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you very much. In that case I do wonder whether or not [proposed section 26]( 4) where it says, “Written permission provided by the Chief Immigration Officer in subsection (3) . . .,” whether that is in fact a typo and it should say “subsection (1).” I leave it with the Minister to correct it if that is …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Good morning to you and to the listening public. Thank you, Honourable Premier, for your Statement to this Honourable House this morning on the Tax Reform Commission. I just have a question on page 2 of the Statement where you state, and with your leave, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I quote: “It should be emphasized that …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker and thank you for the suggestion that the Premier bring that information to the House. And I am grateful that the Premier has agreed to do so. Just on my math, so it is 16,000. If we are talking 10 per cent, I think that means that the Premier is in the ballpark of 1,600 …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Second question, Honourable Premier. On the third page of your Statement, you spoke about the Commission will review data and other input from the working group. I am just wondering, in terms of the multi -national enterprise groups and the data, where are those data being drawn from? Are those being volunteered by these entities, by ABIC [As-sociation of Bermuda …