CHAPTER
22
UNITED STATES ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES (EXEMPTION FROM
TAXATION) |
ARRANGEMENT OF
SECTIONS |
SECTION |
|
Exemption from Bahamas income taxes and social
security taxes. |
CHAPTER 22 |
UNITED STATES
ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES (EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION) |
An Act to
grant to employees of the Government of the United States of America assigned
to duties in The Bahamas in connection with co-operative Technical Assistance
Programmes and Projects and accompanying members of their families exemption
from liability to pay certain taxes. | 10 of 1953 |
[Commencement 30th
April, 1953] |
1. This Act may be cited as the United States Economic
Co-operation Administration Employees (Exemption From Taxation) Act. | Short title. |
2. All employees of the Government of the United States
of America assigned to duties in The Bahamas in connection with co-operative
technical assistance programmes and projects and accompanying members of their
families shall- | Exemption from Bahamas income taxes and social
security taxes. |
(a) be exempt
from all Bahamas income taxes and social security taxes with respect to income
upon which they are required to pay income or social security taxes to the
government of the United States of America and from taxes on personal property
intended for their own use; and |
(b) receive the
same treatment with respect to the payment of customs and import duties on
personal effects, equipment and supplies imported into The Bahamas for their
own use, as is accorded by the Government of The Bahamas to Consular Officers
of the United States and members of their families. |
For the
purposes of this section personal property does not include any house,
warehouse, shop, shed or other building or any interest in land. |