Comments on: Prosecuting Employers For Delinquent Payments

By: mmm

mmm — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 22:14:02 +0000

I am not a mathematician.. it is suggested that the debt of close to 90 million accrued over a 90 day period, which means a million a day, or 5 million at the end of a 5 day work week. It seems that locating these employers is a problem, and futher there is a failure to put them before the Court. So if an employer owes 20,000 in payroll tax, what is a reasonable payment schedule, 3,000 and then $500 a week, he will not catch up. Government must protect those who have put into the pension plan, it is mandated that an employee must put in to the national pension plan. Why let it go so so far into arrears, that is the worse part. failing to look out for the little person. If nothing were said/revealed the debt may have risen to 200 million … and some will only pay ten cents on the dollar. We can all think of a few reasons why an employer has not paid what is due. The pensioner cannot afford to fight his employer, he just can,t. With all kinds of technology, a red flag should have gone up once an employer has missed two payments.

By: Paradise reclaimed

Paradise reclaimed — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 15:08:22 +0000

Applies to road safety issues too. Good point.

By: Paradise reclaimed

Paradise reclaimed — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 15:05:38 +0000

Further legislation is needed to assure no businesses in arrears get any government work. Very important!

By: Riley

Riley — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 13:26:27 +0000

How right you are, no point bothering when you see the arrogance, stupidity and entitlement in which it is thrown away.

By: Riley

Riley — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:26:45 +0000

Very few of these business owners want to be in this predicament – this is mostly the result of difficult times for many small businesses(anybody employing less than fifty, lets say) which are the result of – a banking system scared to lend money, a creaking very slow US recovery, increased online competition, population loss, etc. It is hard enough without government breathing down our necks and a point will come when business owners say enough.

By: Cedar tree

Cedar tree — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:26:27 +0000

While I think this is a great move I just have a few questions as a small business owner. Why do I get a letter stating they will take me to court over 60 dollars yes 60 dollars and it was their system that made the error ion collecting, while large businesses are delinquent and still get Gov Contracts. another note is why are all deals for hotels and now airport exempt from taxes when little man has to pay where is our incentive? Just asking

By: JUNK YARD DOG

JUNK YARD DOG — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:06:07 +0000

If you lot want to have a shot at getting elected next term
may i could recommend to you to offer some sort of re payment proposition to the tax payers and stop taking trips on my buck.

May be you could live up to your side of the bargain
and fix the bridges and roads and every thing else that is broke

By: UmJustSayiing

UmJustSayiing — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:23:11 +0000

We get to visit the courts faster for speeding offenses and sometimes spend a weekend in a luxury cell for non payment.
Hmmmmmmmm!!!!

By: Good luck

Good luck — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:27:27 +0000

We have known about all of this for years and years. Why does it take so long for Bermuda to act on simple law-breaking behaviour. This also includes land tax, parking fines, road traffic offences and the list goes on and on. Failure to act on simple violations creates a lawless society in which we now all partly exist. Timid governments are the destruction of law and order.

By: Zevon

Zevon — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 09:58:26 +0000

Is that why they “need” 14 weeks sick keave a year?

By the, stop the ’400 years’ sh1 t. It’s a load of bollocks.

By: Jus' Askin'

Jus' Askin' — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 05:04:53 +0000

Chasing after monies owed but an airport deal allows for non of these to be paid by a specific company over years

Unemployment will Increase with this approach

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 01:36:37 +0000

Tell us who? I bet they pay up tomorrow am if you do

By: Sylvia Munro

Sylvia Munro — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 00:38:59 +0000

I hope they are going to look at the files that been on their (social insurance and auditor general’s) desks for a few years without ever being rsolved. Why do they think it will work out now.

By: Toodle-oo

Toodle-oo — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 22:33:25 +0000

In case you can’t remember OJ , your boy ‘de Colonel’ back in the good old platinum days promised to go after all these delinquent people and get the money back . And what became of that ?

Once he found out who they were he backed off and it faded off the radar for political reasons .
Because the offenders AREN’T who you’re supposing them to be and they weren’t who de Colonel was expecting them to be either !

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 22:14:48 +0000

The question should be is why have the OBA/PLP not taken these people to court? If the person or company is insolvent so wind it up asap as employers are allowed to pocket this money. Unpaid taxes/ no work permit or company vehicle renewed until pd up to date or payment plan in place/not $50 per month payments either.These 2 departments should never be allowed to go past a certain amount of days.
Almost 90 million over 90 days between the 2 departments.
Get on with it and do your jobs!

By: CBA

CBA — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:46:03 +0000

How are you going to know if a company isn’t paying their taxes if they don’t tell you that they have certain employees?

Tried telling this department about a company who doesn’t declare their employees so they don’t have to pay taxes but the department didn’t seem to care. They kept saying “well their account is up to date”. Yes, that’s because they aren’t telling you they have more employees that they don’t pay taxes on!

By: Truth is killin' me...

Truth is killin' me... — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:33:43 +0000

BUN DEM…employers that don’t pay their proper taxes that is and that rip off Joe Public!!

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:32:12 +0000

Benefits are a form of reperations for 400 years working FREE.

By: Accountant

Accountant — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:26:14 +0000

This is long overdue. Employers should be taken to court and held accountble. When an employer deducts monies from a employees pay check it is their legal obligation to submit those funds to the various organisations. It is not the employers money, it is the employees, they earned it. If an employee has been hired for $1,000 per week and $150 is deducted from their pay cheque their take home pay is $850. The $150 doesn’t belong to the employer, it is the employees hard earned money that their employer must submit to Social Insurance, the Health Insurance Company, the Union or whomever on their behalf. The problem is it is too late, when the employee finds out that the funds haven’t been submitted. By then they retired and the funds are no where to be found and the employer is no longer in existence. We must do better, employees need confirmation that the funds were submitted. With today’s technology that should be easy. If is was easy for the employee to know that his or her deductions were not being submitted, then they could bring pressure on the employer too. What country in the world allows their taxes not to be paid! No payroll tax payment, suspend all work permits for that company. No payroll tax payment, no renewal of passport for all shareholders. Bet those funds would be paid. Just a thought!

By: San George

San George — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 20:42:00 +0000

Businesses need to significantly increase what they charge in order to ensure you can afford to keep civil servants working, plus their six weeks vacation and benefits. If yah barely making it, throw in the towel and get a government job – not worth the trouble.

By: OILYYYYYYYYYYYYYYTR

OILYYYYYYYYYYYYYYTR — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 20:17:03 +0000

up I know of one..

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 20:09:52 +0000

Nothing new, any bets that some employers are politically connected?