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The Bahamas government reference data

11 series, each cited to the official source it was verified against. Currency BSD.

SeriesCurrentIn force fromOfficial sourceLast verified
Central Bank of The Bahamas Discount Rate (Bank Rate) 4 percent 2016-12-22 Central Bank of The Bahamas — Monthly Economic and Financial… 2026-09-11
VAT standard rate 10 percent 2022-01-01 Value Added Tax Act (Ch. 370A), section 6(1)(c) — 'a standard rate of… 2026-07-23
VAT registration threshold 100000 BSD 2015-01-01 Value Added Tax Act, 2014 (No. 32 of 2014), s.21 (Registration… 2026-09-09
National minimum wage (weekly) 260 BSD per week 2023-01-01 Bahamas National Statistical Institute — Labour Market Information… 2026-07-23
Public holidays (free) 23 days held 2026-01-01 Cabinet Office, Government of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas —… 2026-07-30
CPI inflation (year-on-year) 3.1 percent (YoY) 2026-03-01 Bahamas National Statistical Institute — Consumer Price Index (CPI)… 2026-07-23
Corporate income tax rate no single figure — Ministry of Finance, Government of The Bahamas — 'Green Paper on… 2026-07-23
Withholding tax rates secondary 0% across 4 withholding taxes — no single rate — Department of Inland Revenue, The Bahamas - the taxes it administers… 2026-08-10
Statutory interest on judgment debts 6.25 percent 2017-01-05 Civil Procedure (Award of Interest) Act (Ch. 80, Statute Law of The… 2026-08-10
Personal income tax brackets no single figure — Ministry of Finance, Government of The Bahamas — 'Green Paper on… 2026-07-23
Statutory social-insurance contributions 2–11.3% across 2 contribution branches 2026-07-01 National Insurance Board of The Bahamas — official notice "2026… 2026-08-11

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curl https://usaref.dev/v1/bs/policy-rate

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What makes this different

Every value above names the official instrument it came from and the date it takes effect, and we record when we last checked it. Where a value could not be verified against its own statute we do not publish an estimate — the series is simply absent. Where a question falls outside what we hold, the API refuses and explains, free of charge, rather than returning a number that looks right.