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	<title>Island Government of Saba &#187; Finance</title>
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		<title>New Tax Information Page Online</title>
		<link>http://media.sabagovernment.com/2009/12/new-tax-information-page-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers,
We have issued a tax information page with downloadable information files for the community.&#160; You can find it at the top of this sites menu or http://media.sabagovernment.com/tax-information/





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		<title>Zagers returns from Holland satisfied with meeting</title>
		<link>http://media.sabagovernment.com/2009/10/zagers-returns-from-holland-satisfied-with-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Subject: Zagers returns from Holland satisfied with meeting
Commissioner of Finance, Bruce Zagers, returned on Wednesday after his recent visit to the Netherlands. Zagers elicited that he landed back on his home island of Saba with a sense of satisfaction regarding the short-notice meeting in The Netherlands.  Island Secretary, Menno van der Velde was also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zagers attends urgent meeting in Holland regarding new tax draft</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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SUBJECT: Zagers attends urgent meeting in Holland regarding new tax draft
Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009
On Saturday, October 24, Commissioner of Finance Bruce Zagers left Saba to urgently travel to Holland for a meeting with State Secretary of Finance, Jan Kees de Jager. This unanticipated visit to the Netherlands was deemed necessary by both Saba and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil Servants to receive portion of back pay</title>
		<link>http://media.sabagovernment.com/2009/10/civil-servants-to-receive-portion-of-back-pay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Civil Servants to receive back pay
 
 
On Thursday, October 8th, 2009, Commissioner of Finance Bruce Zagers announced news concerning the payment of the retroactive salary for the civil servants of Saba. Zagers said that he received the notification from the CFT (Financial Supervision Committee) and that State Secretary Ms. Ank Bijleveld had signed the agreement releasing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bestuursacademie branches out to the BES Islands</title>
		<link>http://media.sabagovernment.com/2009/06/bestuursacademie-branches-out-to-the-bes-islands/</link>
		<comments>http://media.sabagovernment.com/2009/06/bestuursacademie-branches-out-to-the-bes-islands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
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June 23, 2009 (SGIS) – The Bottom, Saba:
On Tuesday, Mr. Ruud Koopman and Jan Vos from the Bestuursacademie Nederland met with Commissioner Zagers to discuss the expansion of their company to the Antilles. Bestuursacademie is known for their quality instruction and training in Government management, human resources, finance, immigration, and security programs as it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cost of Living paid out</title>
		<link>http://media.sabagovernment.com/2009/04/cost-of-living-paid-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 9, 2009 (SGIS) – The Bottom, Saba:
Commissioner of Finance, Bruce Zagers announced today that the cost of living adjustments for 2006 &#38; 2008 will be paid out Thursday by the Island Government of Saba to all of its civil servants.  2007 cost of living has already been paid out last year.  The reason why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finance Dept Information Post #1</title>
		<link>http://media.sabagovernment.com/2009/02/finance-dept-information-post-1/</link>
		<comments>http://media.sabagovernment.com/2009/02/finance-dept-information-post-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The below documents have been posted for public view.

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		<title>Headline Agreement Concerning the Future Fiscal Structure of BES</title>
		<link>http://media.sabagovernment.com/2009/01/headline-agreement-concerning-the-future-fiscal-structure-of-bes/</link>
		<comments>http://media.sabagovernment.com/2009/01/headline-agreement-concerning-the-future-fiscal-structure-of-bes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Wright</dc:creator>
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For the last two years, the BES islands together witht he Dutch Ministery of Finance have been workign on the future tax structure. These ongoing negotiations have been held on various islands and during the BES weeks, in the Netherlands. The overall goal is to provide revenue for the Islands without increasing the tax burden [...]]]></description>
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