So, with 12.5 off, what should you focus your purchasing power on? Longsworth recommended big gifts and larger household spending:
Michelle Longsworth, Director General - BTS
"This is a high spending season. We know how Belizeans are. Christmas is a big thing for us. And so it's not only about the food items, it's about the gifts that you want to buy for your loved ones. It's for that new TV that you want to put in your house. It's for that sofa set. It's for the paint that you want to buy to paint your walls. It's for the materials, the construction materials that you want to buy to fix whatever it is that you want to fix your house."
"So it's for everything. And I think that is what Belizeans and I will look forward to during the Christmas time because many of us go out of our way to get that little additional money to buy our children, our spouses, our loved ones, that special gifts."
"And I think no more that we can, it will be easier for them to see, wow, I can actually go and buy more than I thought I could because I will be getting or not having to pay the 12.5% GST on it. So they definitely will spend more and I think have a more enjoyable Christmas that way."
