As the government moves to improve its tax collection systems, Head of the Barbados Private Sector Association Trisha Tannis is warning that if it is done incorrectly, business in Barbados will grind to a halt.While she agrees with the need to stop any leakage of tax revenue, Tannis said the challenge will come with implementation of the new initiatives outlined by Prime Minister Mia Mottley in her presentation of the 2023-2024 budget.The PM said that from April 1, in a bid to stop the abuse of the duty-free system, the Customs Department over the next two fiscal years will conduct audits to reduce tax expenditures by at least 20 per cent.Tannis told those gathered at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre for the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s post-budget discussion, “We already have an extremely friction-filled business environment as far as facilitation. Some of the measures that we heard, whilst laudable, threaten if we are not careful, to crank that even tighter.