hst in bc

[Pinner]

Anyone who wants the GST and PST back is nuts.

 

[Scrambled]

Anyone who wants the GST and PST back is nuts.

But I never had to charge pst on my work,so now my custermers pay 7% more,get alot more people trying to get the cash deal.

 

[scrfce]

Hst on new homes, gimme a frikkin break, if it was so good why didnt they start with the 10%? crooks. Already voted yes

 

[jbb]

As a small business owner i haven't seen any prices go up due to the HST and it makes things alot easier as now i just have to file one remittance instead of two. I also get to claim all my HST back where i didnt get any of my pst back before. They have also stated that if the HST survives it'll get knocked back to a 10% tax instead of 12%.

If it gets taken back to two seperate taxes i cant wait to hear all the bellyachin that'll go on when other taxes get raised to help pay back the 1.3 billion dolars that the fed govt gave our province that will have to be repaid to them of it gets cancelled before 2013 i beleive. People are always complaining about taxes and such and then in the next sentence they complain how our roads and social programs need alot of help and more funding. Where due people think this funding comes from?

I dont agree with how it was brought in but in the long run i think it is better.

if you didnt have a business would you think the same way?

 

[Pinner]

Already voted yes

Thanks for voting for a tax increase

The HST is revenue-neutral for BC’s provincial government. While
the government will collect approximately $410 million more in
sales tax revenue, it will cut personal income taxes to offset the gain

A study by Jack Mintz of the University of Calgary School of Public Policy found that the HST will create almost 600,000 new jobs over the next ten years

 

[Stompin Tom]

if you didnt have a business would you think the same way?

Stupid question.

If you were a girl would you think the same way?

 

[glengine]

Hst on new homes, gimme a frikkin break, if it was so good why didnt they start with the 10%? crooks. Already voted yes

If i'm not mistaken it is only on homes over 500,000.00

 

[glengine]

if you didnt have a business would you think the same way?

Actually yes i would. because now the prov govt doesn't have to have paid employee's doing all the work regarding the pst so it free's up more money for them to spend elsewhere.

 

[whitegold]

Here is a clip supporting the HST if your interested....

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZXu3LXNwEg[/media]

 

[Summiteer]

Here is a clip supporting the HST if your interested....

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZXu3LXNwEg[/media]

Don't muddy the water with facts..........

 

[SledMamma]

Could you guys get this HST thing sorted out ASAP?!? I'm moving back to BC in less than a month, and its bad enough I'm inheriting your corrupt, communist government but the HST is a bitter pill to swallow. Thanks in advance

 

[Riverjet]

Under the HST there are a whole pile of things that are taxed that weren't under the GST/PST system.

 

[jbb]

Here is a clip supporting the HST if your interested....

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZXu3LXNwEg[/media]

of course the economist say its good.fact is it is good for bc, just not for the lower income and tax payer.

 

[scrfce]

U can find "studies" and "facts" that will support both sides of absolutely any argument but the fact is the HST dont work for me. One thing is i have alot of animals, was only GST on vet services now its the full 12% bs.

For the homes i thought it was on new builds glengine, didnt know there was a price cap on it but irregardless i live in a home that would be in that category and would be moving to another one in that price range. So i have to pay 60k in taxes??? What if i gotta move twice in a year or even in two? 120k in taxes??? Fn ridiculous. Where does this kimda cash go??

Oh ya forgive me if im over the top cause im a transplant from AB and after movin here and seein the govt rules and taxes i know AB got it dialed compared to BC.
That bein said im not goin anywhere, love it here.

 

[glengine]

U can find "studies" and "facts" that will support both sides of absolutely any argument but the fact is the HST dont work for me. One thing is i have alot of animals, was only GST on vet services now its the full 12% bs.

For the homes i thought it was on new builds glengine, didnt know there was a price cap on it but irregardless i live in a home that would be in that category and would be moving to another one in that price range. So i have to pay 60k in taxes??? What if i gotta move twice in a year or even in two? 120k in taxes??? Fn ridiculous. Where does this kimda cash go??

Oh ya forgive me if im over the top cause im a transplant from AB and after movin here and seein the govt rules and taxes i know AB got it dialed compared to BC.
That bein said im not goin anywhere, love it here.

From everything that i have found you are right on the fact that it is only charged on new construction. But there is also large rebates available also.

Here is a link to a tax calculator on the govt's website to caompare two tax system to new hst system.

 

[jbb]

heres a thought. lower the hst to 6% and start charging businesses 6%. seems fair to me.

 

[glengine]

heres a thought. lower the hst to 6% and start charging businesses 6%. seems fair to me.

Charge the business 6% on what? And how do you think that'd benfit the consumer?

 

[what_next]

heres a thought. lower the hst to 6% and start charging businesses 6%. seems fair to me.

then that brings you back to the PST system, where the merchant will start increasing the price of the merchandise to pass on his 6% share to you... and the more middle men it goes through, the higher the price will get.

 

[Stompin Tom]

heres a thought. lower the hst to 6% and start charging businesses 6%. seems fair to me.

You seem to forget that the consumer paid 5% GST and 7%PST on most items before HST. Now they pay 12% HST on all items. The bitch is that items which were previously only charged GST on now have the full HST on them.

Its not a total 7% increase, rather more items now taxed.

 

[gordhunt]

Whats really stupid is you have to pay 12% hst on used cars boats and motorcycles etc what a scam BC sucks! !