To the editor:
I am concerned about the pending implementation of the HST.
There are so many misleading facts and figures out there from the provincial government, but with pressure the Liberals announced coffee, donuts and newspapers will not be taxed under the harmonized sales tax scheme.
They're plowing ahead with their plans to add eight per cent to the cost of gasoline, home heating, hydro, natural gas, Internet bills, newspapers and magazines, adult footwear under $30, veterinary care, hair cuts, massage, legal fees, accounting fees, mutual funds, gym memberships, real estate commissions, commercial property rentals, landscaping, vitamins, postal stamps, live theatre, taxi fares, conferences and seminars, dry cleaning, carpet cleaning, funerals and more.
Here is my take on this blatant tax grab, when I try to answer just three questions:
1. What is the value of the HST to business?
2. What is the value of the HST to the provincial government?
3. What is the cost to consumers?
I do not have the resources to get the answers, but here is my guess on the answers to the three questions.
1. Hundreds of dollars per year
2. Billions of dollars per year
3. Thousands of dollars per year
What's your guess?
Ozzie Zante
Uxbridge
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