The figures capture the last month in which foreign property buyers were not subject to a 15 per
cent tax implemented Tuesday by the B.C. government.
Not exact matches
«The new Liberal government has promised to quickly
implement its promise to raise the statutory
tax rate on incomes over $ 200,000 from the current 29 per
cent to 33 per
cent.
When it came to transforming the city's infrastructure, the mayor stayed within budget by
implementing a temporary one -
cent sales
tax initiative, which will expire in December 2017.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver released the data a month after the British Columbia government
implemented a 15 - per -
cent tax on foreign buyers in Metro Vancouver in an effort to chill one of the hottest markets in North America.
NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business
tax rate (already
implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already
implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation
tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one
cent of gas
tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per
cent of Gross National Income (GNI).
NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business
tax rate (already
implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already
implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation
tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one
cent of gas
tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per
cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.
In August, the British Columbia government
implemented an additional 15 - per -
cent property transfer
tax on foreign nationals who buy real estate in Metro Vancouver.
Detached homes were selling for more than $ 1.8 million in April before the province moved in to cool the market by
implementing a 15 per
cent tax on foreign buyers and extending rent control rules, two of 16 measures that were part of its Fair Housing Plan.
GPI Opposes Repeal of Massachusetts Beverage Container Recycling Refund Program, and Attempt to
Implement a 1 -
Cent Per Container
Tax to Fund Single Stream Recycling March 15, 2016
The payroll
tax,
implemented in 2009 to help bail out the financially troubled authority, charges employers 34
cents for every $ 100 of payroll and has been described as a «job killer» by opponents.
The data comes a month after the B.C. government
implemented a 15 - per -
cent tax for foreign buyers in Metro Vancouver in an effort to cool down one of the hottest real estate markets in North America.
Home sales in Vancouver began to dip before the 15 per
cent tax on foreign buyers was
implemented in August, but those declines have accelerated since, plunging nearly 39 per
cent last month compared with October 2015.