Posts Tagged ‘tax’
G20 Toronto – Raw Street News
jeanmarcotte: RT @JacquieSicluna: Despite all the negativity w #G20 can we pls take a moment 2 B grateful and proud of what the Toronto Police do 4 us ... on June 22 at 09:48 p.m. jpuopolo: Nations are foes in G20 Cup - http://bit.ly/c9aOvC on June 22 at 09:36 p.m. jenniestanford: RT @laurakmiller: hey protestors. spray painting the war [...]
HST – What is taxable now that wasn’t before?
Just a reminder that HST deadline is fast approaching. It is definitely not a joyful occasion since we would all have to pay more taxes. At least you have an opportunity to make some savings before the deadline, which is July 1, 2010. For that, you will need to examine the table to come up with your shopping list. The extra taxes should help pay [...]
Canada Taxes Up Fraser Institute
Image via Wikipedia The Fraser Institute Canadian Consumer Tax Index indicates 41.7% of average family's income is now going towards taxes. In 1981, the figure was 40.8% and 1961 it was 33.5%, the latter was the first compiled figure by Fraser Institute. Has anyone noticed an improvement in services that are offered in return? Related [...]
2010 Toronto Road Tolls – Congestion Tax
We have been hearing about an increase in parking taxes and now there is a lot of discussion around introducing road tolls. Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion suggests the new revenue source is necessary to fund the expansion in public transit across GTA. This is a solution to partially address structural funding shortfall. We have a lot to [...]
Are we spending our tax dollars wisely?
"...Brentwood Library Renovation/Expansion project required an increase of $1.739 million ($1.739 million debt) to reflect rising construction costs estimates." "TORONTO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Ontario's government said on Thursday it will run a record budget deficit of C$24.7 billion ..." What do you think, are we spending our tax dollars [...]
