Province Offers PST System Review
Monday, April 15, 2013 @ 3:54 AM
Prince George, B.C. – The PST has been back for two weeks now, and the Province continues to call on businesses to register for a PST account. The first return is due at the end of May.
Businesses not sure if they have the new system properly in place are invited to have a PST specialist review their accounting an d reporting systems to ensure everything is in compliance with the PST legislation.
If the PST hasn’t been correctly paid, collected, or remitted, the business will be advised of the corrective actions needed and will have the opportunity to correct the mistakes on their next PST return. If the business doesn’t fix the errors noted in the review and undergoes a future audit, the errors would be subject to an assessment, plus any applicable penalties and interest.
For more information or to complete the online registration form to request an appointment, visit www.gov.bc.ca/pstoutreach. If you have any difficulties registering online, you can call, toll-free at 1 877 388-
4440.
But what about you? You’ve had the tax back for two weeks, and 250News wanted to know if you expected to pay less under the GST / HST system. According to our poll, which we admit is not scientific, 56.4% (7821) said YES, while 43.6% (6034) said no.
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We’ve already noticed a pick up in lumber sales to building contractors, and several have mentioned to me that their customers have told them the reason they’re being hired is because of the 7% tax saving on their labour. So reversion to PST HAS made a difference in that area, and consumers are paying LESS than they would’ve paid under HST.
On the downside there are still numerous inane exemptions that have the potential to cause businesses grief. For instance, sawdust, if sold to the horsey set for animal bedding is PST taxable. If sold to a trucking contractor who then sells it to the horsey set, it’s not (to him). But he charges PST on it when he sells it. But if the same sawdust is sold for fuel to anyone, it’s not PST taxable. But firewood sold as fuel to a retail customer is.
It seems the BC Liberals are out to punish us for rejecting the HST. Much the same way it was said they were out to punish BC shipyard workers for building the FastCats by sending future ferry construction contracts to Germany. I hope the public remembers such small mindedness when they go to the polls.
“It seems the BC Liberals are out to punish us for rejecting the HST.”
We punished ourselves on that one, Socredible.
First thing is we tell them what to do not the other way. We proved that with the HST. So if they think they are going to punish us they will be looking for work in a month. I am tired of beng pushed around by these idiots that can’t get a real job so they run for office.
They also decided to keep the 12% on used vehicles bought privatly which all goes to the provicial government. I demand they remove this as it was not there before the HST.
Sorry for the spelling errors I get so mad when I talk about these dorks I type faster than the computer.
A big thanks to Bill Vanderzalm and all the canvassers who made the HST EXTINGUISHED. The army of signature collectors is just waiting now for the next right wing scam to rob everyone so we can do it all again. Just like the dike, just like the HST and in 4 weeks, just like the liberals.
The next petition should be to get rid of the carbon tax……
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