Health Tax
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B.C. sends out final Medical Service Plan bills ahead of January eliminationPremier John Horgan promised to eliminate MSP bills during the last election campaign, replacing the premiums with the Employers Health Tax.PoliticsDec 5, 2019
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B.C. government introduces health-care fee for international studentsThe B.C. government says it will require all international students to pay into the province's health care system starting Sept. 1.HealthAug 1, 2019
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Small business advocates furious as B.C.’s employer health tax payments beginThe Canadian Federation of Independent Business said more than 75,000 businesses across the province will be required to pay their first installments Saturday.Jun 15, 2019
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Municipalities still on the hook for employer health tax as province finalizes rulesMunicipal governments are still going to have the foot the bill for the provincial government's new employer health tax.PoliticsJul 4, 2018
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New report finds business set to be hit hard by new B.C. Employers Health TaxThe Greater Vancouver Board of Trade and the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association are concerned small- and medium-sized businesses will get hit hard by the province's new Employer Health Tax.PoliticsMay 28, 2018
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B.C. government looking at payroll tax supports as charities, non-profits struggleThe B.C. government is considering changes to the contentious payroll tax.PoliticsMay 8, 2018
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Business group says NDP health tax numbers a ‘myth’The CFIB says while the government claims only five per cent of all businesses will pay the full tax, in actual fact, 44 per cent will be on the hook.Apr 27, 2018
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B.C. speculation tax is still being tinkered with as criticism mountsThe BC NDP isn't getting rid of MSP so much as replacing it with a health care payroll tax, said a BC Liberal MLA.PoliticsMar 7, 2018
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B.C. businesses to pay new payroll tax, on top of higher minimum wage and moreThe payroll tax will help the province get rid of MSP premiums. But it comes at a cost to businesses.PoliticsFeb 20, 2018
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