Payroll Tax

• B.C. sends out final Medical Service Plan bills ahead of January elimination

  Premier John Horgan promised to eliminate MSP bills during the last election campaign, replacing the premiums with the Employers Health Tax.

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  Dec 5, 2019
  
• Small business advocates furious as B.C.’s employer health tax payments begin

  The 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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• Edmonton Chamber grilling all Alberta political parties on business priorities

  Alberta political parties have received a questionnaire from the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce asking for their views on ways to cut business costs, red tape and stay competitive.

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  Mar 28, 2019
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• Municipalities still on the hook for employer health tax as province finalizes rules

  Municipal governments are still going to have the foot the bill for the provincial government's new employer health tax.

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  Jul 4, 2018
• B.C. government continues to face questions on taxes as legislative session ends

  B.C. Premier John Horgan is promising clarity on the impact of the Employers Health Tax on charities and not-for-profit organizations.

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  May 31, 2018
• New report finds business set to be hit hard by new B.C. Employers Health Tax

  The 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.

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  May 28, 2018
• B.C. government looking at payroll tax supports as charities, non-profits struggle

  The B.C. government is considering changes to the contentious payroll tax.

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  May 8, 2018
• B.C. government defends payroll tax in face of looming property tax increases

  MSP cost the City of Vancouver $5 million in 2017. The payroll tax is expected to cost the city $15 million in 2020.

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  May 7, 2018
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• Terrace day care worried it will have to cut spaces due to NDP payroll tax

  Willow Creek day care in Terrace may soon need to turn parents away. Owner Jennifer Maillet says the child care facility will be required to pay the province's new payroll tax next year, to a tune of $15,000 a year.

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  Mar 20, 2018
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• B.C. speculation tax is still being tinkered with as criticism mounts

  The BC NDP isn't getting rid of MSP so much as replacing it with a health care payroll tax, said a BC Liberal MLA.

  Politics

  Mar 7, 2018