Posted July 25th, 2009 in Real Estate, Sharing the Experience | 
Screws in Your Pocket
It’s suspected that under the new Harmonized Sales Tax so proudly announced by our provincial government, you the consumer, will now be forced to pay another Tax.
Not a Meteorite but Close
The full impact has not been digested, but the days of being exempt from paying PST – provincial sales tax on the services a realtor provides, seem destined to join the fate of the dinosaurs.
Dust Bunnies in Your Wallet
As it is understood today, under the new Harmonized Sales Tax this new chorus of taxation means another tax to be paid from a wallet filling with dust bunnies.
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*Disclaimer: Statistics Courtesy REBGV. While believed to be accurate they are not guaranteed.
**Numbers provided may vary as they are dynamically posted by the REBGV.
Now one of life’s few remaining pleasures will be “double taxed”, i.e. meals in restaurants.
For those of us who cannot write off such culinary excursions, this proposed harmonized HST does not sit well in the stomach at all.
There are many things in this life I cannot afford or that I do not own, but dining out has always been there for me. It allows me to be out and about in society, enjoying exquisite flavours and convivial surroundings.
Thank you very much, provincial government (heavy sarcasm). This will put the knife in the back of some truly wonderful, one-of-a-kind watering holes in Greater Vancouver.
And my example is only one of many.