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- From: leffler@physics.ubc.ca (Steve Leffler )
- Newsgroups: bc.general
- Subject: Re: Transit Levy on BC-Hydro Bills
- Date: 4 Nov 1992 21:17:55 GMT
- Organization: The University of British Columbia
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- leon@unixg.ubc.ca (Leon ter Beek) writes:
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- >There is a monthly levy of about $1.90 on everyones Hydro bill to
- >subsidize the BC Transit System.
- >Although, I don't mind contributing to public transit, I feel this levy
- >is not equally sharred by all BC residents (one levy per household).
- >Does anyone know why this levy is on the Hydro bill and not incorporated
- >in some tax?
-
- This has always perplexed me, too. Even more annoying is the fact that,
- as of a month or two ago, this levy is considered to be subject to the GST.
- When they decided this was to be the case, they billed me (and everyone else,
- I presume) for the back-GST for the last year and a half. What is odd about
- this is that if the levy is effectively a tax, it shouldn't be subject to
- the GST: I don't think the Federal Gov't has the authority to tax other
- governments' taxes.
-
- ---Steven Leffler
- leffler@physics.ubc.ca
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