Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-10-05
issued: 1984-10-31
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note: **'**.:. . legislative library Parlianent Buildings Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X4 June 85 taxes, more incentive MURRAYVILLE - Provincial taxation as it is presently levied on business and industry "discourages expansion and improvement rather than encourage it," says a brief prepared by a municipal task force add which is to be handed to provincial finance minister Hugh Curtis tomorrow afternoon. Curtis will be in Clearbrook where he will be receiving input from local groups on "taxation and economic development". He is presently touring the province seeking new ideas about taxation on behalf of the provincial government. The langley task force letter notes machinery taxes, provincial sales tax on production machinery, corporation capital tax and workers compensation payroll tax as disincentives to industry. It also criticizes the seven percent sales tax on restaurant meals costing more than $7. . Rapid changes to the tax system are confusing and costly to industry, the brief says. "Every (new) item added to the taxable list opens a new Pandora's Box of pro blems with interpretation and collection." f In order to generate new,' permanent employment, the letter suggests, the provincial government must be prepared to encourage investment through tax changes. It recommends a reduction or total elimination of taxation on production machinery, abolition of corporate capital taxes Arnason feels snubbed MURRAYVILLE - As emissary to the provincial government, Aid. Len Fowler will present a brief on "taxation and economic development" to provincial finance minister Hugh Curtis. - But it will not be with Aid. Muriel Arnason's sanction. Not that Arnason is against tax reform and improvements to the economy; it's just that she feels that, once again, her colleagues have been trying to steamroller her. Copies of the six-page brief,; which will be handed to Curtis in Clearbrook tomorrow, were*' distributed to aldermen and members of the press during Monday night's meeting of council. Al…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0421180
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publishing Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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