Ontario residents buying bike helmets and some bicycles will not have to pay provincial sales tax af



G

goodone

Guest
TORONTO - Ontario residents buying bike helmets and some bicycles will
not have to pay provincial sales tax after Dec. 1.

Premier Dalton McGuinty said Friday that the province is lifting the
PST on bike helmets and bicycles under $1,000 to encourage people to
get active.

Mr. McGuinty said the tax exemption - promised in the Liberal platform
for the recent election - will encourage people to get outdoors and
ease congestion on the roads.

He says he hopes more people will try commuting to work by bike rather
than by car.

Pete Lilly, owner of a Toronto bike shop, welcomes the tax break,
saying it will be good for business.

The Liberals promised the tax exemption in their recent election
platform.
 
"goodone" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> TORONTO - Ontario residents buying bike helmets and some bicycles will
> not have to pay provincial sales tax after Dec. 1.
>
> Premier Dalton McGuinty said Friday that the province is lifting the
> PST on bike helmets and bicycles under $1,000 to encourage people to
> get active.
>
> Mr. McGuinty said the tax exemption - promised in the Liberal platform
> for the recent election - will encourage people to get outdoors and
> ease congestion on the roads.
>
> He says he hopes more people will try commuting to work by bike rather
> than by car.
>
> Pete Lilly, owner of a Toronto bike shop, welcomes the tax break,
> saying it will be good for business.
>
> The Liberals promised the tax exemption in their recent election
> platform.


Da*n those guys are desperate. No GST on bike purchases in BC.

--
JF

"A really great man is known by three signs,--generosity in the design,
humanity in the execution, and moderation in success."
- Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck
 
"goodone" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> TORONTO - Ontario residents buying bike helmets and some bicycles will
> not have to pay provincial sales tax after Dec. 1.
>
> Premier Dalton McGuinty said Friday that the province is lifting the
> PST on bike helmets and bicycles under $1,000 to encourage people to
> get active.
>
> Mr. McGuinty said the tax exemption - promised in the Liberal platform
> for the recent election - will encourage people to get outdoors and
> ease congestion on the roads.
>
> He says he hopes more people will try commuting to work by bike rather
> than by car.
>
> Pete Lilly, owner of a Toronto bike shop, welcomes the tax break,
> saying it will be good for business.
>
> The Liberals promised the tax exemption in their recent election
> platform.


Da*n those guys are desperate. No GST on bike purchases in BC.

--
JF

"A really great man is known by three signs,--generosity in the design,
humanity in the execution, and moderation in success."
- Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck
 
goodone wrote:
> TORONTO - Ontario residents buying bike helmets and some bicycles will
> not have to pay provincial sales tax after Dec. 1.
>
> Premier Dalton McGuinty said Friday that the province is lifting the
> PST on bike helmets and bicycles under $1,000 to encourage people to
> get active.
>
> Mr. McGuinty said the tax exemption - promised in the Liberal platform
> for the recent election - will encourage people to get outdoors and
> ease congestion on the roads.
>
> He says he hopes more people will try commuting to work by bike rather
> than by car.
>
> Pete Lilly, owner of a Toronto bike shop, welcomes the tax break,
> saying it will be good for business.
>
> The Liberals promised the tax exemption in their recent election
> platform.
>

butbutbut, helmets are not necessary for cycling, other than bump and
scrape protection. [end troll]

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
Tradition is the worst rational for action.
 
goodone wrote:
> TORONTO - Ontario residents buying bike helmets and some bicycles will
> not have to pay provincial sales tax after Dec. 1.
>
> Premier Dalton McGuinty said Friday that the province is lifting the
> PST on bike helmets and bicycles under $1,000 to encourage people to
> get active.
>
> Mr. McGuinty said the tax exemption - promised in the Liberal platform
> for the recent election - will encourage people to get outdoors and
> ease congestion on the roads.
>
> He says he hopes more people will try commuting to work by bike rather
> than by car.
>
> Pete Lilly, owner of a Toronto bike shop, welcomes the tax break,
> saying it will be good for business.
>
> The Liberals promised the tax exemption in their recent election
> platform.
>

butbutbut, helmets are not necessary for cycling, other than bump and
scrape protection. [end troll]

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
Tradition is the worst rational for action.
 
goodone wrote:
> TORONTO - Ontario residents buying bike helmets and some bicycles will
> not have to pay provincial sales tax after Dec. 1.
> ....
>


They're doomed now for sure.
The gov't will never survive without the bicycle tax.
It's madness.
~
 
goodone wrote:
> TORONTO - Ontario residents buying bike helmets and some bicycles will
> not have to pay provincial sales tax after Dec. 1.
> ....
>


They're doomed now for sure.
The gov't will never survive without the bicycle tax.
It's madness.
~
 

Similar threads

S
Replies
1
Views
388
Road Cycling
Brian Huntley
B