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Sarnia property taxes up 1.8% in 2010

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Property taxes in Sarnia, Ont., will go up 1.8 per cent in 2010, according to the new budget set by city councillors at a meeting Tuesday night.

The $132-million budget also includes a one-time one per cent levy to complete capital projects worth $20.4 million.

Overall, “it’s a restraint budget” that cuts services “in very subtle ways,” said Coun. Mike Kelch.

“I don’t think it’s really going to [have an] impact,” Kelch said. “I don’t think people will say ‘Oh, I really notice that.’”

The property tax increase will translate to $15 for a home assessed at $100,000, the budget said.

That’s “a very modest tax increase,” Mayor Mike Bradley said, adding it will help pay for “a massive infrastructure investment in the community” in 2008 and 2009.

“So that in turn creates jobs, renews the community and gives us a real strong way to exit the recession,” Bradley said.

The city released its 228-page draft budget on Oct. 26. It proposed a property tax hike of 2.75 per cent, which was whittled down to 1.8 per cent during a series of discussions that ended Tuesday night.

Sarnia’s transit department will see its own increase, as the cost of a bus ride jumps to $2.25 from $2.00.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/2009/12/02/sarnia-2010-property-tax-091202.html#ixzz0ig5iN9Pr

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Smith touts tax plan

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Nipissing MPP Monique Smith issued a media release Tuesday touting the benefits the Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act, which includes the harmonized sales tax legislation.

If passed, the act will increase business investment, create new jobs and raise incomes for Ontarians, the release said.

The release said along with the proposed harmonized sales tax, 93% of taxpayers will pay less personal income tax, while 90,000 low-income Ontarians will no longer pay provincial personal income tax.

The province is also proposing to almost double the property tax and sales tax credits.

Proposed tax cuts for business would enhance the benefits of the proposed HST by attracting more investment into Ontario, said the release.

The personal income and corporate tax reforms include a 16.5% tax cut on the first $37,106 of taxable income — which would make Ontario’s the lowest personal income tax rate of any province in Canada; an average personal income tax cut of 10% for Ontario families and individuals earning up to $80,000.

The act also includes an 18% tax cut for small businesses and a 17% tax cut for manufacturers.

http://www.nugget.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2181618

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Glen Murray responds

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Re: Budget Chief Eyes City Sales Tax, Nov. 5.

This article incorrectly states that I support the sales tax plan put forward by Toronto’s budget chief, Shelley Carroll, and it misrepresents my views on municipal taxation.

I was mayor of Winnipeg when we proposed a 1% sales tax as replacement revenue for a 50% cut in property taxes as part of a larger plan developed to modernize city finances and reduce the overall tax burden. That plan was developed over two years in partnership with business, labour and community organizations.

There is no plan or partnership in Toronto to reform city government; instead city hall seems to believe that every problem can be fixed by adding or increasing a tax.

When I proposed a sales tax as part of a new tax system, Winnipeg had already made very tough decisions including cutting the city debt in half, reducing property taxes, shrinking the city government and reducing the size of the bureaucracy. The opposite has been happening in Toronto.

I believe in building the tax base, not the tax burden.

Glen Murray, CEO, Canadian Urban Institute, Toronto.

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Court dismisses Catalyst petition on property taxes in North Cowichan, B.C.

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A request by Catalyst Paper Corp. (TSX: CTL.TO) for a judicial review of property tax rates in North Cowichan, B.C., was dismissed by the Supreme Court of British Columbia on Friday.
The company has also made similar petitions regarding its taxes in three other B.C. communities including Port Alberni and Campbell River and Powell River.
Decisions regarding those communities have not yet been rendered.
Catalyst is the largest producer of specialty printing papers and newsprint in Western North America. It also produces pulp and owns Western Canada’s largest paper recycling plant.
The company had said a large portion of the losses it has incurred over the past five years are due to what it considers excessive local property taxes.
http://ca.news.finance.yahoo.com/s/16102009/2/biz-finance-court-dismisses-catalyst-petition-property-taxes-north-cowichan.html

A request by Catalyst Paper Corp. (TSX: CTL.TO) for a judicial review of property tax rates in North Cowichan, B.C., was dismissed by the Supreme Court of British Columbia on Friday.

The company has also made similar petitions regarding its taxes in three other B.C. communities including Port Alberni and Campbell River and Powell River.

Decisions regarding those communities have not yet been rendered.

Catalyst is the largest producer of specialty printing papers and newsprint in Western North America. It also produces pulp and owns Western Canada’s largest paper recycling plant.

The company had said a large portion of the losses it has incurred over the past five years are due to what it considers excessive local property taxes.

http://ca.news.finance.yahoo.com/s/16102009/2/biz-finance-court-dismisses-catalyst-petition-property-taxes-north-cowichan.html

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