Unfiltered Brewing is launching a lawsuit against the Nova Scotia’s Liquor Corporation over what the north end microbrewery calls an “unconstitutional tax” levied against it. According to court documents filed today, Unfiltered is alleging that NSLC has been unfairly charging the brewery $0.50 a litre for its beer sales since the brewery/bar opened last year. […]
Taxation
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Halifax’s “tax reform” favours wealthy with higher value homes
A report released by city officials overseeing the so-called “tax reform” proposal could not have been better designed to inflame urban vs. suburban strife. The one-page document, which was handed out at a Tuesday workshop for councillors, shows the effects of “tax reform” by electoral district averages. For example, using 2007 numbers, under “tax reform” […]
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Tax reform — the economists speak
In today’s editorial, I condemn the effort to change Halifax’s taxation system from a assessment-based property tax to a fee-for-service based system. I quote three economists in the editorial, but for space reasons I was unable to provide supporting documentation that two of the economists had given me. I’ll do so here. First, Lars Osberg […]
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Tax Reform Committee’s shoddy work
Halifax council was scheduled Tuesday to discuss “tax reform,” which is the attempt on some councillors’ part to switch from the time-honoured system of assessment-based property taxes to a “service-based” system that would charge residents receiving similar city services the same fee, regardless of the value of the property being serviced. Specifically, the Tax Reform […]
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NDP’s VLT flip-flop
Astonishing fact number one: Last year, gamblers in Nova Scotia pumped more than $708 million into Video Lottery Terminals, the equivalent of nearly $2 million a day. That info comes from the Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation’s annual report released last week. It shows that in the 2008/2009 financial year which ended in March, VLT betting […]