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leon@unixg.ubc.ca (Leon ter Beek) writes:

>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