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leffler@physics.ubc.ca (Steve Leffler ) writes:

>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.

I thinks the courts ruled the Hydro Levy not to be tax,
and therefore GSTable. Greedy bastards.



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