BCSTA requests Harmonized Sales Tax rebates

In response to Resolution 5.5 (e) passed at the October 2009 Provincial Council, BCSTA has written to Colin Hansen, Minister of Finance, requesting that boards of education across British Columbia be granted a rebate for the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST).

BCSTA's letter supports the review undertaken by the BC Association of School Business Officials (BCASBO), which predicts the HST will result in a 4.3 per cent, or $24 million increase in operating costs for boards of education.

Unless a fair and equitable mechanism is established to coincide with its implementation, the HST will result in even greater cost pressures for BC's K-12 Sector.

For more information contact:

BCSTA Executive Director Stephen Hansen
e-mail: shansen@bcsta.org
Phone: 604-734-2721 (115)

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