Steinbach MLA, Kelvin Goertzen, says his annual survey of Steinbach area businesses shows concern about the increasing level of provincial debt and a rejection of the 1% increase in the PST.
Steinbach MLA and PC House Leader, Kelvin Goertzen, says the reaction from local residents has been swift and it has been strong against an increase in the provincial sales tax (PST) from 7% to 8% as the NDP is proposing.
The new year will see increases to several tax credits along with an increase in the basic personal tax exemption, putting more money back into the pockets of Manitobans.
Supporters of all political parties in the Manitoba election support removing education tax from the property tax bill, says a new poll conducted by the Manitoba Real Estate Association (MREA) and CJOB 68.
Property tax statements for Steinbach have been mailed and are due September 30th, 2011.
The Manitoba coalition representing 250,000 Manitobans says the half-measure promises that politicians are making to get education taxes off property continues to make a patch work quilt out of education funding and a confusing property tax system.
It’s September and Manitobans with students in the family are in “back-to-school mode.”
Farmers, REALTORS®, business leaders, cottage owners and homeowners stood shoulder to shoulder in a Manitoba farm yard as they each picked up one of hundreds of lawn signs that call on Manitoba politicians to get education tax off the property tax bill.
Manitoba farmland owners will see tax relief of over $35 million for the 2011 tax year, as the Farmland School Tax Rebate rises to 80 percent from 75 percent.
Finance Minister Rosann Wowchuk has announced today is the last day businesses in Manitoba will pay the Manitoba general corporation capital tax.
