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VANCOUVER 鈥?Eric Pateman says a new health care tax in British Columbia will add about $30,000 to the annual payroll costs for his Vancouver restaurant, and with tight profit margins there is
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stanley termosar said in an interview. As an independent business owner ... constantly looking at a shrinking and eroding bottom line, this kind of stuff scares the crap out of you. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW This week provincial budget eliminates medical service premiums in 2020, to be replaced by payroll tax of 1.95 per cent for companies with a payroll over $1.5 million. Companies with a payroll under $500,000 will be exempt from the tax, while those in between will pay a reduced rate.Pateman, the president of Edible Canada, said the restaurant payroll is about $1.5 million. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Finance Minister Carole James says businesses that already cover medical pr
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The City of Brampton significantly reduced the monthly cost of transit for senior residents ove
stanley puodelis r the age of 65 earlier this year with the ultimate goal of making it free.Council recently received a report from Brampton Transit General Manager Alex Milojevic on Oct. 2, showing it would cost the city $750,000 in lost revenue if included in the 2020 budget.He added those losses could increase to as much $1.1 million annually by 2031, with current demographic trends projecting the citys senior population growing from 11 per c
stanley deutschland ent 71,000 in 2017 to 120,000 鈥?or 15 per cent 鈥?by 2031. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Roughly half of Brampton Transits operating costs are recovered from fare revenues. As fare revenues decrease there is an off-setting requirement to increase revenues from other sources including, but not limited to, increases in other fare categories, advertising bus, shelter, benches , provincial and/or federal gas tax offsets, and increases to municipal taxes, he said.Other possible costs include an additional one-time $150,000 for new senior ph
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