How Much is Contraband Tobacco Costing Taxpayers in Ontario?Derek Fildebrandt
Public-private partnerships also create risks from the general public's and taxpayers' point of view. Private operators' partnership with the government may insulate them from accountability to the users of the public service for cutting too many corners, providing substandard service, or even violati...
As part of the introduction of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) in Ontario and British Columbia, the Canada Revenue Agency requires large businesses to be subject to a scheme billed as a recapture of input tax credits (RITCs). Businesses can currently claim a credit on the HST they have paid...
IRS encourages taxpayers to file early this year Of course, homeowners need to show proof of improvements, which can be difficult after many years. However, if someone lost receipts, there may be other methods. "Property tax history can help you go back and recalculate some of that," Sc...
The goods and services tax (GST) is a type of tax levied on most goods and services sold for domestic consumption in many countries. It is paid by consumers and remitted to the government by the businesses selling the goods and services. Some countries have introduced GST exemptions or reduc...
in the reactor sites. This will also reduce liability on taxpayers (Chapman). This liability “could reach up to $500 million per year after 2020 if the spent fuel remains where it is” (Chapman). Some nuclear power plants “convert a wide variety of radioactive waste materials into forms...
Calif. The Department of Labor made $19 million in special payments to workers there, federal taxpayers subsidizing the Tesla labor force. The firm's electric cars entitle buyers to a $7,500 tax credit, plus sales tax exemption in many states, meaning Tesla marketing receives significant subsidi...
The free meal feature is typical of governments, and many programs represent a big financial waste for which taxpayers are responsible. The main cost of the current geopolitical unrest will be America's increasing reliance on foreigners to cover its expenses, especially in light of global warming....
A Globe and Mail investigation in 2010 found retirees are now returning en masse to substitute teach, costing Ontario taxpayers million of dollars and stealing away jobs from new teachers.Article content Boomers like to frame themselves as a strong, determined generation...
“Recently, one of the attorneys I network with emailed an exposé detailing the ‘swamp-residency-era status’ of former FBI Director Comey’s tenure, which I think ought to be known by taxpayers, the fake news media, and my readers so as to, perhaps, “level the playing fields,” as...