SIMS: Provincial government hikes taxes on Albertans |
Albertans are being hit by higher taxes because the provincial government is scrambling to cover its overspending.
The government is borrowing another $9.4 billion while tipping the provincial debt over $100 billion for the first time in history.
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Instead of cutting the size and cost of the government and eliminating wasteful spending, the government is screwing over Alberta taxpayers.
There’s a new tax on rental cars, a hiked tax on hotels and a huge provincial property tax increase.
First, let’s take a look at the taxes on people who travel and work in our province.
The government is slapping a new 6% tax on car rentals in Alberta and it’s hiking its hotel tax up to 6%.
The province is trying to spin this as a tax on tourists and since we won’t see them again, it’s fine to mug them with higher costs.
But that’s not the case.
About 80% of people who stay in hotels and rent cars in Alberta are residents of Alberta, so these tax hikes will just hurt........