I had an opportunity over the weekend to talk with a local business owner about HST. Christina Grono, owner of the Arts We Are Artisan Market and Gallery in Kamloops has a lot of character but not much to say on the harmonized tax.
She admitted she knew that it was going to be implemented this year but didn't know much of the affects. She said that it didn't really bother her both as a customer and a business owner because people would probably not notice a different. And despite everyone getting all riled up about it right now, in reality they won't notice a couple more dollars on a purchase of a tea and a snack.
I'm curious now that if HST is suppose to benefit business owners, why doesn't Grono understand how it will benefit her? She is after all who the government is trying to help. Perhaps the issue here is the lack of information being shared in plain English with the people it really matters to.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
According to my boss, the HST is supposed to cut administration and processing costs. Instead of having to send tax information separately to the province and to the feds, you only have to send it all to the one federal institution.
ReplyDeleteAnd I really think that it will affect consumers. People already complain about the high price of pizza, so adding another $2 in tax wouldn't appeal to most people at panago, methinks.
Just my two cents.