In an unusual alliance Former SOCRED Premier Bill Vander Zalm has teamed up with Chris Delaney, former leader of the BC
UNITY Party and Carol James, present leader of the BC NDP and Vicki Huntington, the Independent who beat Wally Opal in the last election to fight the Campbell Liberals on the HST.
David Ingram says "I am ambivalent about it. I do NOT like the fact that I will have to charge each one of my Canadian clients 7% more BC sales tax for my services. However, lawyers have had to charge the BC sales tax for years and maybe accountants have been getting a free ride. Car repair shops have had to charge BC sales tax, so maybe accountants have been getting a free ride. Upholsterers have had to charge BC Sales tax, so maybe accountants have been getting a free ride."
In this interview, Chris Delaney explains what he and Bill and Carol and Vicki and others are doing about it. One thing is that they have to deal with the fact that the HST has been running successfully for a dozen years at least in the Maritimes and more recently in Quebec. Ontario will be joining the same day the BC 'might' be joining, July 1, 2010.
David Ingram says "I would like to point out that the Maritimes and Quebec have Not closed up shop and it is far easier to administer ONE HST than it is a GST plus a PST with different rates and different reporting rules. Still, If i mail a US return out of the country, I do not need to charge GST. If i mail a US return out of the country, are the rules going to change so that I now have to charge 13%. I am interested as well."