blueblood

First of all im not buying a granite countertop because its a waste of money tax break or not. The countertop i have is good enough and would rather spend the money on an ATV. I was statinf a hypothetical. Like i said government spending can always be lower. And the tax relief to homeowners will be offset by the income tax generated by activity, sales taxes for supplies, etc. Nothing wrong with people getting to keep more of what they earn. They arent putting it under their mattrass

Less government programs are a good thing. Starve the beast!!

Except no money is going out of the pot. Less is going in.

Thats why the number crunchers have to haul ass in the fall. The reports for q2 will be out soon and they wont have q3 done in time for the 19th. If the exonomy is in tech recession the ndp will gain a lot if points heading into sept/oct. My bet is harper is waiting for q3 results to be positive and that will be the election. He will get to say that staying the course worked when global circumstances put us in tech recession. Its a big gamble

With this plan i put in granite counter tops, i get a tax break. I sit and twiddle my thumbs i dont get a break at tax time. Where does everyone else come in? Welfare? So people shouldnt be able to keep the money that they earn?

Im certain we are in recession, but for harpers sake the number crunchers better have their reports ready to go before october 19. If it shows canada got out of a technical recession, the cake is baked for a majority cpc win imo

Ugh Non homeowners are not paying anything. Its a tax break to the homeowners who pay a lot of taxes. Dont worry your taxes arent going up

That depends on the small business. For the farm in a growth phase it was a no brainer for us as it helps with stability and frees up money for stuff. As with a farm its much difference than being a lawyer given overhead and succession and the like. IMO going corporate is good for when things are ezpanding and a good succession plan is in place. If i were a lawyer, i would agree that goingg corporate wouldnt be good at the later stages of the game as when its time to cash in, the tax man has his due...

Id say having cash on hand is a good luxury to have as its a buffer in the event of a jump/crash in commodity prices, equipment failing, etc etc.

Oh for sure. Its a matter of sharpening the pencil and figuring out whats best when the 500k mark has been surpassed.

Unless hes paying him himself and having a nice chunk in retained earnings.Plus overhead on a gas station would eat up a lot of money along with red tape. One has to keep their eye on the futures price of gasoline and the trends or it can be costly

Exactly, you pretty much have to be a hair salon out of your basement to qualify for that.

As for tax cuts being beneficial whether across the board or targetted, lets look at these comeback kids: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/30/irish-economy-grows-strongly-return-pre-crisis-levels

THEY STILL PAY TAX!!!!!

And made up for in increases of income tax for contractors, supply stores, and employees of said contractors, not to mention sales tax for building supplies. For starters. Then there is increased fuel consumption, increased share prices of businesses whichh are publically traded, etc. etc.

But that property owner has sunk a lot of money into that house. He takes all the risk and you take none. Not only that the property owner has their own house as well, plus has to make renovations incase renters run the house into the ground as renters wont do any renovating. The renters still arent paying property tax, they are paying rent at a rate that frees them from a mortgage, risk, responsibility, and taxes. You can thank the homeowners on the nice side of town for carrying the freight

But you arent any poorer for having "subsidized" the homeowners. The homeowners pay less tax. Somehow that causes a problem for you because homeowners are spending money on home improvements instead of giving it to the government. If you want subsidies, look at ontarios "green energy" industry. THAT is a subsidy

Thats only up to 500K. Then there are the hidden costs of complying with all the red tape synonymous with left of centre governments. Since the environment and high labour standards are synonymous with left of centre govts, how do you expect a small business to thrive. Better to go for cpc which is reducing corporate rates and red tape and taxes in general while at the same time helps create a better environment to grow in. Theres a reason the business world shuns the ndp - big and small alike

Lmao, then the 2% gst cut is a subsidy to all canadians to spend on consumer goods! I suppose the tax cuts by the martin liberals and all the other tax breaks over the years are subsidies too!! We are all supposed to be taxed to the hilt because we are too stupid to have money

except canada is a world leader in economic performance rich ceos and all and countries that listen to jacees way of doing things have hyperinflation negative gdp growth and out of control crime and corruption

Refer to venezuela.

As a small business owner i beg to differ. A lot of small business owners fall into your definition as "rich" who should be taxed more, face more expensive regulations, and are the scourge of the earth. Ask smallc how excessive regulations are for small business. That and a ndp govt in manitoba that is 420 million in the hole. As for health care, canadians dont like to wait being in line, some will even pay to cut in line, however the ndp would rather have everyone wait in line.

Google bc opposition to pipelines and start studying. Heres a free one http://www.vancouversun.com/touch/story.html?id=9469513 Its a conservative principle to take less tax money in, such as being proposed here. Its not a subsidy, the government isnt handing out a cheque, just allowing homeowners to keep more of their money when they file taxes. A flat tax without tax breaks at all would be nicer, but this is the cards that are dealt. Heaven forbid people should get tax relief!

Well since BC people and first nations dont want construction of pipelines which helps with providing jobs in construction and adds some value to oil, milking the home owner market is another way to go for trying to keep the economy respectable. The govt can recooperate some costs of the tax break through from the tax off of economic activity generated by the renovations.

Well people think that rich people should pay their "fair share" even though they are the ones providing jobs, investing money in others, saving money in banks, and spending a lot of it. Venezuela thought rich people should pay their share too...Or we can compare saskatchewan and manitoba. One has a balanced budget and one is almost 420 million in deficit. Which one has an ndp govt?