Grappling7155@lemmy.ca to Toronto@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoToronto to explore municipal sales tax as part of plan to tackle 'unprecedented financial crisis'www.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkToronto to explore municipal sales tax as part of plan to tackle 'unprecedented financial crisis'www.cbc.caGrappling7155@lemmy.ca to Toronto@lemmy.ca · 1 year agomessage-square1fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepwnna@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoSales tax uniformly applies to everyone by the same absolute amount but relatively affects poorer people more. The city should just raise property taxes instead. May help reduce the housing cost as well which would make the city more affordable.
Sales tax uniformly applies to everyone by the same absolute amount but relatively affects poorer people more. The city should just raise property taxes instead. May help reduce the housing cost as well which would make the city more affordable.