The total tax bill on a new $565,000 home is $82,974, after all three levels of government take a piece.
Photograph by: Ian Smith, Vancouver Sun, Files, Vancouver Sun
The way new homes are taxed in B.C. is excessive, wrong-headed and harmful, and the harmonized sales tax will make it worse.
So I think the home-building industry is aiming too low when it asks for some breathing room to co ...