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Home My WebLink AboutFIN-09-080 - Provincial Harmonized Sales Tax - Resolution from City of Cornwall REPORT REPORT TO: Councillor B. Vrbanovic, Chair and Members of the Finance & Corporate Services Committee DATE OF MEETING: June 22, 2009 SUBMITTED BY: Dan Chapman, General Manager of Financial Services and City Treasurer PREPARED BY: Brenda Johnson, Manager of Accounting WARD(S) INVOLVED: N/A DATE OF REPORT: June 16, 2009 REPORT NO.: FIN-09-080 SUBJECT: PROVINCIAL HARMONIZED SALES TAX RECOMMENDATION: That the resolution adopted by the City of Cornwall on April 27, 2009 regarding an appeal to the Provincial Government to exempt, from the planned harmonization of the PST and GST taxes, items related to the rental of recreation facilities and registration fees for minor sports to ensure that all youth are able to afford to participate, be endorsed; and further, That copies of this motion be circulated to area MPPs, AMO and the Premier of Ontario. BACKGROUND : The provincial government announced the harmonization of GST and PST as part of the March 26th provincial budget, to become effective July 1, 2010. Under the harmonized tax, most goods and services that are taxed for GST will now also be taxed for PST. This includes services currently provided by the City that are subject to GST, including rental of recreation facilities and registration fees for recreational activities. REPORT: On April 27, 2009, the City of Cornwall, Ontario endorsed a Resolution appealing the Government of Ontario to exempt the fees paid for the rental of recreation facilities and registration fees for minor sports organizations from the recently announced Harmonized Sales Tax. The City of Cornwall Resolution is attached. Community Services Department (CSD) of City of Kitchener agrees that recreational activities for the youth provided by the City are an important component of a healthy and affordable lifestyle. The proposed harmonized taxation to these activities would burden families with additional costs and not promote participation in these activities. Therefore, CSD would like to support the resolution by City of Cornwall to appeal the planned additional taxation to these programs. ïð ó ï FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: None ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Dan Chapman, General Manager of Financial Services and Treasurer ïð ó î CITY CLERKSECRÉTAIRE MUNICIPALE ÐòÑò Þ±¨ èéé ÝÐ èéé Ý±®²©¿´´ô ÑÒ ÕêØ ëÌç Ý±®²©¿´´ ÑÒ ÕêØ ëÌç Ì»´ øêïí÷ çíðóîéèéô »¨¬òîëíé Ú¿¨ øêïí÷ çíîóèïìë ÛóÓ¿·´ñ½±«®®·»´æ ¼¹»´·²¿à½±®²©¿´´ò½¿ Î»±´«¬·±² ²«³¾»®æ îððçóîéòðí Ó±ª»¼ ¾§ Ý±«²½·´´±®æ Ù´»² Ù®¿²¬ Í»½±²¼»¼ ¾§ Ý±«²½·´´±®æ Õ·³ Þ¿·®¼ Provincial Harmonized Sales Tax WHEREAS ¬¸» Ð®±ª·²½·¿´ Ù±ª»®²³»²¬ ¸¿ ®»½»²¬´§ ¿²²±«²½»¼ ¬¸» ¸¿®³±²·¦¿¬·±² ±º ¬¸» ëû ÙÍÌ ¿²¼ ¬¸» èû ÐÍÌå ¿²¼ WHEREAS ô ¬¸» Ø¿®³±²·¦»¼ Í¿´» Ì¿¨ ©·´´ ²»¹¿¬·ª»´§ ·³°¿½¬ ¬¸» ®»¹·¬®¿¬·±² ½±¬ º±® ³·²±® °±®¬ ¾§ ¿² ·²½®»¿» ·² º¿½·´·¬§ ®»²¬¿´ º»» ¿²¼ ®»¹·¬®¿¬·±² º»»å ¿²¼ WHEREAS ¬¸»» ·²½®»¿»¼ ½±¬ ©·´´ °®»ª»²¬ ±³» §±«¬¸ º®±³ °¿®¬·½·°¿¬·²¹ ·² °±®¬·²¹ ¿½¬·ª·¬·»å ¿²¼ THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED ô ¬¸¿¬ ©»ô Ý·¬§ Ý±«²½·´ô »²¼ ¿² ¿°°»¿´ ¬± ¬¸» Ð®±ª·²½·¿´ Ù±ª»®²³»²¬ ¬± »¨»³°¬ ·¬»³ ®»´¿¬»¼ ¬± ¬¸» ®»²¬¿´ ±º ®»½®»¿¬·±² º¿½·´·¬·» ¿²¼ ®»¹·¬®¿¬·±² º»» º±® ³·²±® °±®¬ ¬± »²«®» ¬¸¿¬ ¿´´ §±«¬¸ ¿®» ¿¾´» ¬± ¿ºº±®¼ ¬± °¿®¬·½·°¿¬»å ¿²¼ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED ¬¸¿¬ ©»ô Ý·¬§ Ý±«²½·´ô ®»¯«»¬ ¬± ¸¿ª» ßÓÑ ´±¾¾§ ¬¸» Ð®±ª·²½·¿´ Ù±ª»®²³»²¬ ±² ±«® ¾»¸¿´ºå ¿²¼ ¬¸¿¬ ¿ ½±°§ ±º ¬¸· Î»±´«¬·±² ¾» »²¬ ¬± ¿´´ ³«²·½·°¿´·¬·» ·² Ñ²¬¿®·± ®»¯«»¬·²¹ ¬¸»·® «°°±®¬ò ïð ó í ß ½·¬§ ©·¬¸ ¿ ©±®´¼ ±º °±·¾·´·¬·» Ë² ³±²¼» ¼» °±·¾·´·¬7 ©©©ò½±®²©¿´´ò½¿ I, Denise Labelle-Gélinas, City Clerk of The Corporation of the City of Cornwall, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of Resolution Number 2009-27.03 enacted by Council on the 27th day of April, 2009. ÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ Ü»²·» Ô¿¾»´´»óÙ7´·²¿ô ÝÓÑ Ý·¬§ Ý´»®µ ïð ó ì ß ½·¬§ ©·¬¸ ¿ ©±®´¼ ±º °±·¾·´·¬·» Ë² ³±²¼» ¼» °±·¾·´·¬7 ©©©ò½±®²©¿´´ò½¿