tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897479481146623890.post8151579365275848711..comments2023-12-27T09:39:29.958-07:00Comments on Brian Dell: client politicsBrian Dellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15277892651810185583noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897479481146623890.post-1157041267743398362010-12-02T13:48:20.201-07:002010-12-02T13:48:20.201-07:00A couple of thoughts on the HST in BC vs Ontario. ...A couple of thoughts on the HST in BC vs Ontario. One thing I noticed is that BC's old PST exempted quite a few services such as restuarant meals from its base while Ontario's even though it was originally designed for only final sales of goods had been expanded over the years to cover many previously exempt items such as resturuant meals. Thus the constituencies in Ontario that were negatively effected by the HST such as nail salons, barber shops, tatoo parlors etc didn't have the political pull to fight the change to the extent the restuarant industry in BC did.<br /><br />So to an extent client politics works but the clients need to be of a certain size. (In Ontario resturuarnts actually supported the HST because of the elimination of two tax reporting systems plus the ability to get input tax credits?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com