CC: Minister of Finance Brenda Bailey
Your government’s decision to expand the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) to professional services is a direct blow to entrepreneurs like me who are at their breaking point. Instead of trying to offset your government’s deficit at my expense, I need you to champion policies that support my business’ growth and contributions to the B.C. economy.
I am calling on you to:
- Reverse course and immediately halt your plans to expand the PST to professional services.
- Offset rising costs that government itself drives up, like payroll costs, fees, or paperwork, and provide Input Tax Credits (ITCs) on the PST my business pays.
- STOP treating small businesses as government’s piggy bank!
Small businesses are job creators, risk-takers, and community builders. We cannot continue to absorb new taxes every time government faces fiscal pressure.
Reconsider this decision and stand with small businesses.
