What's New Consumer Taxes Section - 2010	To Receive Updates

Each time we change the information on our website, we record that change on this page. This lets you see at a glance what changes have been made.

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January 28, 2010

Bulletin HRT 007, Municipal and Regional District Tax, has been updated to add new participating municipal and regional districts collecting the additional hotel room tax on accommodation sales, effective March 1, 2010.

Bulletin GEN 003, Appeals of Tax Assessments, Disallowed Refunds, or Other Determinations, has been completely rewritten to include the appeal processes for all of the tax acts administered by the ministry.

January 26, 2010

Bulletin MFT 004, Fuel Tax Refund Program for Persons with Disabilities, has been revised to clarify the $10 minimum threshold for refund claims.

The 2010 Fuel Efficient Vehicles Qualifying for a PST Reduction list has been updated to include two additional passenger vehicles and three light trucks.

January 7, 2010

Bulletin SST 105, Motor Vehicle Parking, has been revised to clarify how you calculate the amount of parking tax you need to remit when both the GST and parking tax are included in the purchase price of parking rights sold through ticket vending machines.

January 5, 2010

Bulletin GEN 014, Statistical Sampling, is a new bulletin written in plain language that provides detailed information on how statistical sampling is used when conducting a consumer tax audit for a large business that has computerized records. 

Bulletin GEN 009, Understanding Your Consumer Tax Audit, has been revised to add some basic audit sampling information on both block sampling and statistical sampling.  There is now a link to the new Bulletin GEN 014, Statistical Sampling, for more indepth information on statistical sampling.