GST on rates
Sir, — I find your editorial against applying the goods and services tax to rates to be quite out of keeping with the spirit of the thing. Instead of seeking exemptions to the tax we should be trying to find new areas for it to be levied. Of course rates should have GST added. Further, I can see no logical reason why fines for motoring offences etc. should not be taxed by GST. It should also be levied on charitable donations, weddings and funerals. Rents are another area where GST must be levied and if those are included, so should mortgage interest payments. Why should GST be only applied to new houses and sections? It would be far better to apply it to all house sales by deducting from the property GST allowance what had been paid previously. This would be a sort of capital gains levy. Remember, the fewer the exemptions, the greater the tax saving. — Yours, etc., RAY SPRING. March 30, 1985.
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