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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 10, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba C m y k Page a10 a 10 Winnipeg free press Friday october 10, 2008 Manitoba Winnipeg repress. Com do reial g do Ala october 18, 2008 @ 6 00 pm fort Garry hotel 222 Broadway Winnipeg in support of title sponsor tickets provided by ticket Price $ 125.00 please Contact the insurance Institute of Manitoba at 956 a a 1702 for tickets or visit us on a a line at wow. Insurance Institute. Ca wow. A Bennett. 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Recent Grad rebate up to $ 750 american Quarter horse member rebate up to $ 500 lease to Purchase loyalty offer up to $ 1500 Canadian armed forces rebate up to $ 500 do you qualify for any of these additional rebates or $ 0 Down $ 279 / to  air conditioning  tilt steering  Speed control  anti lock brakes 39 to choose froom Only $ 17,983 meals two per cent on prepared meals or beverages purchased at restaurants Roadside vendors Coffee shops Street vendors. The tax is Only on the Price of the meal or beverage not including get or Post. Exemptions food bought from vending machines school cafeterias and canteens or delivered to purchasers temporary food stands operated by nonprofit groups cafeterias or restaurants at a health care facility owned and operated by a government entity cafeteria factories that sell Only to factory employees residential facilities that sell Only to residents and their guests. How is it collected operator must submit to the City of Thompson by the end of every month. Liquor two per cent on any beverage that contains More than 0.5 per cent alcohol by volume. The tax is Only on the Price of the alcoholic beverage not including get or Post. Exemptions none. How is it collected operator must submit to the City of Thompson by the end of every month. Hotels two per cent on a stay in a hotel Motel inn housekeeping unit boarding House Rooming House bed and breakfast resort Hostel or any other place where accommodation is provided for up to 60 continuous nights. Exemptions in establishments with fewer than four bedrooms accommodation provided to patients in a Hospital personal care Home Sanitorium residential care facility for students in an educational residence employees staying in premises operated by or on behalf of the employer a time share arrangement tent or trailer Sites at a Campground or trailer Park a hospitality room or suite that does not include a bed and is used for meetings entertaining or displaying merchandise. How is it collected operator must submit to the City of Thompson at the end of every month. Land transfers 0.5% on the Purchase Price or the fair Market value of the transferred property whichever is greater. Exemptions first time Home buyer a registered Charity is buying or Selling the land Transfer is made to a spouse on the death of a spouse if the land is being bought by the City of Thompson. How is the tax collected the transferee buyer must submit the tax to the City of Thompson no later than the 20th Day of the following month following the Transfer. P lans by Thompson City Council to impose a series of new taxes that include a surcharge on alcohol May hit a bump the Manitoba liquor control commission says the Price of alcoholic beverages must be the same at every government run liquor outlet in the province. Diana Soroka spokeswoman for the Macc said the liquor control act stipulates that the prices of identical alcoholic beverages must be the same regardless of where they Are sold. Soroka said one of Thompsons proposed taxes Calls for a two per cent surcharge on All alcoholic beverages sold in that municipality. The Thompson tax could be a violation of the liquor control act but we have no precedent for this situation Soroka said. Last week Thompson City Council gave first Reading to four bylaws that would see local taxes imposed on the Sale of food alcohol and land and on hotel room rentals. The bylaws will be Given two More separate readings at Thompson Council but mayor Tim Johnston said he expects they would be finalized by oct. 20. Johnston said hers aware that the alcohol tax appears to contradict provincial Law but he added that it is a provincial Law that gives municipalities the Power to pass local taxes. Were looking Forward to discussions with the liquor control commission and the government of Manitoba Johnston said. Johnston had defended the new taxes As a Way for this Northern Community to raise necessary funds to keep Pace with infrastructure upgrades and rising costs associated with policing and social services without increasing property taxes. The City of Thompson has looked at different options. To Deal with the issues we face Johnston said. This is one of those options that Council has considered and were taking the final Steps to adoption. The bylaws set a tax rate of two per cent on hotel rooms restaurant meals and alcohol sales and 0.5 per cent on land sales. Once finalized by Thompson City Council the bylaws still must be approved by the province. Johnston said he Hopes the doer government would approve the tax bylaws so they would go into effect on Jan. 1. A doer government spokesman refused to comment on the pending tax bylaws until they ave been approved by Thompson City Council. A civic report to Thompson Council found that the Community a snot benefited from a booming local Economy where its costs Are outpacing increased revenues from property taxes. The report estimates that the new taxes will generate an additional $ 716,000 annually. The bylaws state that the revenues from the new taxes will be assigned to Reserve accounts for policing infrastructure and affordable housing. Business groups and local residents have opposed the new taxes. Coun. Stella locker was the Only councillor to vote against All four bylaws. Its a lot of work and not much Money locker said adding she plans to vote against the bylaws when they return to Council. Scott Jocelyn of the Manitoba restaurant and Foo services association said the new taxes will impose untold paperwork headaches for the Community yes hotel and restaurant operators adding he also believes it will Hurt business. Aldo. Santin free press. My. Ca new Thompson tax May flout Laws what Thompson wants to tax planned Levy on booze at Odds with Macc rules by Aldo Santin Manitoba Public insurance is warning the Public not to give out any personal information to an automated voice messaging system that is offering to renew members aut Opac policies or Drivers licences Over the phone. Several people in the Dauphin Virden and Erickson areas were contacted recently under this apparent scam Mph said. The automated messaging system asked them to renew either their aut Opac policy or Drivers licence and then requested the persons credit card number. Mph does not conduct business in this manner. Brokers never phone customers individually to renew coverage. People contacted in this manner should immediately hang up. If Manitoban suspect an attempt to con them has been made by phone or e mail they Are encouraged to immediately Contact phone busters toll free at 1 888 495 8501, or online at wow. Phone busters. Com. Living with hearing loss the society for Manitoban with disabilities offers classes to improve your speech Reading skills and enhance coping strategies to live More successfully with your hearing loss at Home at work and in social settings. Join other adults in a fun and relaxed learning environment. For More information Call Judi Bauer 975 3074 toll free 1 866 282 8041 or e mail to Bauer sad. My. Ca avoid phone renewal scam Mph warning Consumers a 10_ oct 10 08. 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