In November 2011, I warned readers about a charitable donation tax deduction scheme called the VIA Project.
“The VIA Project has some wrinkles that are supposed to make it legal, but I’ve heard that claim many times before,” I wrote at the time.
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At an open house held on Oct. 9, Strathcona County council heard reasons for instituting limits on property tax increases and establishing performance measures.
Roger Simkin, a county resident since 1978, proposed two tools to control municipal spending, including creating a bylaw for limiting property tax increases and establishing performance measurements for every county department and program.
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Maintaining current service levels will cost Sturgeon County taxpayers an additional 3.65 per cent in property taxes, members of council heard Monday during a budget briefing.
That number is preliminary and could grow by as much as two percentage points if all 32 proposed business cases are approved. The increase is also purely on the operating budget, as council has directed that no new tax dollars be used for capital projects.
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Okotoks town councillors are aiming for a slightly lower municipal tax increase for the Town’s 2013 budget than they approved last year.Councillors approved a list of guidelines and priorities for the deliberations of the Town’s 2013 budget last week.
At the top of the list is a commitment to limit any potential increases to the municipal share of property taxes to 4.7 per cent, the combined rate of population growth and inflation. Councillors approved a five per cent increase in municipal taxes almost a year ago for the 2012 budget.
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