The President of the BC Chamber of Commerce is concerned many small businesses are not ready to make the switch to the old provincial sales tax when it takes effect on April first.
John Winter says a survey showed 63 per-cent of businesses are not ready for the change, and 73 per-cent feel they have not received enough information.
“We’re concerned that the members are not taking advantage of the tools that are being provided to them, they’re quite extensive, the government has done an excellent job of putting forward opportunities for businesses to address these concerns now we’ve got to make sure that we motivate them to do so.”
The provincial government has set up a website at pst-in-bc-dot-ca; and it will set up a new online p-s-t registration site on January second.
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