No Picture
Reports on Council: 2007-2010

Council Reports: July 28, 2008

REPORT ON COUNCIL July 28, 2008 Committee of the Whole Meeting: 9:04 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. and 12:45 p.m. – 3:31 p.m. Regular Evening Meeting: 7:01 p.m. – 8:43 p.m. All Members of Council present. CONFIDENTIAL / CLOSED SESSION: 2:09 p.m. – 3:28 p.m. and 7:03 p.m. – 7:40 p.m. [more]

No Picture
Tiny Cottager Articles

Concerned about the Tax Bite from Simcoe County?

Concerned about the Tax Bite from Simcoe County? –want to help? A third of municipal taxes collected by Tiny support our upper tier municipal government — Simcoe County. Yet we know remarkably little about how it operates and have made no regular attempt to influence its decisions. We would like [more]

No Picture
Tiny Cottager Articles

Tax Changes that May Affect You

Tax Changes that May Affect You By KPMG Peat Marwick Thorne Among the proposals contained in the February 22, 1994 federal budget are changes to the Age Tax Credit and the elimination of the $100,000 lifetime capital gains exemption. Age Tax Credit The nonrefundable age credit was previously available to [more]

No Picture
Tiny Cottager Articles

Fair Tax Commission

Fair Tax Commission Reprinted, with permission, from the Muskoka Lakes Association Newsletter, (Winter 1994). On December 16, 1993, the Ontario Fair Tax Commission released its report to the Minister of Finance, making 135 recommendations designed to achieve more fairness in the province’s tax system. The core issues addressed in the [more]

No Picture
Tiny Cottager Articles

MAJOR TAX INCREASE DESPITE FoTTSA PROTEST

MAJOR TAX INCREASE DESPITE FoTTSA PROTEST ……..Bitter lesson for cottagers Below is the complete text of the FoTTSA presentation of March 9, 1994 8:00 p.m. at the Simcoe County Board of Education delivered by Al Taylor. “Madam Chairman, Trustees Ladies and Gentlemen My name is Al Taylor, President of the Federation [more]

No Picture
Tiny Cottager Articles

THE NOT SO SILENT TAX REVOLT HAS BEGUN

THE NOT SO SILENT TAX REVOLT HAS BEGUN Who speaks for seasonal taxpayers on local taxation issues? NO ONE!!! The seasonal resident, better known as “The Cottager”, is the lost political soul in the area of Tiny Township. There are four levels of taxing governments in Canada. The Federal, Provincial [more]