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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]

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Rumours and elections go hand in hand

Rumours and elections go hand in hand by Patricia O’Driscoll At election time in Tiny, many rumours spring up and blow around like autumn leaves. Do you remember one of the rumours in the autumn of 1991? — “if Rowntree won the lawsuit, the back lot owners would never again [more]

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Market Value Assessment under attack in Tiny

Market Value Assessment under attack in Tiny By Paul Masterson Market Value Assessment (MVA), a thorny issue, revolves around the changing of the MVA base year from 1980 to 1992. We read elsewhere in this issue of The Tiny Cottager (Fair Tax Commission article) that property tax should not be [more]

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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]

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A Tiny change can make a big difference

A Tiny change can make a big difference by Al Taylor, President of the Federation During the summer, Federation representatives knocked on doors to learn how you felt about the issues facing all of us. We were not prepared for the deep concerns and feelings expressed. Many of you read [more]

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What’s in store this summer?

What’s in store this summer? Most of you are now opening the cottage in anticipation of a summer that only Georgian Bay can offer. Your city friends cannot understand why anyone would get into the car and drive up north every weekend through all that traffic and then turn around [more]

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TRUE or NOT TRUE

TRUE or NOT TRUE * Councillor Gail Barrie is a loyal fan of Tiny’s shoreline owners! — NOT TRUE Councillor Gail Barrie said: “I think it is bigotry that motivates many of the waterfront cottage owners. They don’t like people they consider to be foreign. But they don’t like local people, [more]

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Tiny Township Council Update

Tiny Township Council Update Meetings of Council How it Works The regular scheduled meetings of Tiny Township Council are held at 7:00 pm on the second and last Wednesdays of each month. At the same hour on the third Wednesday of each month, Council meets as Planning Board. Council meets as [more]