Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Tax Exemption in their favour


The annual list of Municipal Tax Exemptions for 2009 has been published by the City of Prince Rupert, providing for $398,496.85 in tax revenue that the city is not going to collect on in the name of permissive tax exemptions.

The list is made up of a number of religious, recreation, service and cultural properties across the city.
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The biggest fish of the tax exempt pool is the Lester Centre for the Arts which clocks in at $144,649.36 on the abacus; the Prince Rupert Golf Course is listed as being exempt at $71,438.92, followed by the Museum of Northern BC which gets a break on its bottom line with an exempt amount of $51,662.92.

At the other end of the exemption scale, the Jehovah Witness Hall and Annunciation Gym both appear on the list with an exemption value of 0.

Beyond the many religious properties in the city, in between the highs and the lows are such properties as the SPCA, Curling Club, Transition House and Kaien Seniors Housing.

Those with particularly good eyesight can check out the Monday Daily news and the page five listings for the tax exempt properties for 2009, or you can just check out the details on the city website which has provisions for zooming capabilities, for those really dedicated number crunchers.

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