SURREY BUSINESS NEWS: September Social Policy & Workforce Team Docket

The Surrey & White Rock Board of Trade is pleased to announce another accomplished Canadian woman as the keynote speaker at their annual Surrey & White Rock Women in Business Awards, presented by National Bank, on April 16 at 11:00am-2:30pm: Manjit Minhas.

Today, the Surrey & White Rock Board of Trade (SWRBOT) joined business leaders from across the province to raise concerns about the Government of British Columbia’s decision to expand the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) to previously exempt professional services, including accounting, engineering, security, strata management, and commercial real estate services.

Today, business leaders representing key pillars of B.C.’s economy called on the province of British Columbia to scrap the newly announced expansion of the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) to a wide range of professional services, including accounting, engineering, architectural, security, and commercial real estate services, with the 7% PST applied broadly and a partial 30% tax base applied to architectural, engineering, and geoscience (AEG) work.