BC'S TRANSITION BACK TO THE PST 

There will be 3 ways businesses can have their PST questions answered:

• One-on-one consultations with a ministry tax specialist - submit a request online.
• Calling with questions toll-free to 1-877-388-4440
• Emailing questions to CTBTaxQuestions@gov.bc.ca.

A new provincial sales tax notice, General Transitional Rules for the Re-Implementation of the Provincial Sales Tax, has also been issued. The transition rules describe how and when PST applies to transactions that straddle April 1, 2013 (the date we go back to the PST), and coincide with the federal transitional rules.

Registration for PST will start on Jan. 2, 2013.

All government notices can be accessed through the Chamber of Commerce at this link:

Transition back to the PST

Or see the new PST information site:

www.PSTinBC.ca

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SMALL BUSINESS BC  

10TH ANNUAL SUCCESSFUL YOU AWARDS

 

Nominations will take place between October 1, 2012 and November 30, 2012 

  

This province-wide contest recognizes and celebrates the important contributions of BC's entrepreneurs to their local communities and the wider global economy. Managed by Small Business BC, the contest is free to enter and open to all new and existing small businesses across B.C.

  

Our own Down to Earth Health Shop was the recipient of the Successful You - Best Green Business Award in 2010.

 

Nominate your business or another deserving business! 

For more information go to:  Successful You  

More info on what a nomination looks like - go to Nomination Information

  

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Fort Nelson's own Marl Brown was honoured at the 2012 Northern BC Tourism Annual Conference. Marl was awarded the coveted Walter Smith Visionary Award. On awarding Marl, Bruce Wishart stated: "Mr. Brown, we can't even begin to express our gratitude for your 40 years of effort to establish the Fort Nelson Heritage Museum, and to promote the astonishing heritage of the Alaska Highway. It would be impossible to find a more deserving recipient for the 2012 Walter Smith Visionary Award."

Marl Brown gratefully accepted the honour and humoured the crowd when musing whether the award, a hand-carved Haida bowl, would fit as a hub cap on his 1908 Buick - words of a true collector, and capturing the spirit and character of the man that we all know and love.

To read Bruce Wishart's full remarks click here 

Chamber Benefits                              

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Chambers Group Insurance:  Benefits include life, health, dental and travel care insurance, vision care, short and long-term disability, business overhead benefits and many others. Guarenteed renewable contract.  Click the icon below to request a quote.