New Fee Appears As Lesser of Evils; Disliked Surcharge Is Preferred to B&O
The Columbian › November 29, 2006
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A per-employee surcharge, once denounced by Vancouver companies, was welcomed Monday night as a preferable alternative to a business and occupation tax.
The city council already had decided the unpopular tax wouldn't take effect until 2010. But that did little to ease opposition, and the city all but abandoned its efforts to add a B&O tax Friday.See the full content of this document
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New Fee Appears As Lesser of Evils; Disliked Surcharge Is Preferred to B&O
On Monday, the council moved to enact a $50 per-employee surcharge to pay for road construction. It would raise less than one-fourth of the projected $10 million haul from a B&O tax.
The su...See the full content of this document
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