Local car dealers unhappy with PST change
Not surprisingly Prince Albert dealers aren’t happy with the end to the PST exemption on used vehicles over $5,000 as announced in this week’s Saskatchewan budget.
An an example, a previously owned vehicle valued at $17,000 is now subject to a $1,020 tax at the current six per cent rate.
“Why should the consumer have to reach into their pocket and give that much of their hard-earned cash back to the government?” Curtis Montpellier, the general manager at O’Brians Automotive told paNOW. “The tax has already been paid on that particular asset. I think it’s ridiculous.”
As well as labelling the move a “money-grab” Montpellier took issue with finance minister Donna Harpauer’s view that most people only change their vehicle every three years so should be able to handle the extra tax.