Farm Fuel Tax in Al - Berta?

**rockpile** · Dec 11, 2014, 20:17

Sales tax. End of flat tax. Zero options.

**blackpowder** · Dec 11, 2014, 22:10

Sadly rock pile might be right.
To the farm fuel rebate. It's been my pet peeve for years, on road fuel anyway. Should have been gone years ago.
Both are political sacred cows though.

**grassfarmer** · Dec 11, 2014, 22:40

I agree with you on that one blackpowder. Subsidizing hockey moms to drive their kids to hockey tournaments all over the country in SUVs using farm fuel. Total abuse of the system.

Prentice ruled out a sales tax yesterday I believe.

**farmaholic** · Dec 11, 2014, 22:54

Wow, Alberta's personal rate is cheaper than Sask's corporate rate.

Does that mean there are few corporate(private) farms in Alberta. Am I missing something?

**Oliver88** · Dec 11, 2014, 23:04

Sask has plans to match Alberta's corporate tax rate AFTER Sask is debt free. (A few years away)
Alberta is 3% lower currently as far as I know.

**BTO_farmalll** · Dec 11, 2014, 23:39

Looks Like Yall in Alberta Shoulda Been Savin fer a Rainy Day!!!!!!!!!

**wilagro** · Dec 11, 2014, 23:41

Farm fuel at reduced cost is a GOD-GIVEN right for us farmers. Take it away and rural support for the !@#$% Progressive CONservatives will vanish.

**sumdumguy** · Dec 12, 2014, 04:01

Wow, what a great place to live! I never knew you guys had it so good. What about your land taxes? I heard a few years back that they were less than half of Sask? What the "h" am I doing here?

**wmoebis** · Dec 12, 2014, 07:20

I phoned the Sask gov't farm fuel tax exemption guys a couple years ago and gave him a real good listing to.

He informed me in a very stern manor that they were looking at removing the tax exemption for farm fuel. His reason was that farmers are wrecking the roads hauling grain with semi's and heavy/oversize farm equipment on public roads.

Just watch the highways and see how many grain trucks there are and how many are farm plated. That is a lot of revenue for gov'ts and lost revenue for custom truckers who complain about it being unfair.

My bet is farm plates and farm fuel tax exemption will be gone everywhere and don't be surprised if pilot cars and over width permits will be needed whenever moving equipment etc on public roads. IMHO

Farm Fuel Tax in Al - Berta?