The Vancouver Sun cited a study by UBC economist Kevin Milligan for an op-ed on the Provincial Sales Tax.
In his study commissioned by the Business Council of B.C., Milligan offered several alternatives for government consideration: replace the PST with other revenue sources like the carbon tax, improve the PST by exempting business inputs and expanding it to cover more services, or replace the PST with a new B.C.-VAT, an alternative form of value-added tax.
