Received an official update on the HST/GST issue

关于HST/GST的最新官方反馈

UPDATE! Just announced in the Federal budget, the GST is being removed from professional acupuncture services, effective Feb 12, 2014. That means our small businesses will no longer have to carry the burden and expense of collecting tax (except, of course, where PST still applies to some products). It is a victory for the coalition of colleges from the five Canadian provinces to license acupuncture who have been working hard on the tax issue – Congratulations on a tough job well done.

最新消息：

刚刚在联邦预算中宣布，将免除针灸专业服务的消费税，2014年2月12日生效。这意味着我们的小企业将不再需要负担消费税（当然，这里的PST仍然适用于部分产品）。这是加拿大五省联盟在税收上取得的重大成功。这项艰巨的任务以圆满完成，我们在此祝贺。

Recently, ATCMA President Fei Che, and PR chair Beverly Osachoff met with John Lee, a key member of the coalition team, and Karin Wells, the producer of CBC Radio’s Sunday Edition show. The tax issue was one of a few important topics we had the pleasure to discuss at length.

近日，ATCMA会长车飞和公共关系会主席Beverly Osachoff会见了联盟小组的重要成员李永洲先生，和CBC广播电台的周日版节目的制片人Karin Wells。税务问题是我们谈到重要的议题之一。

It appears the legislative changes required to remove barriers to fair access to health insurance coverage for acupuncture may also gain some momentum from this. The Federal Government has acknowledged that our industry, having met the threshold of being licensed in five provinces, is entitled to some changes in status. We couldn’t agree more. Stay tuned for more to come.

税法上的这次重要改变也可能会推进针灸被公平纳入其他医疗保险计划。联邦政府承认，我们的行业已符合在五个省合法执业的门槛，也有权利争取有利于行业发展的改变。我们完全同意。敬请期待更多的惊喜。