It’s Beautiful in BC
What’s not to love about British Columbia’with her majestic mountains, stunning coastline, remote islands and beautiful parks?
Next in line to natural beauty is a host of practical reasons why BC is such a great place for families to live.
For starters, BC offers tax credits for kids programs. New tax credits are helping BC’s children live healthy and creative lives by encouraging participation in arts and sports. BC families can now claim up to $500 per child, per year in eligible expenses for sports and arts programs outside the school system.
Speaking of taxes, BC has the lowest personal tax in the country. Since 2001, most of us have benefited from a significant decrease in provincial income taxes. You may not have noticed these reductions because most people have their income taxes deducted automatically from their pay cheques, but those tax reductions put more money in your pocket at the end of the year.
Most young families want to buy a new home. That’s why BC offers a first-time home buyer bonus. If you’re a first-time home buyer in the market for a newly-built home, you can now get up to $10,000 back from the BC government.
And there is more’like the Seniors’ home renovation tax credit, which parents who are now caring for their own parents should know about, and for moms starting a business, the small business tax credit can be a huge help too.
In BC, we’re clearing the path for jobs, getting goods and services to market and encouraging people to grow jobs at home.
BC is a great place to be.
