‘If you’re not angry about this you’re not paying attention’: Property tax breaks

The regional director of a taxpayer advocacy group is calling for a move to an arm’s-length process for deciding corporate property taxes.Kevin Lacey, the Atlantic Canada director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said the government is too involved with these negotiations.”I think we need an arm’s-length process,” said Lacey.Property tax concessions have cost N.B. nearly $380M over 40 years New Brunswick tax breaks: Who gets what Irving Oil’s tank farm and the tax break that keeps on giving”Something that’s similar to the auditor general or an arms-length review that would be independent of the government and the government would be forced to accept the recommendation.”

Source: ‘If you’re not angry about this you’re not paying attention’: Property tax breaks – New Brunswick – CBC News