IN WEST VAN

money later in the year with
which to pay them.
- Municipal staff told her

BAFFLED by bureaucracy, » “about. the - provincial
“West Vancouver - council © “government's tax deferral .

voted Tuesday .to: try. to program whereby. a property
waive the tax penalty for an ~ owner who is 65:or over.can
eight-four.:year old woman _ defer tax payment, and pay
who was .refused the the money at any ‘time
provincial government’ s tax without suffering a penalty.
deferral because she

promised to pay her taxes Staff then helped her: to fill
quickly. "> out the application and sent

4t-to-the

A hs
sss

According to a memo __ in Victoria for her.’
from Collector Len Or- But the Surveyor of Taxes

miston; the West Van- denied the- tax deferral

‘couver. homeowner (who because the homeowner
‘asked not to. be named) went . Wanted to pay the tax money
to the:tax: office last July ‘5 - 45SOonas possible. -

, didn’ t have _

A3 - Sunday, October 17, 1982 - North Shore News

SMOULDERING |e gar-
bage disposal truck at
12th and St. George's in
North Van being hosed
down last Wednesday
by a City firefighter.
The track broke down
and, while it” was
Stationary, the contents
heated up. The truck
was later driven to the
Premier Street landfill
where firefighters ex-
tinguished the fire.

A letter from the finance
office stated “It is not the
intention of the Land Tax
Deferment Act to accept an
application to defer only to

avoid penalty because a
_taxpayer does not have
. sufficient monies to pay

them when the taxes become

due, only to cancel them.

shortly after.”

“The intention is to

alleviate the burden of t taxes

Lic 21 time © ai

-or until the property is ‘to be

sold.”
The letter ended by

‘refusing the deferral because
_ of thie high cost of processing

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