The Globe reports on efforts by the B.C. Government to obtain Costco records to find B.C residents who avoid sales taxes by shopping in Costco stores in Alberta.
The [B.C.] government wants the information to track down B.C. residents who have avoided paying the 7 per cent sales tax by travelling to Alberta to shop at Costco outlets.
Costco is fighting the demand and has filed court documents that claim it violates the B.C. and Alberta Personal Information Protection Acts.
Rick Thorpe, the B.C. Minister of Small Business and Revenue, called a news conference yesterday to announce that he has asked his deputy minister to “review this whole matter.”