Taxing Seasonal Trailer Park Owners

[Matches]

I apologize for bringing up another news article, but I believe this one will be of interest and effect alot of people. Taxes will be assessed on seasonal trailers like other permanent structures starting in 2003,(Ontario). If the resort owner is already paying real estate taxes and taxes on any profit from running a business, how can they tax a seasonal trailer paying rent? Isn't this double taxation??? Am I missing something??
Here is a link to the article.
http://www.bowesnet.com/dailyminer/HTML%20files/newsfront.html

[Trailerguy]

[font color=green size=3][b]Any trailer park would be paying real estate and income tax on their operation. But many places also tax the trailers, here in Iowa I beleive they have to buy a plate at the courthouse just like a car plate, even when they set in a trailer court year round. Real estate (property) taxes here are based on size and value of structures on the property, as well as value of the bare land. I think this is aimed at discouraging low rent operations and encouraging more money to be spent in Ontario, which means more taxes in general.

[Wawajake]

This does not seem that bad an idea. Ideally the extra tax should used to help the monitoring and clean up of lakes impacted by the stress of having numerous families on a small land mass and all the grey water and other accidental pollution of the waterfront. But even if the MNR would get some more funds from general revenue it would help.
It further provides some teeth for the Government to slow the growth of seasonal campers or at least have it pay for some of the impacts.

jake

[bigfish1965]

There is no allowance in the municipal act for extra property taxes on such places thats why this came to be. There is limits and I believe it applies only to trailers more than 30ft or with permanent additions.

[Superdad]

I thought from what I read in the Toronto Sun, that any taxes would apply to trailers over 3 meters wide. In my mind that would aimed at Mobile Homes.


David Delcloo aka Superdad