Pricey property owners pocketed big bucks from tax cuts promised to help low-income and working class
Largest cheque for Winnipeg home or condo was more than $6K, smallest was $8
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This article was published 12/05/2022 (1253 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Manitoba’s new education tax rebate was touted as a way to bring relief to working people, seniors and lower-income families, but a CBC analysis found that owners of Winnipeg’s most expensive properties reaped the most benefit to the tune of millions in rebates.
The Progressive Conservative government’s plan to reform school financing put a 25 per cent education tax rebate cheque into every homeowner’s pocket last year, but the dollar amounts of those cheques for single dwellings and condominiums varied widely — from $8 for a tiny condo in Winnipeg’s St. John’s neighbourhood to $6,023 for a Tuxedo property — according to data obtained through access to information.
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