Winnipeg Free Press
Tories make good on promises to eliminate probate fees, reduce payroll tax burden; critics decry revenue loss By: Carol Sanders | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020
The province s elimination of death taxes this year is being both praised and panned by politicians and lawyers.
The province s elimination of death taxes this year is being both praised and panned by politicians and lawyers.
On Nov. 6, the budget implementation bill that contained several changes to legislation including the elimination of probate fees was proclaimed by the legislature.
The revenue generated from law fees and probate charges was more than $9 million a year, according to information provided by the province.
possibilities of how to recover whatever your state has to do to protect its citizens, protect the fisheries and protect the land. the question is: you have been quoted as saying not so fast. let s hold off and wait. tell us why. i haven t said let s hold off and wait. i have said let s approach this not with class action lawsuits and plaintiff law fees coming first. let s put the people first. look, this is not a race to the courthouse. this is a three-legged race. all of the attorneys general from the gulf coast are bound together. all of our futures are bound together. all of our fortunes are bound together. we need a coordinated response. i am very, very proud of my fellow attorneys general from the gulf coast. all of whom have reachanged their schedules on short notice to come to a historic first-time ever gathering of the southern gulf coast attorneys general to meet a crisis head-on.