Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a written question to address to Mr. Handley, Minister of Finance. Please provide the following information:
- The total amount of potential revenue projected annually by the proposed hotel tax;
- The total number of bed spaces used in calculating the projected hotel tax revenue along with the number of operators who would be required to submit the taxes to the government as well as the community breakdown of the location of the operators and the bed spaces;
- The average or/and range of the price of the room at retail, used in calculating the projected hotel tax revenue;
- The total amount of the cost that will be involved in administrating the hotel tax, including, but not limited to, the salary and benefits for any PY used, the cost of instituting and administrating any information collection and computer systems, cost of office space and other incidental expenses, and cost of enforcement;
- The total amount of revenue raised by the Government of the NWT by way of payroll tax, not hotel tax, for the last three fiscal years;
- The total amount of the cost involved in administrating the payroll tax, including, but not limited to, the salary and benefits for any PY used, cost of instituting and administrating any information collection and computer systems, cost of office space and other incidental expenses and cost of enforcement;
- The total number of employees from whom the payroll tax was collected in the last three fiscal years; and
- The total number of employers through whom the payroll tax was collected in the last three fiscal years.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.