A PST exemption for the sale of used light vehicles was scrapped in yesterday's provincial budget.

Meanwhile, private sales under $5,000 and transfers in the immediate family will remain tax free.

Vic Gauvin is the general manager of a Swift Current dealership and likes that the PST didn't rise.

"I prefer to look at the positive on things," he said. "Nobody looks forward to new taxes, but there's always some positives in everything, and that being for starters that the PST is remaining at six per cent."

Gauvin figures they'll likely have more trade ins, as there will only be PST on the difference in price when someone trades in a used vehicle.

He wasn't a fan of the PST exemption remaining for private sales under $5,000.

"As far as that $5,000 private-sale exemption, I think most dealerships would agree with me that it doesn't seem fair."

Swift Current MLA Everett Hindley said getting rid of the exemption is a move that's good for the health of the economy.

"We think that this tax treatment on light vehicles strikes the right balance, it shifts the revenue base to the consumption tax while not shocking the economy."

Hindley said consumption tax is a move toward reducing a reliance on the resource sectors, which he called "volatile."