A firewood supplier in Hammonds Plains says the elimination of the home energy rebate will hurt his industry.

The proposal is part of a recent tax review report province is now considering to help balance the books.

Right now the rebate means there's only a five per cent tax on furnace oil, electricity or firewood.

But Brian Murray, who operates Blue Barn Farm and Excavating, doesn't believe that removing the tax from firewood will put more money in the government's coffers.

He thinks more business will go to the underground economy.

"It's going to have a major impact on the legitimate sellers of firewood and it will bring in more of the underground economy and probably give them less money," he says.

Murray's family business has supplied firewood to the Halifax area for a 100 years.

Diana Whalen, Nova Scotia's minister of finance, says getting rid of the rebate is just one of 42 recommendations that will be discussed at a series of public meetings.

"We're trying to get feedback on where they see us going, in terms of tax changes and shifts in our taxes, so it's not a done deal," she says.

Whalen says she is also concerned about the underground economy.

Murray says he plans raise his concerns about the firewood industry at next week's public session in Dartmouth.