Taxes and tax cuts

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This report reviews the Liberal government’s 2009 New Brunswick income tax reform. On the personal income tax side, the main change was the compression of the four-rate schedule into a two-rate system: 9% for taxable income up to $37,892 and 12% for taxable income above this level. On the business side, in addition to the reduction in the general corporate income tax rate from 13% to 8%, it offered a range of incentives to businesses.
The government’s tax reform package is based on the belief that income tax cuts have the power to provide a strong stimulus to the provincial economy, and thus are considered self-financing. “Not only is there little to no empirical evidence to support this belief and key objective of the tax reform package, there is significant evidence to counter this contention and other claims about the impact of these tax reforms,” says the authors of a report being released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia.
Lorsque vous entendez le mot « impôts », ça vous fait penser à quoi ? Aux hôpitaux où vous pouvez vous rendre au milieu de la nuit si vos enfants tombent malades ou si vous l’êtes vous-même? Aux 10 000 $ que coûterait un accouchement si vous viviez aux États-Unis savoir avoir d’assurance-maladie ? Au système d’éducation qui permet même aux enfants de familles pauvres de devenir médecins, enseignants ou ingénieurs ?
On November 18, 2010 CCPA celebrated its 30th anniversary with a conference entitled Advancing Democracy and Social Justice in Canada: The Next 30 Years. Click on the speakers below to watch their talk. Session One: The Erosion of Democracy and Equality in Canada: What to Do
When you think about taxes, do you think about the $10,000 having a baby could cost if you lived in the U.S. and didn't have health insurance? Do you think about an education system that allows even the children of poor families to become doctors, teachers, or engineers? Government inspectors who make sure highway overpasses are repaired before they fall down, that meat packing plants don't poison their customers, that a city's water is safe to drink? Read more about what our taxes buy us in this new primer.  
What do Canadian corporations do with their profits? It’s an important question, since it’s fair to assume that most workers want to see at least some benefit from the billions of dollars in wealth that they sweat to produce. Most working people likely believe that corporations and their managers and shareholders deserve a fair return on their investments and expertise. But they also want reasonable benefits for their country, their communities, their families, and themselves.
The media report that the Canadian Taxpayers Foundation (CTF) wants to open up shop in Atlantic Canada. Is this a good thing for our region?
Paul Martin was Canada's Minister of Finance from 1993 to 2003, and then served a short term as Prime Minister. He spoke on Canada’s  debt reduction strategy in the 1990s to a recent Public Services Summit organized by the Guardian newspaper in the UK, and Canadian newspapers report that he is being tapped by the Europeans for advice on fiscal matters.
Last week, the Fraser Institute released its Consumer Tax Index report, which claims to show that the average Canadian family's tax bill has increased by a whopping 1,624 per cent since 1961. There are a lot of things wrong with the Fraser Institute's math. Here are just a few of them. To begin with, the numbers should have been adjusted for inflation, something the Fraser Institute did not do.
This article originally appeared on http://www.policynote.ca, the CCPA's blog on BC public policy issues. Yesterday, the Fraser Institute released their Consumer Tax Index report, which claims to show that the average Canadian family’s tax bill has increased by a whopping 1,624% since 1961. There are a lot of things wrong with Fraser Institute’s math. Here are just a few of them.