alberta tax system

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Both Saskatchewan and British Columbia now have lower corporate tax rates than Alberta.


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In 2015, the Notley government scrapped the single-rate personal income tax.


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Alberta now has the 16th highest top personal income tax rate in North America.


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In 2016, the average Alberta family will pay a total of $47,752 in total taxes.

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The Alberta government recently abandoned the province’s single 10 per cent tax rate on personal income in favour of a five-bracket system with a top rate of 15 per cent—a move that will reduce Alberta’s competitiveness and cause undue harm on an already struggling economy.


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After governments abandon fiscal prudence, they will soon search for any and all ways to tax people more. This is the reality playing out in Alberta where Premier Jim Prentice has floated multiple tax increase trial balloons.