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Even though I make good money, and I get regular yearly increases it just seems that my after tax pay either receeds or stays the same.
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Alberta's provincial income tax rate has been the same for decades, federal income tax was reduced by the Chretien/Martin Liberals, and Harper's Conservatives cut the GST by 2%. I don't think it's possible for your after tax income to have been stagnant if you've been getting regular annual salary increases. Maybe your employer is charging more for your benefits?
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A flat tax has its benefits in theory because you don't need the bureaucracy that you do with the more complex tax systems
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Progressive tax systems aren't inherently complicated. The tax code only becomes bloated and complex when various governments over the years add all kinds of incentives and deductions because they want to encourage certain kinds of behaviour.