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Old 10-27-2015, 04:01 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by peter12 View Post
Well, we had to join the other provinces sometime. It absolutely blows my mind that a provincial sales tax is basically dynamite. The province stands to gain $1B revenue for every 1% increase. Obviously there are substantial diminishing returns, but come on...
I'd like a sales tax too, however if Alberta was to implement it I would expect to see a reduction in income tax for the lower tax brackets. The nice thing about a sales tax is that it's a consumption tax allowing us to get tax revenue from both visitors and residents instead of just residents.
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