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v. t. e. In Canada, the federal government makes equalization payments to provincial governments of lesser fiscal capacity so that "reasonably comparable" levels of public services can be provided at similar levels of taxation. [1] Equalization payments are entrenched in the Constitution Act of 1982, subsection 36 (2).
In 1996, three of the four Atlantic provinces—New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia—entered into an agreement with the Government of Canada to implement what was initially termed the "blended sales tax" (renamed to "harmonized sales tax") which would combine the 7% federal GST with the provincial sales taxes of those provinces; as part of this project, the PST portion ...
The Income Tax Act, Part I, subparagraph 2 (1), states: "An income tax shall be paid, as required by this Act, on the taxable income for each taxation year of every person resident in Canada at any time in the year." After the calendar year, Canadian residents file a T1 Tax and Benefit Return [ 5] for individuals.
On July 1, 2006, the Government of Canada reduced the tax by 1 percentage point (to 6%). [ 10 ] [ 11 ] They again lowered it to 5%, effective January 1, 2008. [ 12 ] This reduction was included in the Final 2007 Budget Implementation Bill (Bill C-28), [ 13 ] which received Royal Assent on December 14, 2007.
This is a list of countries by public sector size, calculated as the number of public sectoremployees as a percentage of the total workforce. Information is based mainly on data from the OECD[1][2][3]and the ILO.[4] If a source has figures for more than one year, only the most recent figure is used (with notes for exceptional circumstances).
Tax revenues. The Government of Canada collects about $5 billion per year in excise taxes on gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel [21] as well as approximately $1.6 billion per year from GST revenues on gasoline and diesel (net of input tax credits). The Canada Revenue Agency, a part of the government, collects these taxes.
Canadian public debt, or general government debt, is the liabilities of the government sector. [1] : 23 Government gross debt consists of liabilities that are a financial claim that requires payment of interest and/or principal in future. [2] : 207 They consist mainly of Treasury bonds, but also include public service employee pension liabilities.
In the US, withholding by employers of tax on wages is required by the federal, most state, and some local governments. Taxes withheld include federal income tax, [3] Social Security and Medicare taxes, [4] state income tax, and certain other levies by a few states. Income tax withheld on wages is based on the amount of wages less an amount for ...