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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).
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.
Transfer payments are a collection of payments made by the Government of Canada to Canadian provinces and territories under the Federal–Provincial Arrangements Act. [1] Chief among these are the Canada Social Transfer, the Canada Health Transfer and equalization payments. The last of these can be spent however the receiving provinces see fit ...
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 ...
Taxation. Income taxes in Canada constitute the majority of the annual revenues of the Government of Canada, and of the governments of the Provinces of Canada. In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018, the federal government collected just over three times more revenue from personal income taxes than it did from corporate income taxes.
The federal government levies a value-added tax of 5%, called the Goods and Services Tax (GST), and, in five provinces, the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). The provinces of British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba levy a retail sales tax, and Quebec levies its own value-added tax, which is called the Quebec Sales Tax.
The RST was increased one point to 8% on July 1, 2013. It reverted to 7% as of July 1, 2019 and although it was planned to drop to 6% as of July 1, 2020 [3][4] due to the COVID-19 pandemic the province has deferred the reduction until further notice. [5] There is a 5% tax on lodging and 5% tax on hotel room fees.
Assuming a 40-hour workweek and 52 paid weeks per year, the annual gross employment income of an individual earning the minimum wage in Canada is between C$31,200 (in Alberta and Saskatchewan) and C$39,520 (in Nunavut). [4] The following table lists the hourly minimum wages for adult workers in each province and territory of Canada.