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Le piège de la pauvreté
The current taxation system and its harmful effect on the incentive to work.
7-minute read
«Faire payer les riches» est inefficace – La politique fiscale québécoise consistant à «faire payer les riches» n’aboutit qu’à augmenter le fardeau de la classe moyenne
The positive economic impact of a reduction in personal income tax.
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Les impôts et l’économie
The positive economic impact of a reduction in personal income tax.
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Soaking ‘les riches’
Publication of a Research Paper on the expected economic impact of a reduction in personal income tax.
3-minute read
Vers une baisse générale des impôts
Publication of a Research Paper on the expected economic impact of a reduction in personal income tax.
1-minute read
Les bienfaits économiques d’une réduction de l’impôt sur le revenu
Quebecers are the most heavily taxed citizens in North America. The top marginal personal tax rate is higher than in any other province, and hits the Quebec taxpayer beginning at the relatively low income of $53 405. In fact, the top marginal rate is reached faster in Quebec than in any of the G-7 countries. The promised reduction could correct this situation by reducing marginal rates by one third. The time is right to implement a real tax reform in Quebec.
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Forum: Québec doit-il baisser les impôts quelles qu’en soient les conséquence? Oui, le milliard promis par Jean Charest n’a rien d’exagéré
Tax reductions and their effects on the economy.
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Les effets pervers des taxes
The tax and regulatory burden in Quebec.
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Quebec’s burdens – Each year, Quebecers must learn the contents of about 11,000 new pages of legislative and regulatory texts. Then taxes take almost 45% of GDP
The MEI launches a study on the tax and regulatory burden people in Quebec are forced to bear.
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Quebec’s Tax and Regulatory Burden
In his inaugural address opening Quebec’s 37th legislature, newly elected Premier Jean Charest stated that taxes must be lowered not just for the pleasure of it but “because it is necessary, because our tax load is an obstacle to our development.” What exactly is the current situation? What is the weight of this tax and regulatory burden that people in Quebec are forced to bear?