Putting an end to Ontario’s archaic retail sales tax and adopting a value-added tax like the GST would sharply lower the effective tax rate on new business investment and offer the province a much-needed economic boost.
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Length: 5 pages Date of creation: Mar 2009 Date of revision: Publication status: Published on the C.D. Howe Institute website, March 2009 Handle: RePEc:cdh:ebrief:75
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