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Federal and Provincial Tax Reforms: Let's Get Back on Track

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  • Duanjie Chen

    (University of Toronto)

  • Jack Mintz

    (University of Toronto)

  • Andrey Tarasov

    (University of Toronto)

Abstract

Provinces increasingly target favoured business sectors or activities for special tax treatment. Getting back on track to broad-based tax relief would make Canadians better off, without starving governments for tax revenue.

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  • Duanjie Chen & Jack Mintz & Andrey Tarasov, 2007. "Federal and Provincial Tax Reforms: Let's Get Back on Track," C.D. Howe Institute Backgrounder, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 102, July.
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    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation

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