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'Wall of taxation' keeping businesses small, study says - 0 views

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taxation business growth

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  • Small business tax incentives are keeping businesses in Canada small, hindering business efficiency and disproportionately benefiting the wealthy
  • Canada has a special small business deduction that allows companies with less than $500,000 in revenue to be taxed at a rate of 11%, less than the standard 16.5% corporate rate.
  • only 12% of small businesses grew from having less than five employees to 5-19 employees, and only 1% grew to having more than 20 employees from 1985 to 1992
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  • the small business tax rate has led to an abundance of small businesses in Canada that have no intention to grow
  • Ilia Merkoulovitch on 02 Jun 11
     
    Incentives on taxes for small businesses keeps them small and benefits the wealthy disproportionately. Companies with less than $500,000 in revenue are only taxed at 11%, instead of 16.5%, the standard rate.
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UDPATE: Canada Budget Watchdog Sees Deficit Through Fiscal 2016 - WSJ.com - 0 views

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Economic growth defecit debt election

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  • Ilia Merkoulovitch on 01 Jun 11
     
    Odds are very slim for the Canadian government to balance the budget by 2015. Though growth is projected at 2.9% for 2011, it is projected lower around 2% for 2012 and 2013
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Government can't balance books by 2014: watchdog - thestar.com - 1 views

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Defecit debt economic growth

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  • The Conservatives, who are running a $30-billion deficit this year, said in the March 22 budget that they could erase the deficit by 2015.
  • The likelihood of realizing budgetary balance or better in 2014-15 is approximately 20 per cent and approximately 35 per cent in 2015-16
  • The parliamentary budget office forecasts annual budget deficits between now and 2015 totalling $128 billion
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  • Unemployment, now at 7.6 per cent, will remain considerably higher between now and 2015
  • Sluggish U.S. growth combined with the Canadian dollar remaining above parity will subdue near-term growth in the Canadian economy and restrain the decline in the unemployment rate.”
  • Ilia Merkoulovitch on 01 Jun 11
     
    Government won't be able to get rid of deficit by 2015 as planned
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