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British Columbia's general corporate income tax rate is 12%. When combined with the federal rate, B.C. businesses pay a general corporate income tax rate of 27%. B.C. has the lowest provincial personal income taxes in Canada for single individuals earning up to $125,000 (CAD). The sales tax rate for purchased retail goods in B.C. is 7% (PST).
The Income Tax Act, Part I, subparagraph 2 (1), states: "An income tax shall be paid, as required by this Act, on the taxable income for each taxation year of every person resident in Canada at any time in the year." After the calendar year, Canadian residents file a T1 Tax and Benefit Return [ 5] for individuals.
A table listing total GDP (expenditure-based), share of Canadian GDP, population, and per capita GDP in 2022. For illustrative purposes, market income (total income less government transfers) [1] per capita from tax returns is included. (The per capita, rather than per tax filer, measure is chosen for comparability with GDP per capita.)
The federal government levies a value-added taxof 5%, called the Goods and Services Tax(GST), and, in five provinces, the Harmonized Sales Tax(HST). The provinces of British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitobalevy a retail sales tax, and Quebeclevies its own value-added tax, which is called the Quebec Sales Tax.
The former British Columbia Provincial Sales Tax (BC PST) was introduced on 1 July 1948 as part of the Social Service Tax Act. [1] It was initially set at 3%, [2] but later rose to 7%. The PST was collected on most goods and some services. The main difference between the national Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the BC PST was its taxable base ...
Prince Edward Island switched to a HST on April 1, 2013, the same date that British Columbia reverted to a separate GST/PST after their adoption of a HST in 2010 was rejected in a referendum. [1] Goods to which the tax is applied vary by province, as does the rate.
British Columbia also provided a one-time transition payment of $175 to low and modest income seniors as well as $175 for each child under 18 to every family with children. [20] British Columbia’s low income credit was mailed out to 1.1 million British Columbians every three months and amounted to up to $230 annually per individual.
Median Income, Households 2020 [5] Median Income, Census Families 2020 [6] Median Income, Economic Families and Persons not in an Economic Family 2021 [7] Median Income, Economic Families 2021 [8] Wood Buffalo: 182000 175450 Oshawa: 102000 106460 Calgary: 100000 109520 88100 128800 Ottawa-Gatineau: 98000 117820 91500 127200 Guelph: 97000 109020 ...