Sales Tax Reform in Ontario: The time is Right

Finn Poschmann
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Finn Poschmann: C.D. Howe Institute

No 75, e-briefs from C.D. Howe Institute

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: sales tax; VAT; consumer prices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H71 R51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 5 pages
Date: 2009-03
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Published on the C.D. Howe Institute website, March 2009

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