Growth Oriented Sales Tax Reform for Ontario: Replacing the Retail Sales Tax with a 7.5 Percent Value-Added Tax

Peter Dungan, Jack Mintz, Finn Poschmann and Thomas Wilson
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Peter Dungan: University of Toronto
Finn Poschmann: C.D. Howe Institute
Thomas Wilson: Institute for Policy Analysis

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2008, issue 273

Abstract: Ontario should scrap its antiquated retail sales tax, and opt for a made-in-Ontario valued-added tax (VAT) that would improve fairness, encourage investment and wage growth, and reduce administrative costs for government and for business.

Keywords: fiscal policy; tax competitiveness; valued-added tax (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H25 H71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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