The federal government raised the top income tax rate from 29 per cent to 33 per cent.
income tax rates
The top 10 per cent earned 29.1 per cent of all income but paid 35.8 per cent of the total tax burden.
Between 45 to 50 per cent of all federal revenue comes from the personal income tax.
The bottom 20 per cent of income-earning families pay 0.7 per cent of all federal and provincial personal income taxes.
Sweden has comparatively high payroll tax rates at 31.4 per cent.
The top 20 per cent of income-earning households paid 61.4 per cent of the country’s personal income taxes in 2022.
Lower income tax rates incentivize people to work, save, invest and engage in entrepreneurial activities.
At 53.53 per cent, the province has the third-highest top personal income tax rate in Canada and the United States.
Tax reductions increase the expected net income from entrepreneurial innovation.