Higher income taxes create disincentives for hard work and entrepreneurship, two important drivers of growth.
alberta taxes
December 21, 2016
9:39AM
Province’s unemployment rate has hit nine per cent.
December 15, 2016
9:58AM
The province increased its top personal income tax rate by 50 per cent.
December 7, 2016
9:31AM
Alberta dropped from 14th in 2014 to 43rd this year—below British Columbia for the first time.
November 22, 2016
1:39PM
Alberta ran seven deficits in the past eight fiscal years when oil prices averaged $88 per barrel.
October 14, 2016
9:05AM
On personal income taxes, Albertans have been hit twice in recent months by provincial and federal tax hikes.
August 10, 2016
3:16PM
The NDP government has unwittingly told would-be investors and entrepreneurs that their efforts and talents are better deployed elsewhere.
July 22, 2016
7:15AM
Well-designed consumption taxes, of which sales taxes are one type, are much less damaging.
June 9, 2016
11:35AM
In 2016, the average Alberta family will pay a total of $47,752 in total taxes.