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I am very curious because I hear Americans complain about tax rates all the time especially those from California, but when I compare it to Canada it seems even those in California pay much less when compared to us. Quebec is also the most taxed place in North America. I find this rather odd since U.S. states are responsible for much more than Canadian provinces but collect less tax and there is no such thing as equalization payments in the U.S.. We also have much higher sales taxes with all provinces except Alberta having 10% or higher sales tax rate, Quebec has the highest at 14.975%. I would also like to let you know our public services like education and healthcare are of all high quality in every province with little discrepancy. Here is a calculator. Alberta is our lowest tax province (most of the time) with it's flat 10% tax and Quebec is the highest.
Note: These are solely income tax, no Pension Plan deductions or EI payments included.
Pension Plan?? We get a pyramid scheme known as Social Security.
Yes the Canada Pension Plan is basically like U.S. Social Security but the government can't use the money.
Smart!
We here in Texas have a 8.25% sales taxes (for local, county and state together), no state income tax and low business taxes.
It's helped us through the rough economy and lured business here.
To my understanding you also don't have many services to pay for either.
Such as?
We get higher levels of corruption and more potholes for our extra taxes. these things cost money!
Texas doesn't have a very great public education system and universal healthcare along with providing much more public infrastructure and housing than Texas. The provinces also have safety nets and other social services.
Try driving around Montreal
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Municipalities typically deal with those and Montreal and Toronto are rather busy dealing with crack allegations and corruption. We do not have the most confident municipal governments.
We pay for our public schools through property taxes within the individual school systems along with a per student federal inclusion.
Here's our budget so you can see where the money goes:
Expenditure History by Function 1978-2011
Montreal has always had pothole problems, come to think of it they have always had corruption problems to (on a grand scale can anyone say the big O) its just ATM there is a little circus going on where people are talking about the corruption and pretending that they are going to do something about it
I am very curious because I hear Americans complain about tax rates all the time especially those from California, but when I compare it to Canada it seems even those in California pay much less when compared to us. Quebec is also the most taxed place in North America. I find this rather odd since U.S. states are responsible for much more than Canadian provinces but collect less tax and there is no such thing as equalization payments in the U.S.. We also have much higher sales taxes with all provinces except Alberta having 10% or higher sales tax rate, Quebec has the highest at 14.975%. I would also like to let you know our public services like education and healthcare are of all high quality in every province with little discrepancy. Here is a calculator. Alberta is our lowest tax province (most of the time) with it's flat 10% tax and Quebec is the highest.
Note: These are solely income tax, no Pension Plan deductions or EI payments included.
Your view of "high quality" in health care is not consistent with the reality of many in your country; it is YOUR VIEW and not that of everyone. Again your view of the public education system is not shared either by everyone. So when you pass along "your view" remember its not everyone elses view. You shared your experience and belief but I have friends and family in Canada that call your health care system a fraud and scam, people come to America so they don't have to wait for services. Also there are students in Canada trying hard to get to American universities because the Canadian one's are not to their liking or they don't have the curriculum or quality of professors - that part I don't know - but what I do know is "YOUR VIEW" and the reality are not the same for many, many people in Canada.
I am very curious because I hear Americans complain about tax rates all the time especially those from California, but when I compare it to Canada it seems even those in California pay much less when compared to us. Quebec is also the most taxed place in North America. I find this rather odd since U.S. states are responsible for much more than Canadian provinces but collect less tax and there is no such thing as equalization payments in the U.S.. We also have much higher sales taxes with all provinces except Alberta having 10% or higher sales tax rate, Quebec has the highest at 14.975%. I would also like to let you know our public services like education and healthcare are of all high quality in every province with little discrepancy. Here is a calculator. Alberta is our lowest tax province (most of the time) with it's flat 10% tax and Quebec is the highest.
Note: These are solely income tax, no Pension Plan deductions or EI payments included.
We here in Texas have a 8.25% sales taxes (for local, county and state together), no state income tax and low business taxes.
It's helped us through the rough economy and lured business here.
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