In addition to buying up more ad space, Newspapers Canada is pushing Queen's Park to provide tax credits that would assist media companies making a digital shift. ...
Category: Taxes and Benefits
Ontario collected $739B in taxes over past decade: Budget office
The FAO’s latest commentary says that most of the cash was shovelled into operating expenses – a cost of $1 trillion over the past 10 fiscal years. ...
Liberals at odds with auditor general over $1.5-billion discrepancy in deficit
At issue is $10.7-billion worth of jointly sponsored pension assets. ...
AMO 2016: Premier pushes municipalities to go public with need for new taxes
“I don’t think that the general public has had the opportunity to have this conversation,” Wynne told reporters. “It’s not something that’s on their radar.” ...
Ontario’s public sector pensions to be pooled, handled by new corporation
The province is also accepting regulatory feedback on pooled retirement pension plans for businesses and the self-employed. ...
Paper pushes for more municipal tax powers as province ponders next move
The Ontario government has been reviewing the Municipal Act, including the tax powers currently wielded by the province’s cities and towns — and plenty of options are still on the table. ...
Thunder Bay, Lambton vie to test minimum income plan
While it’s early days yet, the Ministry of Community and Social Services confirmed it will be handling the implementation of the pilot project, in conjunction with the Treasury Board. ...
Seen: Ontario’s business tax burden second-highest among provinces
The Conference Board of Canada took a deep dive into provincial taxes and found Ontario’s business-tax burden is the second-highest in the country, after only Quebec. The report calculated the tax burden by including ...
Seen: Ontario’s business tax burden second-highest among provinces
The Conference Board of Canada took a deep dive into provincial taxes and found Ontario’s business-tax burden is the second-highest in the country, after only Quebec. The report calculated the tax burden by including ...
Budget 2016: New revenue measures include tax hikes on wine and cigarettes
A cigarette tax hike will come in at the stroke of midnight, and mark-ups on wine are being gradually raised over the next three years. ...