Business Tax Burdens in Canada's Major Cities: The 2015 Report Card
Posted: 24 Nov 2015
Date Written: November 24, 2015
Abstract
Saint John, Charlottetown, and Montreal have the highest tax burdens on new business investment amongst major Canadian cities, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Business Tax Burdens in Canada’s Major Cities: The 2015 Report Card,” authors Adam Found, Peter Tomlinson and Benjamin Dachis conduct the latest edition of their Business Tax Burden Ranking, that includes business property taxes and land transfer taxes in measuring the tax bite that can drive away or attract new business investment.
Keywords: Public Investments, Infrastructure
JEL Classification: H25, H71
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Dachis, Benjamin and Tomlinson, Peter and Found, Adam, Business Tax Burdens in Canada's Major Cities: The 2015 Report Card (November 24, 2015). C.D. Howe Institute eBrief 221, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2695183 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2695183
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