Within budgetary revenues, personal income tax revenues declined by $ 1.2 billion (0.8 %), largely reflecting the impact of tax planning by high - income individuals, which recognized tax liabilities in the 2015 taxation year before the new 33 per
cent tax rate came into effect in 2016.
Not exact matches
The change would be eliminating the dividend refund that
comes later, which could bump the effective
tax rate on passive income, in cases of high income earners, to the 70 - per -
cent - plus level Poilievre talks about.
In contrast, the Trump proposal creates sheltering opportunities by reducing to 15 per
cent the
tax rate on any income that can be characterised as
coming from an incorporated entity.
One rare exception to this flurry of higher
tax activity
came in 2016, when the federal government dropped the
rate for one middle income bracket, to 20.5 per
cent from 22 per
cent.
One success story
came in Waukegan, where the Park District passed a proposal allowing it to upgrade existing facilities and expand recreational programs by increasing its
tax rate by 25
cents per $ 100 of equalized assessed valuation.
The financial fate of the Addison Park District is in the hands of the voters, and park district officials are hoping they will be generous when it
comes to approving a 12 -
cent increase in the
tax rate.
Paying off the interest and principal from the borrowing would
come from a 10 -
cent increase in the state's gas
tax, half of a percent increase in the income
tax rate for those who earn between $ 500,000 and $ 2 million and a $ 60 million contribution from New York City in the first year, with an extra $ 60 million added every year to the fifth year, capped at $ 300 million.
One important moment
came in last year's pre-Budget report, when Darling announced a plan to bring in a new 45 per
cent rate of income
tax on earnings above # 150,000 a year in 2011.