The higher revenues primarily reflect
higher employment insurance premium revenues in the short term and increased personal income tax revenues in the last two years of the forecast period.
Not exact matches
About half of the year - over-year increase in budgetary revenues was attributable to
higher personal income taxes, Goods and Services (GST) revenues and
employment insurance (EI)
premiums.
Among the major revenue components, personal income taxes increased by $ 5.8 billion (primarily reflecting a 4.8 % increase in wages and salaries coupled with a progressive tax system), corporate income taxes were up $ 1.7 billion (corporate profits were up 15 % but the general tax rate declined from 18 % in 2010 to 16.5 % in 2011) and
employment insurance (EI)
premiums rose by $ 1.1 billion (both the EI rate and insurable earnings subject to the rate were
higher).
However, as these
higher expenses are financed by employee - employer
premium rates,
employment insurance premiums are
higher than in the March 2011 Budget, especially in 2015 - 16.
Of the $ 3.2 billion year - over-year improvement, budgetary revenues were up by $ 3.9 billion, primarily due to
higher personal income tax revenues (up $ 3.4 billion, reflecting increases in
employment and average wages) and
employment insurance premiums (up $ 1.6 billion reflecting
higher premium rates and an increase in maximum insurable earnings).
Second, even the small amount in the «cookie jar» would not exist if the Finance Department had not continued to use
higher - than - required
employment insurance premiums to help generate the budgetary surpluses in 2015 - 16 and 2016 - 17.
The deterioration in the deficit primarily resulted from lower corporate income tax revenues, down 16.3 % (in part reflecting
higher refunds), lower GST revenues, down 7.6 %, lower
employment insurance premiums, down 12.5 % (reflecting a decline in EI rates effective January 2017), and
higher other transfers and subsidies, up 38.0 % (reflecting the timing of payments related to recent budget proposals).
Your credit score affects your life significantly - an excellent credit score can open many doors (better chance of getting loans, a good job, renting a house or paying less for
insurance), and a poor credit score can hinder your possibilities of
employment or make you pay
higher insurance premiums or
higher interest rates on your credit cards.
Commencing in 2017, the government will implement the seven - year break - even
Employment Insurance premium rate - setting mechanism, which will ensure that EI
premiums are no
higher than needed to pay for the EI program over time.
Furthermore, incurring points from traffic violations can result in
higher car
insurance premiums and fewer driving
employment opportunities for residents of New Mexico.
Mistakes on your driving record can lead to
higher insurance premiums and may even impact your
employment.
Also, upon termination of
employment, the employee usually does not convert their term life coverage to a permanent life
insurance policy, because the
premiums are much
higher.
Mistakes on your DMV driving record can lead to unnecessarily
high auto
insurance premiums and reduced chances for driving - related
employment.
The location of several institutions of
higher learning in the Evansville area, such as the University of Southern Indiana, provides many cultural and
employment benefits, but residents may be subject to
higher auto
insurance premiums because of the college - age population.
Some other factors that increase
insurance premiums include younger drivers, single marital status, previous driving offenses,
higher risk
employment, and a bad credit score.