The Tax Foundation’s Ten principles of sound tax policy are a must-read for those influencing tax policy. I think the list can be further refined down to about half that, but maybe they wanted to get an even ten. For instance, maintaining the neutrality of the system (#2) will result in broad bases (#3). It’s when […]
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Ten principles of sound tax policy
December 11th, 2007 · No Comments
Category: Taxation
Tags: government, harmonization, Ontario, politics, PST, sales tax, tax, Tax Foundation, tax policy
New Jersey legislates tax on iTunes downloads
October 6th, 2006 · 2 Comments
New Jersey residents have been hit by their government with a 7% tax on iTunes downloads (as well as other music download services such as Napster) this past week. The sales tax overall was raised from 6 to 7% in order to help the state fight their $4.5-billion deficit. Many are speculating that other states will […]
Category: Taxation
Tags: Apple, download, government, iTunes, music, New Jersey, sales tax, US
Bank of Canada chief pushes smarter provincial sales tax
June 4th, 2006 · 1 Comment
David Dodge, the governor of the Bank of Canada and the current architect of our monetary policy, suggested the province of Ontario should revamp the provincial sales tax (PST) to more closely resemble the value-added federal GST in a rare appearance before the Commons industry committee. The suggestion is a solid one, as it would […]
Category: Taxation
Tags: Bank of Canada, consumption tax, David Dodge, efficiency, GST, Ontario, PST, sales tax
