tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13194839.post1147081826045494705..comments2023-06-30T01:39:28.918-07:00Comments on B.C. Policy Perspectives: A Negative Sum GameMark Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904245045490682686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13194839.post-47994551513092561172011-04-10T07:40:18.604-07:002011-04-10T07:40:18.604-07:00P.S. If you're talking about effective tax rat...P.S. If you're talking about effective tax rates, I guess that you would also want to include payroll taxes--such as the enormous burden that health insurance places on many U.S. businesses. That would also have to figure into any comparison of US and Canadian rates.Mark Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11904245045490682686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13194839.post-53353990071469995112011-04-10T07:23:49.429-07:002011-04-10T07:23:49.429-07:00You mean tht the number we are getting from the U....You mean tht the number we are getting from the U.S. is an aggregate number, while ours isn't? You would think that that would made clear somewhere, and thanks for pointing that out.<br /><br />Oh well, my article is more about the principles that ought to underly business taxation than the specific numbers anyway. The criticism of the Conservative government would be more about the timing of corporate tax cuts than the idea that they ought to be ultimately implemented. As with GST cuts, there are better sources of stimulus.Mark Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11904245045490682686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13194839.post-24699524574120296382011-04-07T17:55:25.436-07:002011-04-07T17:55:25.436-07:00You can't use the 16.5% Canadian rate without ...You can't use the 16.5% Canadian rate without adding in the provincial rates. It's fundamentally dishonest to compare to other countries without stating the REAL aggregated number. <br /><br />The real rate is anywhere from 23% - 33%Mark McLaughlinnoreply@blogger.com