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Albertans
have the lowest personal taxes in Canada
Alberta's
personal tax advantage results from a low single
rate tax system, including the highest basic and
spousal exemptions in the country, no general sales
tax, the lowest gasoline tax rate among the provinces,
and low property taxes.
Alberta
businesses have among the lowest business taxes
in Canada
Alberta's
business tax advantage results from low corporate
income tax rates, no capital tax, no general sales
tax, no payroll tax, and the lowest gasoline tax
among the provinces.
- This
graph shows the total additional provincial taxes
that individuals and businesses would pay if Alberta
had the same tax systems as the other provinces.
The comparison also includes government revenues
from health care insurance premiums and alcohol.
- If Albertans and Alberta businesses lived or
were located in any other province, they would
pay an additional $7.2 billion in taxes.
- In addition, over $1.3 billion was provided
to Albertans earlier this year through the Alberta
2005 Resource Rebate. Our low tax environment
means more money to spend and invest, helping
to sustain the strongest economy in Canada.
PERSONAL
INCOME TAX IN ALBERTA
Personal
Income Tax is collected for the Alberta Government
by the Government of Canada, at the same time federal
income tax is collected. Please direct
your questions about your personal income taxes
to the Canada
Revenue Agency. Click on the links
below for:
BUSINESS
TAXES/REBATES
The Alberta
Government develops policy for and collects business
taxes. For more detailed information and forms associated
with the following topics, go to the Taxes/Rebates
section of this web site.
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