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Recent changes in Canadian legislation have enabled First Nations to adopt property taxation and other forms of taxation on reserves, thereby allowing them to directly finance their local governments through local tax revenues. In this paper, we compile data on the passage of First Nations tax...
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elsewhere in Canada. A natural comparative measure of the property tax burden across markets is the ratio of property tax to …
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annual wealth tax as part of Canada's tax system. To do so, we review current received wisdom on the elements of a good tax …
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This book examines the Canadian province of Ontario's 1998 attempt to reform itsproperty tax laws and provides strategies--such as restructuring education finance andintroducing a new form of business taxation, at both the provincial and local levels--tohelp policy makers design a better future.
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inception in the early 1990s, the story emerging from Canada's value-added tax (VAT) experience is mostly a happy one. Indeed, a … and administrative costs. This paper explains that the tax treatment of real property under Canada's VAT systems is far … systems and their administration, as well as identify the legal issues that most frequently land in the Tax Court of Canada …
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When considering an increase in their non-residential property tax rates, Alberta municipalities must also take into account the adverse effects such an increase will likely have on business investment in their communities. Based on data on commercial and industrial permit values for 17 Alberta...
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Wealth transfer taxes have had a long history in Canada: the Rowell-Sirois report suggested federal administration; the … largely disappeared in Canada. This article makes the case for consideration of an accession tax, which taxes wealth transfers …
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In this article, I ask, "What is the relationship between rules governing band council elections and property taxation across First Nations in British Columbia?" I outline the three major categories of First Nation electoral rules: default Indian Act elections, First Nations Elections Act rules,...
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The First Nations Fiscal Management Act (FMA) delegates the power to levy property taxes to band councils. The purpose of this article is to describe and analyze the effectiveness of the legislation as a self-government tool.Section 5(1) of the FMA allows band councils to levy property taxes...
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