Should Canada raise or lower the tax rate for corporations?
Canada currently levies a 15% - 26% tax on all businesses and each province levies an additional 11% - 16% tax rate. The average corporate tax rate worldwide is 22.6%. Opponents of argue that raising the rate will discourage foreign investment and hurt the economy. Proponents argue that the profits corporations generate should be taxed just like citizen's taxes.
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@B46V7MRLibertarian4wks4W
Corporations headquartered in Canada should pay a significantly lower tax rate than other countries with freer markets, particularly to offset the costs of bureaucratic corruption, socialist policies and over regulation, but mainly to incentive businesses against leaving Canada.
@B2BMK7B3mos3MO
Eliminate all corporate tax exemptions but retain a 15% corporate tax rate, & eliminate corporate tax for small businesses.
@9V4JT2C7mos7MO
Leave the same or slightly lower for large companies but get rid of loop holes etc. lower for small businesses
@9M4LF5F12mos12MO
Raise, and eliminate all loopholes and programs promoting exemptions for any large corporations while lowering taxes for small businesses and startups
@8VDCCCB4yrs4Y
Encourage international investments that provide Canadian employment with a competitive rate while decreasing tax loopholes and deductions.
@8PKSWWG4yrs4Y
raise and eliminate deductions and loopholes as well as tax shareholder dividends.
@8NWJ3SPLibertarian4yrs4Y
Tax net profits and shareholder dividends
@8LG95RH4yrs4Y
Keep current rates but eliminate deductions and loopholes for large corporations while subsidizing smaller ones.
@8CS7JYB5yrs5Y
keep current rates but eliminate deductions and loop holes, and review this policy on an annual basis based upon market conditions
@97Z2CC22yrs2Y
Corporation must pay fair taxes not always getting a free lunch.
@8TYVGKZ4yrs4Y
A land value tax reform is better than all above options
@8TWDTHBConservative4yrs4Y
Lower, but only gradually after the federal budget is balanced.
@8TRLT9S4yrs4Y
@8XT4V3X3yrs3Y
No, but lower the tax rate on small businesses
@99MVFWX2yrs2Y
Corporations should have dedectuions awarded for how much they provide to those in their employment. Then Eliminate loopholes and
@9928V752yrs2Y
Individualized government and expert developed rates should be made to tax a corporation based on economic performance, contribution, and general supply and demand of a corporation within it's sector.
@98PHK6G2yrs2Y
Lower tax rates on an incentive basis. Companies who contribute more to environmental and social prosperity pay less taxes and have access to more significant deductions.
@989CNY22yrs2Y
Raise by taxing resource use and waste creation
@8P54FKL4yrs4Y
Taxation in any form is theft
@8JCYJPR5yrs5Y
Eliminate taxes unless buying product or materials
@6JTZ4D74yrs4Y
Increase the corporate tax rate and remove tax breaks, tax loopholes, and deductions for corporations.
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