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Apr 4, 2019 · The tax, first set at $10 per tonne of carbon dioxide emissions, was brought in by a B.C. Liberal government — the equivalent of a conservative administration in most parts of the country....
Before the tax actually went into effect, the BC government had sent out "rebate cheques" from expected revenues to all residents of British Columbia as of December 31, 2007. In January 2013, the carbon tax was collecting about $1 billion each year, which was used to lower other taxes in British Columbia.
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Apr 14, 2016 · In 2008, British Columbia became one of the few jurisdictions in the world to successfully implement a comprehensive carbon tax. The architect of the tax, Premier Gordon Campbell, championed the broad-based carbon tax that applied to nearly all fossil fuels and made it "revenue neutral." Every dollar raised from the tax would be returned to BC residents and businesses in the form of personal ...
Nov 2, 2016 · In 2008, the Canadian province of British Columbia instituted a tax on carbon. It is "revenue neutral," which means that all the money raised by the tax is used to reduce other taxes — the ...
Feb 22, 2024 · British Columbia. B.C. announces tax on homes sold 2 years or less after purchase. Tax rate will be 20% for properties sold within a year of purchase, sliding to zero over following year. Chad...
Feb 16, 2017 · If the pre-existing tax measures are properly removed from the government’s revenue neutral calculation, then BC’s carbon tax ceases to be revenue neutral as of 2013/14, with a net tax increase of $226 million that year. In 2013/14 and 2014/15, the two years for which final data are available, British Columbians bore a combined $377 million ...
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