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Monday, 13 October 2008

Canada puts Australia in the shade with tax cuts

31/10/2007 10:19:00 AM.  | Rowan Barker
Australians are in line for more than $30 billion in income tax cuts regardless of who wins next month's federal election, but that pales in comparison to Canada.

The Canadian Government has announced nearly $70 billion in tax cuts over the next five years.

From January, Canada’s GST will be cut from 6 to 5 per cent, while the personal income tax rate will be 15 per cent.

The corporate rate will also drop to 15 per cent by 2012.

All that – and a projected budget surplus of more than $13 billion for the current financial year.

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