Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I have a question I would like to direct to the Minister of Finance and it deals with the dreaded payroll tax. It has been about eight months now since the payroll tax was introduced to northerners in an attempt to get money from people who work in the north, not necessarily northerners themselves, but people who earn their money in the north. As a consequence, when filling out this huge net that the government has done in order to catch those dollars, many northerners are being affected to different degrees. Given that it has been several months since the tax was introduced, many suggestions have come forward to the Minister on how to improve this tax regime; suggestions from ultimate removal to raising the ceiling. The Minister said he needed time to do this. I wonder if, in eight months, they have managed to glean enough evidence to see how this system is working in order to be able to fine tune it? Has eight months been enough?
Tony Whitford on Question 98-12(5): Effectiveness Of Administration Of Payroll Tax
In the Legislative Assembly on February 15th, 1994. See this statement in context.
Question 98-12(5): Effectiveness Of Administration Of Payroll Tax
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