Thank you, Madam Speaker. People who reside in the Northwest Territories and file taxes here, who earn a pay cheque, are entitled to a tax credit that only people who file in the Northwest Territories can get. That means that most of the people in the Northwest Territories who are employed here contribute to the payroll tax and they are entitled to the tax credit. I say most of them because there are a number of people who earn investment income, people who draw dividends from companies, people who are shareholders in companies and have some form of receiving funds from those companies, who do not pay the payroll tax. That has been a matter of concern with the Standing Committee on Finance and it has been raised in this House, Madam Speaker. We are aware of the fact and I have tried numerous ways to get all of the people in the payroll tax and I haven't come up with a way to capture those other people yet. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
John Pollard on Question 135-12(5): Minister's Remarks Re Payroll Tax
In the Legislative Assembly on February 18th, 1994. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 135-12(5): Minister's Remarks Re Payroll Tax
Question 135-12(5): Minister's Remarks Re Payroll Tax
Item 5: Oral Questions
February 17th, 1994
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John Pollard Hay River
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