Currently, effective January 1st with the federal Income Tax Act, the previous non-taxable allowances that Members received, in the range of $7,600 per year, now became taxable on January 1st, so that is the status of it. They are taxed now, and Members receive the gross tax on a bi-weekly basis, and, at the end of the year, they will get a T4A to provide taxes there. At the time when we drafted the main estimates, the thinking was that these would be taken from payroll source, and so the budget was reallocated to this area. That thinking has since changed, and so it will be a return back to the accounts payable, the expenditures category, for allowances.
Mr. Ouellette on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 8th, 2019. See this statement in context.
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 8th, 2019
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