Low Personal Taxes

• The overall tax burden on individual Albertans is by far the lowest of any province in Canada.

• Alberta is the only province without a provincial sales tax, and has the lowest gasoline taxes in the country.

• A two-income family of four earning $75,000 pays about $1,868 less in total provincial taxes, including health care premiums, sales and other excise taxes, in Alberta than in Ontario and almost $2,881 less than in Quebec.

• A two-income family of four earning $125,000 pays about $2,892 less in total provincial taxes, including health care premiums, sales and other excise taxes, in Alberta than in Ontario and almost $8,632 less than in Quebec.

Date Updated: Oct 02, 2008
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