[can.followup] Taxes & Federal Revenues

nixon (02/13/83)

   Steve Tjiang's hypothesis that corporations contribute little to
Canadian federal revenues was correct (though the portion is 13%, not 9%).
   Following is a breakdown of federal revenues for the year ended
31 March 1981, obtained from Statistics Canada
(I've rounded amounts to the nearest $10**9).

TAX REVENUES
Personal				$21
Corporation				  8
Consumption (e.g. fuel tax) 		 11
Health & Social Insurance (e.g. CPP)      6
Misc.			  		  3
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  TOTAL TAX REVENUES		 		$49
  OTHER REVENUE					  9
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     Gross General Revenue				$58