新斯科舍省自由党领袖扎克·丘吉尔将削减统一销售税以重建支持。 Nova Scotia Liberal leader Zach Churchill to cut HST in bid to rebuild support.
新斯科舍省自由党领袖扎克·丘吉尔承诺，如果该党赢得下次大选，将把省级统一销售税削减两个百分点。 Nova Scotia's Liberal leader, Zach Churchill, is committing to cut the provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax by two percentage points if his party wins the next general election. 此次减税提议将销售税从15%降至13%，成为加拿大大西洋地区最低的税种。 The tax cut is proposed to reduce sales tax to 13% from 15%, making it the lowest in Atlantic Canada. 丘吉尔估计，减税将使每个纳税人每年平均获得 650 美元的收入，为两人家庭带来 1,300 美元的收入。 Churchill estimated the tax cut would put an average of $650 a year in the pockets of each taxpayer and $1,300 for a two-person household. 尽管减税可能使省级收入减少 5 亿美元，但丘吉尔认为，统一销售税和联邦转移支付带来的税收收入增加使减税成为可能。 Despite the tax cut potentially reducing provincial revenues by $500 million, Churchill argues that increased tax revenues from the HST and federal transfers make the tax reduction possible.