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09
AUG
2019

Are Transfer Payments Between Canadian Federal and Provincial Governments a Way of Matching Taxes Received to the Province they are Received in and Belong to?

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(a) Yes. (b) No.

(b) No.

Transfer payments are also called equalizaton payments. They are not used to equalize taxes received to the provinces where the taxes relate to. Instead they are a means to move money from “have” provinces to “have not” provinces.

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Grant has been in the CA business since 1988; the last twenty plus in his own practice (this one). Grant loves his business, family and learning!

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