Greater payroll taxes for GP clinics means lower profits. Clinics will seek to make up the shortfall in revenue by other means – and this could include reducing the number of patients they bulk bill.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland presents the federal budget in the House of Commons in Ottawa on April 16, 2024. The budget contains measures for younger Canadians seeking to buy homes.
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The federal government says it’s committed to addressing the challenges faced by younger generations, including housing affordability and the high cost of living. Does the budget deliver on its promises?
Anti-carbon tax protesters wave signs and chant slogans as they block a westbound lane of the Trans Canada Highway near Cochrane, Alta., April 1, 2024.
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Why the public resistance to carbon tax policies? New research suggests a few key factors that may play a role in influencing popular support for carbon tax efforts in Canada.
Had the Jackson County tax extension passed, the Kansas City Royals would have likely moved to a new downtown location.
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It turns out that handing over taxpayer dollars to billionaire owners tends to be far less popular among regular citizens than among well-connected government officials.
Anti-carbon tax protesters wave signs and chant slogans as they block a westbound lane of the Trans Canada highway near Cochrane, Alta., on April 1, 2024.
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When the US Supreme Court legalized sports betting, states were quick to get in on the action. But as lawmakers grow reliant on taxes from betting, what do they owe problem gamblers?
DAFs more or less operate as a mini foundation.
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Big changes would require an act of Congress but lawmakers have not stepped up. And there’s been pushback against new rules the IRS has proposed for these accounts reserved for giving.
Republicans and Democrats have committed to making this family-friendly government benefit a little more generous. Unless lawmakers act, it will get much smaller in 2026.
Imports are key to Ghana’s food security.
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Shutting down the government won’t help reduce the deficit. Here’s what would.
The IRS has relied on technology for decades, as this 1965 photo taken in its Philadelphia office shows.
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We often talk about the American political landscape as if it were a line – Democrats on the left, Republicans on the right. Two political scientists say that view doesn’t reflect reality.