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Budget Bets Big on Healthcare, Housing Affordability Measures: Our Analysis of Federal Budget 2024
April 17, 2024
The government took a major turn toward boosting revenues by a net $21.9 billion over five years. It chose to make a big change to the capital gains regime. While it affects a fairly narrow swath of taxpayers, it has large implications for future potential investment decisions. The government is trying to isolate the tax burden to corporate Canada, but in the process is creating some new thresholds and rules that will create more complexity and tax notches.
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