Review BC's employer health tax
Study how tax bands affect jobs and growth. Price any change before choosing a new rule.
Our argument
A tax change needs a clear reason and a full price. We want to test whether BC’s payroll tax bands make growth harder. The health budget and who would pay instead belong in the same argument.
What must change
Study how tax bands affect jobs and growth. Price any change before choosing a new rule.
What a win looks like
A fairer rule with a funded public budget, if the evidence supports reform.
Public cost
We have not yet priced this ask for the public purse. Any public aid must be priced before we seek funds for it.
The evidence
This case is a proposal. We have not yet published a measured claim for it. The research we still need is set out below.
Studies and notes
No case study is published here yet. This is the next question to check.
What we need to check
Model firms on each side of current tax bands. Check hiring effects and lost public income before choosing a change.
Updates
— Case opened with our argument, our ask and the facts still to check.
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