Canada reduces consumption tax since January 1 5%

Canadian premier Harper (Stephen Harper) week announces, from8 years on January 1Consumption tax is reduced since a percent. Harper says, remove tariff of Wu of kimono of Canadian individual commodity from 8 years (GST) falls to 5% , after new tax system is carried out, hopeful decreases add up to 6 billion add yuan duty is lost. "This is a permanent policy reducing tax that applies to Canadian citizen, aim to ensure impose a state long-term growth and prosperity " , harper says so.

He still points out, the possibility that GST reduces further is not large. Before he is elected this tax rate is as high as 7% , and when Harper enters into an election contest, also had made reduce tax the acceptance of 2 percent.