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May 18, 2011

Quebec residents, on average, face the worst tax bite on take-home pay in the country, according to a report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “What Has Happened to Quebecers’ Marginal Effective Tax Rates?” authors Alexandre Laurin and Finn Poschmann examine Quebecers’ marginal effective tax rates (METRs), which measure the impact of federal and provincial income taxes combined with the impact of reductions and clawbacks on income-tested tax credits and benefits.

 

Alexandre Laurin

Alexandre is the Director of Research and leads the fiscal policy program and the pension policy program at the C.D. Howe Institute. He joined the C.D. Howe Institute in 2008 and became Director of Research in 2014. From 1999 to 2008, Mr.

Finn Poschmann

Finn Poschmann graduated in economics from Carleton University in Ottawa in 1986 and is President & CEO of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council.

He was previously Vice President, Policy Analysis at the C.D. Howe Institute, where he held a variety of positions since January 1998.