1987
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L'Actualité économique ; vol. 63 no. 4 (1987)
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Pierre Lefebvre et al., « Une T.V.A. ou une T.V. fédérale au Québec? Quelques réponses tirées d’une analyse d’équilibre général », L'Actualité économique, ID : 10.7202/601428ar
The Federal Minister of Finance, Mr. Michael Wilson, made public in June 1987 a White Paper on Tax Reform. In the second stage of this reform, the government will replace the existing manufacturer's sales tax by a broader multi-stage tax. The new consumption tax should raise enough revenue to replace the existing tax, to remove the existing personal and corporate income surtaxes, to provide for additional tax cuts and a significantly enriched refundable sales tax credit for low- and middle-income Canadians. This study is an empirical analysis, within the framework of applied general equilibrum, of the effects that such a federal tax might have on Quebec's economy and on the income distribution.