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Re:No One Goes There Anymore by amscanne on Sunday May 17, 2020 @12:03AM (#23209466)
I don’t think it’s just that it has risen over 50%, the increases over the last ~6 years are quite rapid. Consider BC [1]:

Top income tax bracket in BC in 2013: 43.7%

Top income tax bracket in BC in 2014 and 2015: 45.8%

Top income tax bracket in BC in 2016 and 2017: 47.7%

Top income tax bracket in BC in 2018 and 2019: 49.8%

Top income tax bracket in BC starting in 2020: 53.5%.

I believe that there have been similar effects in ON from increases & new brackets, on both the federal and provincial level.

[1] https://twitter.com/cperciva/status/1229900065726054400?s=21

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Re:No One Goes There Anymore by sandworm101 on Sunday May 17, 2020 @01:40AM (#23209845)
Don't forget the tax brackets:

2015 top bracket: "over $151,050"

2019 top bracket: "over $205,842"

So anyone anywhere near that bracket, despite the increased percentages, is probably paying less tax overall.

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Re:No One Goes There Anymore by drpgq on Sunday May 17, 2020 @08:55AM (#23211644)
How would they be paying less overall? They just added new brackets.
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Re:No One Goes There Anymore by drpgq on Sunday May 17, 2020 @08:57AM (#23211666)
The rapidity is similar in Ontario. I think that's why the public still thinks that the top rates are around the 2013 values and say we need to raise the top rates higher.
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