PM Stephen Harper announces tax cut for small businesses

Toronto: Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that the Government is building on its record of strong support for job-creating small businesses by further reducing their taxes. He was joined by Candice Bergen, Minister of State (Social Development) and Member of Parliament for Portage-Lisgar, and Lawrence Toet, Member of Parliament for Elmwood-Transcona.

Economic Action Plan 2015 proposes to further reduce the federal small business tax rate to nine per cent by 2019, with the first reduction taking effect in 2016. This will benefit almost 700,000 small businesses annually from coast to coast to coast, providing them with additional resources to help spur job creation and economic growth.

The tax reductions for small businesses proposed in Economic Action Plan 2015 have been made possible by balancing the budget. It is also one of many actions to date the Government has taken to support small businesses, including reducing red tape, improving access to financing, introducing the Small Business Job Credit to provide relief to small businesses on Employment Insurance premiums paid in 2015 and 2016, launching the Venture Capital Action Plan and Business Innovation Access Program, and increasing the Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption.

“This is one of the many measures that our Government has taken to help small businesses. Other initiatives include providing a Small Business Job Credit, embarking on the most ambitious trade agenda in Canadian history, reducing red tape, launching the New Building Canada Plan and creating the Canada Job Grant.” – Prime Minister Stephen Harper