- Pledges to create a new tax bracket for incomes over $170,000, which would be taxed at 20%. These funds would reduce taxes for lower-income and middle class Manitobans, the exact numbers of which have not yet been released. (1, 24)
- Raised Provincial Sales Tax (PST) from 7% to 8% in 2013. Did not hold a referendum on the PST increase, as had been previously required by the 1995 Balanced Budget Law, because it would have cost at least $12 million dollars and the party wanted to forgo that expense, (2, 3, 4)
- Pledges to increase the rebate on school taxes seniors pay from $470 to $2300 (5, 24)
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- Pledges to end ‘bracket creep’ (when tax brackets remain the same each year and do not take into account inflationary increases in income) by indexing tax brackets to inflation. (6, 7, 10, 23)
- Promises to reduce PST from 8% to 7% in its first term in office. (6, 7, 8, 9, 23)
- Plans to raise the province’s personal exemption rate by at least the rate of inflation in the first budget, helping, in particular, low-income Manitobans. (6, 7, 23)
- Pledges not to raise income tax or retail tax without having Manitobans vote on any proposed increases, and would instate a mandatory 20% pay cut for premiers and cabinet members if they violate these rules. (6, 7, 8, 9, 23)
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- Pledges to phase out payroll taxes once the provincial budget is balanced, beginning with educational institutions. (11, 12)
- Promises to remove the Land Transfer Tax (a 0-2% tax rate on the home’s value and mortgage amount) for first-time home buyers. (13, 21)
- Pledges to remove PST from salon services over $50 (services that cost less than $50 are already exempt) as they feel that this tax that disproportionately affects women. (14)
- Promises to remove the PST on sporting goods for children aged 14 and under. (15)
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- Promises to implement a Guaranteed Annual Income that will give $6300/year to every Manitoban over the age of 18 who files income tax. By changing income tax structure accordingly, the Green Party’s expects this to increase income of the province’s poor by 22%, increase middle class incomes by 1.7%, and reduce the wealthiest Manitobans’ incomes by 1.5%. (16, 17, 22)
- Plans to replace the reduced Employment and Income Assistance payments, the Manitoba Child Benefit, the 55PLUS and Rent Assist programs with the Guaranteed Annual Income. (22)
- Pledges to reduce Manitoba’s bottom personal tax bracket from 10.8% to 9.5%. (22)
- Promises to eliminate the education property tax, reducing costs for homeowners. (19, 20)
- Plans to raise the middle tax bracket from 12.75% to 14.14%. (22)
- Promises to raise the top tax bracket from 17.4% to 19.3%. (22)
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