If you tax all consumption without exception, you can get the same tax revenue with a lower rate.
consumption taxes
April 18, 2017
3:00AM
Today the personal income tax accounts for almost half of federal revenues.
January 17, 2015
10:00AM
With oil prices plunging and provincial resource revenues expected to drop, Alberta’s red ink will rise. In response, Premier Jim Prentice has floated the notion of a provincial sales tax and/or hikes in other taxes.