RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Harmonized sales tax a taxing issue for MDs in Atlantic Canada
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 1411
OP 1412
VO 157
IS 10
A1 Robb, N.
YR 1997
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/157/10/1411.abstract
AB Physicians in 3 atlantic provinces say the linking of provincial sales taxes with the GST exacerbates the inequity physicians face because it yet again adds to their overhead costs. Physicians in Nova Scotia have already won an annual rebate to compensate them for the heavier tax burden. Doctors in the Maritimes warn that heavier taxes make recruiting there even more difficult.