Tax Policy Trends: Corporate Tax Policy: Alberta Goes Its Own Way

Abstract

When it comes to corporate tax policy, Alberta is taking a different path than the federal government and other provinces. Alberta’s May 28th Job Creation Tax Cut will reduce the provincial corporate income tax rate from 12% to 8% in lieu of introducing accelerated depreciation that was adopted by federal government November 20182 , including a 100% write-off for clean energy and manufacturing.