Here’s some interesting math for you.
Between 2011 and 2014, Alberta Premier Jim Prentice was a Vice-President for CIBC, with a salary “reportedly over $2 million.”
In Ontario, his 2013 provincial income taxes would have been calculated using a progressively increasing tax rate that topped out at 13.16% on income over $509,000. The provincial tax deducted from his salary would have been $249,311.
But, because he lived in Alberta (I assume) he would have filed his taxes at the Alberta flat rate of 10% on his income over $17,593. His total 2013 provincial tax bill would thus amount to $198,241.
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