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  1. Cover
  2. List of Figures and Tables
  3. List of Selected Abbreviations
  4. Foreword
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. Part I No Sales Tax! Alberta’s Political and Fiscal Environment
    1. 1. Alberta Exceptionalism and Taxation as Affront
    2. 2. The Political Suicide Tax?
    3. 3. Alberta’s Fiscal Dilemma
    4. 4. The Revenue Push and Spending Pull: A Double-Edged Look at the Source of Alberta’s Fiscal Ills
  8. Part II The Least Painful Solution: Why a Sales Tax Makes Sense
    1. 5. Alberta Sales Tax: An Inevitability and an Opportunity to Reset
    2. 6. The Volatility of Alberta’s Tax Bases: Implications for Tax Policy Choices
    3. 7. Oil, Democracy, and Social Solidarity: The Case for an Alberta Sales Tax
  9. Part III Suggestions for the Future: How to Get a Sales Tax for Alberta
    1. 8. A Disciplined PST
    2. 9. Join the Sales Tax Parade! PST and the Road to Alberta’s Economic Recovery
    3. 10. Moving to a Sustainable Fiscal Future: Addressing Alberta’s Legacies of Denial
  10. Afterword
  11. List of Contributors

Figures and Tables | A Sales Tax for Alberta | AU Press—Digital Publications

Figures and Tables

Figures

1.1 Alberta’s tax advantage, 2021–22

3.1 Non-renewable resource revenue as percentage of own-source revenue, 1965–66 to 2020–21

3.2 Alberta’s annual deficit/surplus, 1965–66 to 2020–21, with and without non-renewable resource revenue

3.3 Government of Alberta revenue and expenditure, 1965–66 to 2020–21, adjusted for population and inflation

4.1 Major revenue sources per capita, 1965–66 to 2020–21

4.2 Investment income, 1981–82 to 2020–21

4.3 Major expenditures per capita, 1965–66 to 2020–21

4.4 Alberta’s total revenue and expenditure, 1965–66 to 2020–21

4.5 Percentage change in Alberta’s deficit tied to revenue or expenditures, 1965–66 to 2019–20

5.1 Non-renewable resource revenue as percentage of household incomes, 1972–73 to 2020–21 and 2021–22 forecast

5.2 Non-renewable resource revenue as percentage of household incomes, 2000–01 to 2040–41

5.3 Non-renewable resource revenue as percentage of household incomes, 2015–16 to 2040–41

6.1 Tax revenue shares of selected provinces, 1981 to 2016

6.2 Tax bases per capita for selected provinces, 1981 to 2016

6.3 Alberta’s tax bases as a share of GDP, 1981 to 2016

6.4 Volatility of Alberta’s tax bases (five-year rolling window), 1981 to 2016

6.5 Volatility of Alberta’s tax bases (recursive window), 1981 to 2016

7.1 West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices per barrel, 2012 to 2022

7.2 Alberta government revenue from non-renewable resources, 1965–66 to 2019–20

7.3 Provincial levels of income inequality, 2014

7.4 National support for federal carbon tax, 2015 to 2018

8.1 Alberta government revenues, 2009–10 to 2019–20

10.1 Alberta exports and imports, 1981 to 2019

Tables

4.1 Standard deviation of Alberta government revenue, 1965–66 to 2020–21

4.2 Revenue sources of selected provincial governments

4.3 Standard deviation of Alberta government expenditure, 1965–66 to 2020–21

4.4 Standard deviation of Alberta government revenue and expenditure, 1965–66 to 2020–21

4.5 Spending of selected provincial governments

6.1 Volatility of Alberta’s tax bases and GDP, 1981 to 2016

6.2 Correlation of tax base movement with business cycle (GDP), Alberta, 1981 to 2016

7.1 Federal budget revenue projections, 2018

8.1 PST-GDP discipline and stabilization framework

8.2 PST-GDP discipline and stabilization framework example

8.3 Historic back-testing: A hypothetical example of how this PST framework could have affected government deficits and debt if it had been implemented in 2014

10.1 Alberta’s major exports, 2014 to 2019

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