Summary: British Columbia Budget 2023

Key insights include: 

• No changes to the corporate or personal tax rates, or the $500,000 small business limit. 
• An extension to the Farmer’s Food Donation Tax Credit and the Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit. 
• A new refundable BC renter’s tax credit to support low- and moderate-income renters.
• Automated external defibrillators (AEDs), kits containing AEDs and parts and services for AEDs are exempt from PST.
• The Carbon Tax rate will increase annually by $15 per tonne until the rate reaches $170 per tonne in 2030.
• Other notable items such as significant capital spending on BC’s health, transportation, housing, and education sectors. 

Download the summary: British Columbia Budget 2023

The budget’s estimates show that the province’s surplus for the 2022-23 fiscal year was $3.592 billion as compared to a $5.461 billion deficit projected.

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