Quebec to announce personal income tax cuts in next week’s economic update

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Quebec tabled its third consecutive balanced budget last spring, which included a modest $55 tax cut for the 2017 tax year.

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Opposition parties ridiculed the government at the time for what was described as a meagre offering and a pathetic attempt to give back crumbs to Quebecers who suffered from Liberal budget cuts in the early part of their mandate.

Leitao said the economic update will also include good news for Quebecers who do not pay any income taxes and who receive welfare and other government benefits.

Out of the 6.5 million Quebecers who filed a return for the 2013 tax year, 2.4 million, or slightly more than 37 per cent, did not pay any income taxes, according to the latest government figures.

“These people will be able to benefit from an anti-poverty road map that will be very detailed, concrete and innovative,” Leitao said.

“What we will do in Quebec inside this road map is not being done elsewhere in North America.”

The government has promised to bring 100,000 Quebecers out of poverty.

In last spring’s budget, Leitao said Quebec was on pace to end the 2017-18 fiscal year with a $2.5-billion surplus.

The Canadian Press