Quebec physicians with gross incomes of $150 000 will pay over $10 000 more in provincial and federal tax than their counterparts in Alberta in 1999, Strategy magazine reports. The magazine, published by MD Management Ltd., reported in July that a Quebec doctor would pay $68 500 in taxes, compared with $58 200 for doctors in Alberta. The magazine's calculations assume that the taxpayer claims only the basic personal exemption tax credit. Figure 1
The roughly 40 doctors in the Northwest Territories/Nunavut pay the least territorial and federal tax in Canada - $56 800 on gross incomes of $150 000. In comparison, Ontario physicians can expect to pay $60 700 for earning the same income, and British Columbia doctors will pay $64 500.