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  2. List of countries by tax rates - Wikipedia

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    Map of the world showing national-level sales tax / VAT rates as of October 2019. Additional local taxes may apply. [citation needed]A comparison of tax rates by countries is difficult and somewhat subjective, as tax laws in most countries are extremely complex and the tax burden falls differently on different groups in each country and sub-national unit.

  3. Tax - Wikipedia

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    The provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, and Ontario have harmonized their provincial sales taxes with the GST—Harmonized Sales Tax [HST], and thus is a full VAT. The province of Quebec collects the Quebec Sales Tax [QST] which is based on the GST with certain differences.

  4. Jean Chrétien - Wikipedia

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    To capitalize on widespread public dislike on the proposed GST, Chrétien ordered the Liberal-dominated Senate to defeat the GST bill in late September 1990, leading Mulroney on September 27, 1990, to appoint eight PC senators to give the Tories a majority using a never-before-used section of the Constitution Act, the so-called "Deadlock Clause ...

  5. Lee Hsien Loong - Wikipedia

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    In his Budget 2020 speech in February, Heng announced amendments to the GST Voucher Fund Act that would allow grants-in-aid to be given to parents or guardians for infants and children to mitigate their expenses. Second Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong said the intent was to expand the range of people who qualify for the fund. With the ...

  6. List of agencies of the government of India - Wikipedia

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    It also administers various welfare schemes for central government pensioners, i.e., redressal for Pensioners' grievances through CPENGRAM, an online pension sanction module for civil pensioners "Bhavishya", Sankalp, etc., under the umbrella of Pensioners' Portal.

  7. Indian National Congress - Wikipedia

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    He implemented the Goods and Services Tax (GST) during his tenure. [266] His reforms were well received by major corporate executives and economists. The introduction of retrospective taxation, however, has been criticised by some economists. [267]

  8. List of states with nuclear weapons - Wikipedia

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    Belarus. Kazakhstan. Ukraine. v. t. e. Eight sovereign states have publicly announced successful detonation of nuclear weapons. [1] Five are considered to be nuclear-weapon states (NWS) under the terms of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). In order of acquisition of nuclear weapons, these are the United States, Russia ...

  9. Demographics of the United States - Wikipedia

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    On April 1, 2020, the United States had a population of 331,449,281, according to the 2020 United States census. [ 32 ] The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook estimated as of 2018 [update], [ 5 ] unless otherwise indicated. Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues.