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Is it a good time to immigrate from the United States to Canada? To a city like Calgary or Edmonton?
What are jobs like for those in the health care industry (physicians)? Understanding that salaries/reimbursment is much lower in Canada, the United States is going down the same road to socialized medicine anyway and the health care industry here is becoming increasingly unstable as is our currency!
P.S. I was shocked to learn that income tax rates in Canada, regardless of tax bracket, are usually lower than the United States!
So long as your qualifications are readily transferable to the province to which you intend to relocate, you're very unlikely to have problems actually finding employment as a physician.
Are you sure you want to do this?? In prior posts you said you that you were only looking in the US and that Canada is a cowardly country. Can you be happy living in a land of cowards?
WHY I CHOOSE TO KEEP MY JOB SEARCH TO THE UNITED STATES ONLY:
It is shocking to me that there hasn't been more press coverage back when this occured and more tension between Australia and the United States with Kevin Rudd's decision to withdraw all 550 combat troups from Iraq earlier this year. I find that really dissapointing, even though combat is over in Iraq. I think Australia could have still been more supportive. France, Canada, and now Australia are cowardly nations. All three bank on the United Kingdom and the United States.
You were upset when Australia did not do the US' bidding and decided to withdraw from Iraq. What would you do if Canada does not support the US in its next war? You'd be quite unhappy here...
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Is it a good time to immigrate from the United States to Canada? To a city like Calgary or Edmonton?
What are jobs like for those in the health care industry (physicians)? Understanding that salaries/reimbursment is much lower in Canada, the United States is going down the same road to socialized medicine anyway and the health care industry here is becoming increasingly unstable as is our currency!
P.S. I was shocked to learn that income tax rates in Canada, regardless of tax bracket, are usually lower than the United States!
If you are looking at Calgary be prepared for a much higher cost of living. Cost of living is similar to Los Angeles, but you will experience -30C temps instead of sunny beaches. For a physician such as yourself who could live anywhere you might want to look elsewhere until cost of living comes down here. Now if you were in the oil and gas industry and didn't have many cities to choose from, that is a different story.
Is it a good time to immigrate from the United States to Canada? To a city like Calgary or Edmonton?
What are jobs like for those in the health care industry (physicians)? Understanding that salaries/reimbursment is much lower in Canada, the United States is going down the same road to socialized medicine anyway and the health care industry here is becoming increasingly unstable as is our currency!
P.S. I was shocked to learn that income tax rates in Canada, regardless of tax bracket, are usually lower than the United States!
You cannot compare base income tax rates between the two countries, the tax structure is completely different and you have to account for deduction and exemptions as well. With that being said the overall tax burden in Canada is MUCH higher than the US.
You cannot compare base income tax rates between the two countries, the tax structure is completely different and you have to account for deduction and exemptions as well. With that being said the overall tax burden in Canada is MUCH higher than the US.
Would you happen to have a link to a source that has this comparison? The only one I have found was wikipedia (and we know that may or may not be a reliable source). It compared the average income and tax rate. It would be 29.1% for the US and 31.6% for Canada.
Would appreciate it if you do.. as this is of interest to me..
Would you happen to have a link to a source that has this comparison? The only one I have found was wikipedia (and we know that may or may not be a reliable source). It compared the average income and tax rate. It would be 29.1% for the US and 31.6% for Canada.
Would appreciate it if you do.. as this is of interest to me..
You can click on each country for a comprehensive breakdown.
Actually I think their numbers are off..
I just found this one (Canadian) from Ernst and Young
2008 personal tax calculator (http://www.ey.com/GLOBAL/content.nsf/Canada/Tax_-_Calculators_-_2008_Personal_Tax - broken link)
I think I'd trust the numbers from a Chartered Accountant
so the average tax rate (combined Federal and Provincial) of the highest tax burden province, Quebec, is 29.09 versus 32.69 for the US.
Oz is correct (33%), NZ is not listed but its 39% for salaries over 60kNZD or thereabouts..
I just found this one (Canadian) from Ernst and Young
2008 personal tax calculator (http://www.ey.com/GLOBAL/content.nsf/Canada/Tax_-_Calculators_-_2008_Personal_Tax - broken link)
I think I'd trust the numbers from a Chartered Accountant
so the average tax rate (combined Federal and Provincial) of the highest tax burden province, Quebec, is 29.09 versus 32.69 for the US.
Oz is correct (33%), NZ is not listed but its 39% for salaries over 60kNZD or thereabouts..
We are actually referring to two completely different things here though. I am speaking of overall tax burden, which includes personal income taxes, goods and service taxes, property, corporate and payroll taxes. Independently personal tax rates are not a good measure of overall tax burden, because there is so much more involved and each country/province/state have different exemptions and deductions.
We are actually referring to two completely different things here though. I am speaking of overall tax burden, which includes personal income taxes, goods and service taxes, property, corporate and payroll taxes. Independently personal tax rates are not a good measure of overall tax burden, because there is so much more involved and each country/province/state have different exemptions and deductions.
Oh and btw I am a CMA
Thanks.. this explains the difference!
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