Nunavut budget 2019-20 discussed

21 February 2019

Nunavut Finance Minister George Hickes tabled the territory’s fiscal 2019-20 budget on February 20. The budget contains no new taxes and no tax increases. The minister anticipates a deficit of $35 million for 2018-19 and projects a deficit of $12 million for 2019-20.

A Tax Alert prepared by Ernst & Young Canada, and attached below, provides additional details.

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