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British Columbia

2025 income-tax rules and a clearly dated 2024–25 spending snapshot.

What’s included

Progressive BC brackets, a C$12,932 basic personal amount credit and a low-income tax reduction of up to C$562, reduced by 3.56% of income above C$25,020.

Income is treated as taxable income. Other credits, deductions and payroll adjustments are excluded. These are simplified educational estimates.

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Actual provincial expenses · 2024–25

Reported total: C$91.393 billion. Historical snapshot, not a current-year budget.

FunctionC$ millions
Health38,182
Education19,609
Social services10,922
Natural resources and economic development6,165
Interest4,245
Other4,022
Protection of persons and property3,183
Transportation2,933
General government2,132

Do not add this spending total to federal spending: transfers can appear in both government accounts. We apply national tax to national categories and BC tax to BC categories in separate illustrations.

CRA 2025 BC rules · BC Public Accounts 2024–25, page 16

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