3 Income Taxation As part of Budget 2018, the Government of Canada introduced the Canada Workers Benefit (CWB) that will take affect starting on January 1, 2019. The CWB is a tax credit that supplements the earnings of low-income workers. For a single individual with no children, the structure of the CWB in 2023 is as follows. . No credit for earnings less than or equal to $3,000 . A 27% credit on each dollar of income earned over $3,000 up to a maximum of $1,428 • The maximum credit is reduced by 15% for each dollar eared above $23.105

3 Income Taxation As part of Budget 2018, the Government of Canada introduced the Canada Workers Benefit (CWB) that will take affect starting on January 1, 2019. The CWB is a tax credit that supplements the earnings of low-income workers. For a single individual with no children, the structure of the CWB in 2023 is as follows. . No credit for earnings less than or equal to $3,000 . A 27% credit on each dollar of income earned over $3,000 up to a maximum of $1,428 • The maximum credit is reduced by 15% for each dollar eared above $23.105

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