Finance
- 2003
January, February,
March, April, May, June,
July, August, September, October,
November, December
January
January 16
Pre-budget
consultations scheduled
January 29
Pre-budget consultations resume Thursday
January 30
NOTE TO EDITORS - Pre-budget consultation time change
February
February 7
Electronic town
hall scheduled as part of budget consultations
February 18
NOTE TO EDITORS - Minister available to comment on
federal budget
March
March 5
Board�s outlook confirms province�s assessment
March 17
Budget date
announced
March 20
Ministerial
Statement - Home heating fuel rebate program
NOTE TO EDITORS - Budget Lock-in, St. John�s,
March 27
March 27
NOTE TO EDITORS - Minister to guest speak at Chamber
of Commerce luncheon, Corner Brook, March 28
Budget 2003 tabled
Government announces further payroll tax
relief
Government announces new small business
corporate income tax holiday
Enhancement to small business deduction
under the Income Tax Act
Amendment to Income Tax Act
related to Manufacturing and Processing Profits Tax Credit
Enhancements to Direct Equity Tax Credit
Program
Tobacco tax rate increases announced
Tax credit measures to assist persons
with disabilities
Seniors� benefit increased
Newfoundland and Labrador historical
financial position
April
April 30
Ministerial Statement - Province�s economic agenda working
May
May 27
Ministers announce
call for venture capital proposals
May 28
Deadline approaching to apply for home heating fuel
rebate
August
August 8
Equity investment in Country Ribbon Inc.
September
September 17
Seniors� benefit to be distributed in October
September 25
Population increases for first time in more than a
decade
November
November 13
Finance Minister to meet with Atlantic counterparts, Halifax, November 14
November 17
Atlantic Finance Ministers meet in Halifax
Government appoints external firm to review
financial condition of province
November 18
2003 Public Accounts (Financial Statements)
released
December
December 12
Independent
external review expected week of December 22
December 16
Tobacco tax rate adjustment for Labrador border
zones
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