A6 - The Terrace Slandard, Wednesday, October 17, 2001 Taxes eat up raise THAT LARGE raise Andy Burton and olher MPs got earlier this year didn’t translate into much, at jeast when it comes to retro pay, such as Bur- ton, get an additional taxable amount to The Terrace Pipes & Drums Society is having their AMUN GENERAL WET and election of officers ot the Kim Hut on MacKay’ 8 Funeral Service Ltd. Serving Terrace, Kitimat, Smithers & Prince Rupert Monuments ‘Bronze Plaques Terrace Crematorium Concerned personal service in the Northwest - since 1946 ’ 4626 Davis Street Terrace, 8.C. V8G 1X7 Burton, who represents the Canadian Alliance, says he received jusl over $2,000 net while paying income taxes of more than $17,000, “What that raise did was put us into a higher tax bracket,” said Burton. The old salary was $69,100 and came with a $22,800 tax-free allowance. The latter worked out to a taxable equivalent of $40,400 for a total package of $109,500. That's substantially less than the fully-taxable $131,400 MPs now get. The increase was first announced in June and backdated to Jan. 1 meaning that when it was paid just recently, the income tax bite reflected year to date. “Don’t forget that some of that was tax free. But now it isn’t ,” Burton said of the new pay package. With the retroactive tax bite now pas- sed, Burton says his net pay has gone up by about $800 a month. “It’s a nice raise, but il’s not what people were lead to believe,” he said. MPs from rural and remote ridings, cover the costs of get- ting around their home constituen- cies. Cabinet ministers now make $194,640, fully tax- able, as does Al- liance oppo- sition leader Stockwell Day. Prime Minister Jean Chretien makes $262,988, up substantially from his old salary of $184,600. MPs also get expense maney fram their office budgets, And those maintain- ing a residence in Ottawa also receive $15,000 to defray costs. The pay increase also means a hike in MP pensions. 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