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Prince George offers a cost effective alternative to locate your business. With the lowest business costs and tax rates compared to all nearby cities near the Pacific, Prince George is the ideal location for site selection.

Corporate Taxes - KPMG Results

Prince George is one of North America's most competitive business locations!

In 2010, KPMG released the results of a detailed analysis of international business location costs for 112 cities in 10 countries. The study analyzed 17 industries and business operations, and 26 location-sensitive cost factors in each city.

Canada was the cost leader amongst the nine industrialized countries examined, and Prince George ranked number one out of the 13 cities profiled in Pacific US/Canada.

The profiles for Prince George and Canada are available here. Click the document image to view/download the Competitive Alternatives Report (PDF file).

Selected Study Results for Prince George

	INDUSTRY	INDEX RATING (U.S. = 100)
MANUFACTURING	Agri-Food	98.3
	Chemicals	96.2
	Electronics	95.6
	Medical Devices	94.9
	Medical Components	99.1
	Pharmaceuticals	95.1
	Plastics	100.2
	Telecommunications	95.0
CORPORATE & IT SERVICES	Back Office / Call Centre	88.3
	Software Design	84.3
	Web / Multimedia	85.7
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT	Biotechnology	79.0
	Clinical Trials	80.1
	Product Testing	74.0

Index of Business Costs

	INDEX RATING (U.S. = 100)
PRINCE GEORGE, BC		94.3
Vancouver, BC		94.9
Victoria, BC		95.7
Edmonton, AB		95.7
Grande Prairie, AB		96.0
Red Deer, AB		95.1
Anchorage, AK		106.3
Boise, ID		97.2
Spokane, WA		98.4

Low Tax Rates

Corporate income tax rates in BC are amongst North America's lowest. BC has taken significant steps to improve the competitiveness of the tax system for business. Effective July 1, 2010, British Columbia has the lowest Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) in Canada, making the province one of the most competitive jurisdictions in the industrialized world for new investments.

PRINCE GEORGE (BC)*	28.50%	* Taxes on new investment have been lowered an additional 40% by the new BC Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), which was implemented on July 1, 2010.
Idaho	39.02%
Nevada	34.00%
California	39.83%
Oregon	40.77%
Washington	34.00%
Alaska	40.20%
Alberta	28.00%
Combined federal & regional tax rates. Source: KPMG's 2010 Competitive Alternatives.