The premier of British Columbia tabled the 2014 provincial budget on February 18. The budget contained a number of tax-related changes, not all of which were directly related to income tax.
The 2013 Federal Budget announced that, beginning in 2014, the gross-up of small business dividends will be reduced from 25% to 18% and that the federal dividend tax credit will be adjusted as well. The net result is a slight increase in the taxation of other than eligible dividends at the federal level.