The Nova Scotia government has awarded payroll rebates to Ernst and Young as the professional services firm establishes its first Canadian-based Global Centre of Excellence for Robotic Process Automation Service in Halifax.
Nova Scotia Business Inc.’s payroll rebate, valued at more than $2.4-million over five years, is contingent on the firm creating 150 jobs in Halifax.
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Ernst and Young Canada would be eligible for a smaller rebate if it creates fewer than 150 new jobs.
Nova Scotia Business Inc., a Crown-owned business development agency, didn’t specify what the new centre would do, and Ernst and Young did not immediately return a request for comment Tuesday.
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The agency says it always gets more in tax revenue than it gives in payroll rebates for new jobs, and rebates are only paid after a business has generated “actual payroll.”
It says that under the maximum growth forecast, the company would spend $34,650,000 in salaries over five years.
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