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1. Big Apple exodus underscores Canada’s uncompetitive personal income tax rates

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Sun, August 26, 2020 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently raised concerns about high-income New Yorkers fleeing to the suburbs and neighbouring states in part because of New York City’s high personal income taxes. But they won ...

2. Tax Complexity in 2019: Can It be Tamed?

   Tax complexity matters to all Canadians, mostly owing to the considerable resources and time that families and businesses spend on compliance. Many of us incur substantial costs: time invested and money spent on professional legal and accounting services, ...

3. William Watson: the way we were—a small government taxing consumption

   The federal budget of 1917, Canada’s last without an income tax, was brought down on April 24 of that year, just 12 days after what many regard as the country’s coming of age at the battle of Vimy Ridge. In his budget speech, which, like ...

4. In Ontario, hard work doesn’t pay

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, June 8, 2016 If there was ever a statistic that confirmed Ontario is no longer a place to prosper, consider that average incomes in Ontario (after taxes) have slid from being 20 per cent higher than the rest of Canada to now ...

5. Income splitting not the best economic bang for the buck

     After seven consecutive years of budget deficits, the federal government is finally set to balance the budget. While the government has long expressed that tax relief is its top post-deficit priority, the major question has always been: what form will ...

6. Window may be opening for tax reform in Quebec

   Appeared in the Montreal Gazette “We want Quebecers to pay less tax and taxes,” said Quebec’s premier Philippe Couillard, in advance of recommendations from a special panel tasked to make the province’s tax system more competitive. The window for change ...

7. Cost to Canadians of Complying with Personal Income Taxes, 2014

   This study builds on previous Fraser Institute research estimating the total compliance costs associated with Canada's tax system. It aims to estimate the cost of complying with the personal income tax system in 2012. It updates past estimates for ...