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1. Canadians should be wary about ‘fair share’ tax rhetoric

   The NDP wants to raise the top federal personal income tax rate to 35 per cent. ...

2. Measuring Progressivity in Canada’s Tax System

   There is a common misperception in Canada that top income earners do not pay their share of taxes and that increasing taxes on this income group is an effective way to generate significant additional government revenue. However, high-income ...

3. Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on May 24, 2021

   In 2021, the average Canadian family will earn $124,659 in income and pay an estimated $48,757 in total taxes (39.1%). If the average Canadian family had to pay its taxes up front, it would have worked until May 23 to pay the total tax bill imposed on it ...

4. Tax reform should play crucial role in COVID recovery

   Canada has the seventh-highest top combined personal income tax rate in the OECD. ...

5. Canada’s Rising Personal Tax Rates and Falling Tax Competitiveness (2019)

   In December 2015, Canada’s new Liberal government introduced changes to Canada’s personal income tax system. Among the changes for the 2016 tax year, the federal government added a new income tax bracket, raising the top tax rate from 29 to 33 percent on ...