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1. The Economic Costs of Capital Gains Taxes in Canada

   Capital gains taxes, like all forms of taxation, raise revenues for the government. But capital gains taxes impose significant costs on the economy. The cost of capital gains taxes is not limited to the amount of tax revenue collected. Capital gains taxes ...

2. Taxes versus the Necessities of Life: The Canadian Consumer Tax Index 2014

   The Canadian Consumer Tax Index tracks the total tax bill of the average Canadian family from 1961 to 2013. Including all types of taxes, that bill has increased by 1,832 percent since 1961. Taxes have grown much more rapidly than any other single ...

3. Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 9, 2014

   The Fraser Institute annually calculates Tax Freedom Day in order to provide a comprehensive and easily understood indicator of the overall tax burden faced by the average Canadian family. Tax Freedom Day is the day in the year by which the average ...

4. 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 ...

5. Taxes squeezing household budgets

   Appeared in the Huffington Post Like other Canadians, you work hard for your money. Faced with essential expenses such as food, clothing, and shelter, your household budget may feel squeezed. But what if we told you, your family's biggest expense is ...

6. More taxes buy more government; not a more civilized society

   Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen "Income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf," said the American humourist Will Rogers. Indeed, but let’s not stop there. In Canada, debates over taxes, government and civilization lead some ...

7. Don't let mythical thinking on taxes mess up Alberta

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald As Albertans approach another provincial budget, the usual fables about Alberta's finances often crop up. To inoculate ourselves in advance, let's ponder two myths. Myth Number One: Alberta's wealth is a ...

8. Tax people, not corporations: Public's misplaced sense of fairness costs the economy dearly

   Appeared in the Financial Post Until recently, there was a consensus in favour of competitive business taxes. But whenever governments are strapped for cash- which is most of the time for most of them, given their voracious appetite for spending- eyes ...

9. Corporate Income Taxes- Who Pays?

   Whenever governments are strapped for cash, eyes quickly turn to corporate income taxes as an expedient and presumed painless way to help balance their books. The erroneous thinking behind raising corporate income taxes, however, is that corporations and ...

10. Make the rich pay? They already pay enough

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail About five years ago, I became acquainted with a retired fellow by the name of Jim Tocher. Then in his eighties, Mr. Tocher was a classic Canadian success story. Born in Golden, B.C., he spent his early years in Yoho ...