taxes

Juin 6, 2011 2:00AM

Tax Freedom Day underscores need for tax relief

Happy Tax Freedom Day! When Canadians return to work on Monday (June 6), they will finally be working for themselves. In other words, if we had to pay all our taxes up front, we would have to pay each and every dollar we earned from January 1 to June 5 to various levels of government.

Coincidentally, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is also scheduled to deliver the federal budget on Tax Freedom Day. All expectations for the budget are that it will look much like the March version, dubiously entitled A Low-Tax Plan for Jobs and Growth.

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Juin 3, 2011 2:00AM

Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 6, 2011

Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis

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Juin 3, 2011 2:00AM

A vote for the HST is a vote for an earlier Tax Freedom Day

Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios

Happy Tax Freedom Day! Monday, British Columbians start working for themselves. In other words, if we had to pay all our taxes up front, we would have to pay each and every dollar we earned from January 1 to June 5 to various levels of government.

This of course, translates into an awful lot of money. In fact, the average British Columbian family with two or more individuals will hand-over about $36,600 in taxes to their federal, provincial and local governments (42.7% of their income).

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Juin 29, 2010 2:00AM

Countering the Myths Surrounding BC's Harmonized Sales Tax

Charles Lammam, Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios

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Juin 21, 2010 2:00AM

The Impact of the HST on British Columbian Families

Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios, Charles Lammam

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Juin 4, 2010 2:00AM

Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 5, 2010

Niels Veldhuis, Milagros Palacios

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Avril 29, 2010 2:00AM

The Cost to Canadians of Complying with Personal Income Taxes

François Vaillancourt

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Février 23, 2010 2:00AM

The case for higher GST

Niels Veldhuis, Charles Lammam

When Ed Clark, TD Bank CEO, recently said that nearly all members of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (a group composed of 150 of Canada's top CEOs) want the federal government to hike the GST to combat the deficit, he earned a quick rebuke from the Conservatives, who rejected his suggestion and referred to him in an email as the millionaire economic Czar to the Liberals. This in turn provoked responses from Liberal heavyweights including both Michael Ignatieff and former PM Jean Chretien.

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Décembre 22, 2009 6:00PM

HST will help not hinder Manitobans

Niels Veldhuis

Earlier this week, Finance Minister Rosann Wowchuk kyboshed a Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) for Manitoba. Her reasoning: We don't think it makes sense to impose $405 million in new sales taxes. While such rhetoric might be good politics, it is terrible economics and worse, actually misrepresents the facts.

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Juin 5, 2009 2:00AM