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Structural flaw in Canada’s tax code harms workers when employers drag out collective bargaining
Retroactive pay system of collective agreements contains compounding financial penalty invisible in headline settlement figures but visible in take-home pay
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Canada is spending billions to fix the wrong productivity problem
Canadian financial policy has crowded out the risk-taking that drives productivity asserts professor of finance and chartered professional accountant Manbo He
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Meet a millionaire who wants Canada to tax the rich
Tech entrepreneur Avi Bryant is a member of the Patriotic Millionaires, a group of wealthy Canadians advocating for changes to the country's taxation system
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Why can’t accountants prevent fraud?
How can the accounting profession prevent fraud — and protect both investors and the public — or is this a Sisyphean task?, asks Philip Maguire, CPA, CA
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‘We got lazy and complacent’: Swedish pensioners explain how abolishing the wealth tax changed their country
For much of the 20th century, Sweden enjoyed a justifiable reputation as one of Europe’s most egalitarian countries. It’s changed over the past two decades
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As Alberta separatists court the U.S., prosperity is fuelling a sovereigntist turn
The separatist movement and its grievance politics ignore the poor choices Alberta itself has made in terms of taxation, royalties and economic investment
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Modernizing the GST/HST small-supplier threshold: A compliance fix hiding in plain sight
The issue is not whether GST/HST should exist. It’s whether the threshold governing its application still reflects sound administration in today’s economy
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Filing taxes for someone else? Here’s how to do it safely
An academic study reveals that informal tax preparers — friends and family, not professional accountants — are not using the Canada Revenue Agency’s RepID
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Why is the CRA still targeting pandemic aid recipients?
Continued collection attempts against people who received pandemic benefits shows a punitive logic that doesn’t fit the scale of the alleged transgressions
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What’s missing from the Davos agenda: taxing the rich
New polling shows that taxing the wealthy maintains majority support, even among the wealthy themselves. That should be reflected in international priorities
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Canada: Tax reform or tax collection?
Tax reform has received a lot of attention recently, without addressing the thorny issue of tax collection or enforcement, asserts Philip Maguire, CPA, CA
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Billionaires with $1 salaries ― and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches
People who earn a lot through their job, from doctors to executives, are carrying the largest taxation burden, alongside lower-wage workers, says Ray Madoff
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