Reading Time: 4 minutes But it’s taking the wrong approach
Category: Your Money
Liberal plan to raise top-earners’ taxes will hurt economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Poorly conceived personal income tax changes could result in the loss of more entrepreneurial high-income earners
Do Canadians pay too much in taxes?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Here’s why that’s the wrong question to ask
Think twice before adopting Australia’s pension reform model
Reading Time: 3 minutes Let’s look at the evidence before blindly adopting the Australian pension system as our own
If governments force Canadians to save more for retirement, voluntary private savings will shrink
Reading Time: 3 minutes A $1 increase in CPP contributions reduces private savings – which could be used for home ownership – by around the same amount
Many Canadians could end up paying a 15% marginal tax rate
Reading Time: 3 minutes If the government simplified the tax system by eliminating tax credits, deductions, exemptions and exclusions
Doing your taxes good for your health
Reading Time: 3 minutes Taking advantage of tax credits can go a long way to making things easier for low-income Canadians