News Archive
2016-01-14
Google Canada is opening a brand new office in Kitchener-Waterloo. Great news. But Google is notoriously anti-tax. It is time for the federal government to do something about that.
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2015-12-14
Taxpayers and the media are paying attention to our “insider” investigation on problems at the CRA.
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2015-11-30
Our new report takes you behind the scenes at the Canada Revenue Agency. Read how veteran CRA auditors and investigators rate the agency's capacity to do right by Canadians. Hint: So-called austerity measures are likely costing Canada billions in lost revenues every year. And big corporations are just fine with that.
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2015-11-25
Did you know that at least five top Canadian companies pay less than 5 per cent corporate income tax?
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2015-11-11
G20 countries – including Canada – are among the biggest losers when US multinationals avoid paying taxes where they do business.
This is the main finding of a new report on the global tax system, Still Broken, released by the Tax Justice Network, Oxfam, Global Alliance for Tax Justice and Public Services International today. Overall it is estimated that, in order to reduce their tax bills, US multinationals shifted between $500 and 700 billion – a quarter of their annual profits – out of the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and elsewhere to a handful of countries including the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland, Switzerland and Bermuda in 2012. In the same year, US multinational companies reported US$ 80 billion of profits in Bermuda – more than their profits reported in Japan, China, Germany and France combined.
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2015-11-04
Canada’s new Revenue Minister is a Quebec business woman with experience in municipal politics and a previous career in social work. Dianne Lebouthillier was sworn in this morning.
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2015-10-30
It is a conversation Canadians have needed to have for more than a decade. What is a fair tax rate for the wealthy? A new report is urging Canada to be bold with the answer.
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2015-10-21
There will be a new government sworn in in less than two weeks. One of the first order of business should be to straighten out a tax system that isn't working for most of us. Here's how that process could start.
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2015-10-13
A smart tax policy which includes more transparency and less reliance on buying support with tax cuts is key to a strong economy. Instead Stephen Harper has treated tax like a political trick or treat.
If you haven't already cast your ballot - and even if you have - here are some important things to think about when it comes to expecting good fiscal management from our government.
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2015-10-07
No question the Canada Revenue Agency needs help to get back on track. But new reports of backroom meetings at the highest level about the agency shows a serious lack of critical judgement. Or just plain cynicism and entitlement. You decide.