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Families Spend How Much On Taxes?!

CBC | Posted 04.24.2013 | Canada Business

Canadians spend more money on taxes than basic necessities, according to a report by the Fraser Institute. Roughly 43 per cent of an aver...

If Your Child Has ADHD You Could Qualify for a Tax Credit

Dr. Kenny Handelman | Posted 04.19.2013 | Canada Living
Dr. Kenny Handelman

Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has a provision for individuals living with a disability to claim a disability tax credit. While this has been in place for a long time, it was just a few years ago that individuals with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD) were allowed to claim the tax credit, if they meet the criteria as set out by CRA.

Canadians With Lower Income Have Higher Opportunity

Yanick Labrie | Posted 12.09.2012 | Canada Business
Yanick Labrie

We often hear that in Canada, "the rich are becoming richer while the poor are getting poorer." Fortunately, studies focusing on economic mobility in Canada tell a totally different and more accurate story. By looking at these data, it becomes clear that it is the poorest 20 per cent who enjoy the highest upward economic mobility.

Adding PST To School Supplies Part Of $159-Million Tax Grab

Jordan Bateman | Posted 01.22.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Jordan Bateman

When British Columbians rejected the HST in the 2011 referendum, they were promised things would go back to the PST normal. But an independent panel has recommended adding taxes to things that virtually every B.C. family buys -- a plan that will increase our already sky-high cost of living.

Before You Choose a Business Location, Consider Taxes

Elio Luongo | Posted 12.25.2012 | Canada Business
Elio Luongo

There are many variables when examining which country is best for business, whether it be demographics, infrastructure, cost of living or personal quality of life. An important consideration when deciding where to set up shop is total tax costs. The tax landscape is a delicate ecosystem, and even the slightest change can certainly impact a location's overall competitiveness. A competitive tax structure is crucial to attracting inbound investment, spurring innovation, and creating skilled jobs.

It's Time to Revisit (and Replace) Some of Those Insurance Policies

Andrew Pyle | Posted 07.30.2012 | Canada Business
Andrew Pyle

A lot of Canadians have no life insurance. Those who do often have excessive or expensive policies that they just don't need. In this economy, it's time Canadians go through their desk drawers and purge some of those useless, costly policies, and replace them with new ones.

Some Canadians Paying Extra Taxes To Help Pay Debt

CBC | Posted 06.27.2012 | Canada Business

Every so often, Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose sits at her desk, takes pen in hand, and in her role as Receiver General, writes a let...

Death And Taxes: Car Accidents Increase On U.S. Tax Day

CP | Lindsey Tanner, The Associated Press | Posted 06.11.2012 | Canada Living

CHICAGO - The two certainties in life — death and taxes — may be more intertwined than Ben Franklin ever imagined: A study found that deadly auto ...

Should There Be GST On Food?

CP | Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.25.2012 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - Two of Canada's leading economists want Ottawa to reopen one of the hottest issues of the last two decades by expanding the GST to include fo...

Will a Junk Food Tax Work in Canada?

Michel Kelly-Gagnon | Posted 11.11.2011 | Canada
Michel Kelly-Gagnon

Obesity has become a "collective" issue that presumably concerns us all. Just last week, a coalition of health and education experts repeated their call for the Quebec government to introduce a sugar tax on soft drinks and so-called "energy drinks."