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Did GE really pay no taxes in 2010?
The General Electric building in New York City (Photo: Fletcher6/Wikimedia) A few months back, The New York Times shocked a lot of people by reporting that General Electric—an enormous,...
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The best place to do business: Canada
(Photo: Scott Gardner/Canadian Press) Last month, Canada stepped onto the world stage with an uncommon swagger. In a keynote speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Prime Minister...
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How the G-20 agenda on corporate tax affects you: Erica Alini
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper walks past Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit Thursday Sept.5, 2013 in St.Petersburg, Russia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld One of the big items...
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What is the NDP’s plan for corporate tax rates?: Mike Moffatt
(Photo: Nick M Do/Getty Images) There have been a number of alarming policy statements made by federal politicians in 2013, but in a recent interview NDP leader Tom Mulcair took the lead for most...
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How we ranked the Canadian companies paying unusually low taxes
Introduction First Capital CP MTS Gildan Brookfield Cameco Full Ranking Methodology Corporate tax stories involving major multinationals like Apple, Google and Starbucks made international headlines...
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Which large companies pay the least tax?
Introduction First Capital CP MTS Gildan Brookfield Cameco Full Ranking Methodology The corporations below pay an unusually small amount in cash taxes compared to their pre-tax income. Read the...
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Why are some Canadian companies paying almost no tax?
Introduction First Capital CP MTS Gildan Brookfield Cameco Full Ranking Methodology How much income tax do you pay? Forty per cent? More? Lately the government has become obsessed with making everyone...
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Is it possible for a corporation to be patriotic?: Chris MacDonald
The California and American flags hanging in a Walmart in Palmdale, Calif. But what makes a company “American”? (David McNew/Getty) What makes a Canadian company Canadian? What is it that makes an...
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Ask McArdle: Is Tim Hortons still Canadian?
Is Tim Hortons still Canadian now that Burger King has bought the company? An unintended side effect of my globetrotting quest to earn the honorific “man of the world” is that Wee McArdle has lived...
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Amid a rising tide of tax credits, we need to simplify the tax code
The way Canada taxes company cars is considered a model for the world because of its simplicity and neutrality. The same can’t be said of the rest of the tax code. (Image Source/Getty) Hey, Sierra...
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Putting numbers to the NDP’s potential corporate tax rate plan
NDP leader Tom Mulcair has pledged to balance the budget (Galit Rodan/CP) Given the NDP’s current position in the polls and the importance of corporate tax increases in its economic platform, I don’t...
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Why we should stop giving small businesses big tax breaks
(Alija/Getty) Canada’s small-business lobby disliked the federal budget. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) grumbled about a “number of broken promises.” Top of the list was Finance...
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How the Trump tax cuts could drive Canadian corporate tax rates down too
(Pablo Martinez Monsivais/ Canadian Press) This story originally appeared at Maclean’s. On Jan. 20, the United States inaugurated its 45th president, Donald J. Trump. During the 2016 election campaign...
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Canadians understand the proposed new tax rules—that’s why they’re mad
(Helloquence/Unsplash) Canadians may not always get the tax math, but they do get tax fairness. That’s why the controversial proposals to dramatically change the taxation of private business in Canada...
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10 ways to actually bring fair tax relief to Canada’s middle class
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Finance Bill Morneau. (Sean Kilpatrick/CP) Finance Minister Morneau wants to help the middle class prosper and make the tax system fairer. As we have seen,...
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What’s next in Bill Morneau’s tax reform playbook?
(Stefan Stefancik/Unsplash) We’ve seen a flurry of comments from small business and tax planning industry groups as the government’s consultation on corporate tax changes came to a close this week....
View ArticleHow Budget 2018 will affect small business owners
Allan Norman is a CIM and CFP with Atlantis Financial Inc. in Barrie, Ont. The government wants to help small business owners invest in and grow their firms—but they don’t want to give them an...
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