Tag: Money

Luxury Tax Expected to Lower Sales and Employment

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In its 2021 budget, under bill C-19, the Liberal government announced plans to impose a luxury tax on the sale of new cars, boats and aircraft, bought for personal use. The tax is to be applied as the lesser of either 10% on the vehicle’s purchase price or 20% on…

PST Changes to Benefit Saskatchewan’s Farmers

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Saskatchewan’s ministry of finance has announced several changes to its provincial sales tax (PST) regulations that are aimed at bringing better clarity, fairness, and consistency to the farming sector and its expenditure on goods. According to the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association chair, Arnold Balicki, the changes, which are expected to cost…

Calls To Suspend Carbon Tax Implementation Rise

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As fuel prices continue to rise, there are growing calls for the Canadian government to put a freeze on the implementation of the carbon tax set to go into effect as of April 1. The planned increase will raise the federal carbon tax by 2.2 cents, pushing the total carbon…

CRA Tax Professionals Call for Resources to Trace Offshore Tax Cheats

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The Professional Institute of Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) is calling on the government to allocate sufficient time and resources to its tax professionals in a bid to enforce tax laws on individuals and corporations that have been using tax-havens. Following the recent revelations in the Pandora Papers exposé by…

Ontario Bureaucrat Charged with Fraud

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An Ontario man and his family, previously accused of using fraud to collect over $11 million from the government, is now facing additional charges that he syphoned $30 million as part of an illegal kickback scheme for government contracts. The accused, Sanjay Madan, was an IT Manager for the Education…

Acceleration Of Canada’s Annual Inflation Rate Threatens To Peak 3% In Spring

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Canada’s headline inflation reached 1% in January. This exceeded economists’ prediction of 0.9% and a year-over-year increase of 0.7% in December. Figures above 1% have not been recorded since a year ago when inflation rose 2.2% compared to February 2019. Canada’s provinces of Newfoundland, Labrador, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, and…

Wealth Tax Finds Support Among Many Canadians

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The NDP and the Green Party revived their proposition for a wealth tax after a Parliamentary Budget Officer report back in June stated 1% of the country’s highest earners possessed over 25% of the country’s total wealth. Although the Bloc Quebecois, Liberals, and Conservatives objected to the NDP motion for…

Bank of Canada Says Digital Currency May Be Needed Due to Pandemic

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The public’s use of online services has increased during the pandemic, prompting the Bank of Canada to look into ways that a central bank digital product might be distributed and accepted quickly. The Bank of Canada’s Deputy Governor Tim Lane discussed the possible development of a CBDC (central bank digital…

PBO Claims Disability Support Will Cost $792 million

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A COVID-19 related one-off payment for Canadians living with disabilities will cost the federal treasury $792 million, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer. The initiative expects to deliver up to $600 to 1.67 million people, in an effort to lessen their financial distress as a result of the pandemic. Low-earning…