Canada’s tax system needs top-to-bottom overhaul

The government should seek ways to streamline tax credits and deductions, eliminate inefficient or poorly targeted tax preferences, and simplify rules to enable more tax system automation.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's next federal budget is looming and there is the potential for more tax credits and expenditures, writes Bruce Ball. The government has more than 30 election campaign promises to fulfill where tax policy is concerned, including a raft of new or expanded personal tax credits and deductions aimed at achieving a variety of goals.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BRUCE BALL

February 16, 2022

The next federal budget is looming and there is the potential for more tax credits and expenditures. By the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada’s count, the current government has more than

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