income tax

Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland delivers the 2020 fiscal update in the House of Commons on Nov. 30, 2020 (CP/Sean Kilpatrick)

How to tax the wealthy without a ‘wealth tax’

Michael Smart: To boost fairness, productivity and government revenue, tax capital gains

Why does Andrea Horwath want to eat the rich?

Ontario’s top 1 per cent earns 12 per cent of all income, but pays its fair share of 26.5 per cent of all income tax

Ottawa and the provinces are making it harder for Canadians to save

Opinion: Since 2015, politicians have busily hiked taxes and fees while reducing the ability of taxpayers to save more of their money for themselves

“The Taking of Vimy Ridge,” 1917. Painted by Richard Jack

A not-so-happy 100th birthday to income tax in Canada

This summer marks a century since Ottawa reluctantly imposed the first federal income tax on Canadians to pay for the war. Once entrenched, though, the tax never went away.

Justin Trudeau’s economic promises off to a sluggish start

Trudeau Report Card: When will the government’s economic plans for bigger deficits pay off?

How to stop the rich from dodging higher taxes

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau has the power to change the tax system to make it harder for high earners to avoid taxes, but it’s going to take political will

Let the great family tax battle begin

With the release of the Liberal’s family tax package, the aim is to reverse almost all the family tax policies implemented by the Conservatives since 2006

Live chat: Tax expert Evelyn Jacks takes your questions

Learn how to save money this tax season. Chat begins at 1 p.m. EST.

How the G20 corporate tax agenda affects you. (Yes, you.)

Governments have to get the money somewhere

Thomas Mulcair versus taxes

‘Never… Period. Full stop.’

What do we know about the 1 per cent?

Little, but enough to debunk a few common misconceptions

Taxing high earners is harder than it looks: Quebec edition

Memo to the PQ: there aren’t that many Quebecers in the top-income brackets