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How not to hold a referendum: Vancouver’s transit tax referendum | Dead For Tax Reasons
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Dead For Tax Reasons. A blog about taxes, expenditures, and all things in between. Neither pro- nor anti-tax. July 3, 2015. How not to hold a referendum: Vancouver’s transit tax referendum. As you might now, the results from the Metro Vancouver transit tax referendum are in, and those who voted ( 50%) most voted against the transit tax proposal. With the results in, it is prompting much navel gazing about the referendum and whether it was doomed at the start. And an implementation path here. You are comm...
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Tax Lotteries | Dead For Tax Reasons
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Dead For Tax Reasons. A blog about taxes, expenditures, and all things in between. Neither pro- nor anti-tax. April 22, 2014. Imagine sitting in front of the TV waiting with baited breath that your numbers will finally come up, and you will have won the lottery. Now imagine that instead of buying a lottery ticket, you are entered into the lottery by providing your receipts to the tax authority. Wait, what you say? The tax authority running a lottery? Mdash; Rudyard Griffiths (@rudyardg) April 20, 2014.
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GAAR me maties Part I | Dead For Tax Reasons
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Dead For Tax Reasons. A blog about taxes, expenditures, and all things in between. Neither pro- nor anti-tax. December 31, 2013. GAAR me maties Part I. This post is not dedicated to pirates, but rather s. 245 of the. As of 2010, the federal Income Tax Act alone amounts to 2,847 pages and is one of the worst books every written. There are also the federal Income Tax Regulations. And they amount to 1,339 pages. Taxation in Canada is now a very complex system and few Canadians seem to understand it. 8230;] ...
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June | 2015 | Dead For Tax Reasons
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Dead For Tax Reasons. A blog about taxes, expenditures, and all things in between. Neither pro- nor anti-tax. June 19, 2015. Corporate tax avoidance, tax evasion, and GAAR: Oh my! There has been a lot of attention on corporate tax avoidance of late, with calls for corporations to ‘pay their fair share.’ If you are in this camp, then I hope you are following closely the OECD BEPS debates, the luxleaks fall out, and yes even the federal budgets. No? Well, then you should. As you know (? Given that this is ...
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April | 2015 | Dead For Tax Reasons
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Dead For Tax Reasons. A blog about taxes, expenditures, and all things in between. Neither pro- nor anti-tax. April 21, 2015. Budget 2015: A loot bag filled with useless toys. So today was budget day and if you want to read through the nearly 600 page behemoth. Instead, I will focus on a few interesting tidbits. The NDP had already committed to dropping the small business tax rate and the CPCs borrowed from their play book. The small business tax rate, currently at 11%, will fall 0.5 percentage p...My bo...
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EconBS: Ebola in Liberia could be different than Ebola in New Jersey
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Econometrics By Simulation: Simulations and Analysis github.com/EconometricsBySimulation/. Monday, October 27, 2014. Ebola in Liberia could be different than Ebola in New Jersey. The Ebola outbreak in Western Africa has initiated panic throughout the world. Thirty-seven. Should Chris Christie be concerned about Ebola in New Jersey? In some ways New Jersey is not so different from Liberia which has already suffered 4,665 deaths according to the CDC. But what does this really mean? The per capita earnings ...
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Nudge Economics and Tax Compliance | Dead For Tax Reasons
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Dead For Tax Reasons. A blog about taxes, expenditures, and all things in between. Neither pro- nor anti-tax. June 15, 2015. Nudge Economics and Tax Compliance. But wait, you say. People often do things that are irrational and that makes economics bunk. Well, you might want to first read this. A good example is organ donation. Almost everyone says they want to donate their organs when they die, but very few of these people actually register to be an organ donor. To become a registered organ donor...One o...
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Income, Wealth and Tax Noncompliance: Richmond Income Tax Invaders | Dead For Tax Reasons
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Dead For Tax Reasons. A blog about taxes, expenditures, and all things in between. Neither pro- nor anti-tax. June 17, 2015. Income, Wealth and Tax Noncompliance: Richmond Income Tax Invaders. You may have caught wind of the Vancouver Sun article. From Monday June 15, 2105 that reported on the ritzy Vancouver neighborhood where many people are poor. This was follow up with an article about these Richmond income tax evaders , but that article. No longer exists on their site. Instead, this little gem.
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February | 2015 | Dead For Tax Reasons
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Dead For Tax Reasons. A blog about taxes, expenditures, and all things in between. Neither pro- nor anti-tax. February 27, 2015. LSVCC Tax Credit is Bad Tax Policy. In 1996, then Finance Minister Paul Martin attempted to plug the drain by reducing the tax credit to 15% on a maximum investment of $3500, but political lobbying resulted in the maximum being increased to $5000 in 1999. By 2002, the federal government was foregoing $260 million in tax revenues as a result of the tax treatment of LSVCCs .
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Engaging with Academics: It can be free | Dead For Tax Reasons
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Dead For Tax Reasons. A blog about taxes, expenditures, and all things in between. Neither pro- nor anti-tax. June 10, 2015. Engaging with Academics: It can be free. And if you do call us and need to refer to us in the conversation, call us Dr. , Prof, or just use our first name. Using Mr., Ms., Mrs. Is not advisable. Trust me! While some academics love flying to hell and gone, many of us do not. I hate spending two days to get there and back again for a 90 minute conversation. We have secure vid...Most ...
