Posts by Kim

One Comment About Taxation – Friction Isn’t a Virtue in Tax Filing —  Automation Is I like many things that are automatic. Automatic transmissions. Automatic doors. Automatic bill payments. Automatic software updates. In each case, the automatic feature makes my life easier by handling routine functions or frictions that I’d otherwise have to spend time on…

One Comment About Taxation – Canadians Deserve Less  Drama During “Tax Season” – Suggestions For Improvements The mid-January blues…you have them yet?? If it helps to pull you out of them, here’s a gentle reminder that you have roughly 3.5 months to file your 2025 personal tax return. Awesome, eh? You can start getting all of your receipts…

One Comment About Taxation – Lessons For Canada to Learn From the Ill-Conceived California Ballot-Initiative to Introduce a One-Time “Billionaires Tax” About 15 years ago, one of my sons got into trouble at his elementary school. His crime? He didn’t like a particular teacher so, with the encouragement of some of his friends, he started a…

One Comment About Taxation – Taxation Policies Matter – Especially When it Comes to the Fluidity of Capital Recently, I’ve been using Amazon a lot. From books and Christmas gifts to preparing my own book for release on their platform, it’s a slick platform that millions of people around the world use. And it made its creative…

One Comment About Taxation – Why Are Some Canadians Motivated to Engage in Tax Evasion? Last week, I visited one of my favorite restaurants. The food and service, as usual, were out of this world: something a food delivery service cannot replicate. But the restaurant has a strict “cash only” policy. I always need to remind myself…

One Comment About Taxation – Santa Claus’s Tax Gifts, Tax Lumps of Coal and My Tax Wishes Well, Santa Claus’s arrival is right around the corner! I can barely contain my excitement!  Throughout the year, I wrote monthly letters to Santa to present my wish list of excellent tax policy ideas that I’ve gathered over the…