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Blogs
Blogs
Read Kim’s latest news, views, and analysis from the perspective of one of Canada’s leading tax authorities.
Tax Mythology
June 26, 2023
In 2020, I published my first book – Making Life Less Taxing. It’s a breezy read and was intended to put my toe in the water in the field of publishing while trying to push my message that people should take their tax affairs a lot more seriously than I have experienced over my career while also trumpeting that Canada needs significant tax review and reform...
Tax Mythology
June 26, 2023
In 2020, I published my first book – Making Life Less Taxing. It’s a breezy read and was intended to put my toe in the water in the field of publishing while trying to push my message that people should take their tax affairs a lot more seriously than I have experienced over my career while also trumpeting that Canada needs significant tax review and reform...
Concern For the Future of the Tax Profession
June 23, 2023
I’ve often said – and most recently in a published article (see pages 58-59) – that taxation is not for the faint of heart. There’s a reason why Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying that the hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. I think he was correct. The Income Tax Act (the “Act”) is, by far, the largest statute (and likely the most complex) in Canadian law...
Concern For the Future of the Tax Profession
June 23, 2023
I’ve often said – and most recently in a published article (see pages 58-59) – that taxation is not for the faint of heart. There’s a reason why Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying that the hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. I think he was correct. The Income Tax Act (the “Act”) is, by far, the largest statute (and likely the most complex) in Canadian law...
We Need to Repeal the Ridiculous Journalism Tax Credits
June 21, 2023
So how many of you know that Canada subsidizes our journalism industry? It’s amazing to me that not many average Canadians know this. And the knowledge of these credits amongst the professional community is also quite low. Let me give you a quick summary. Proposed supports were first announced in the 2018 Fall Economic Statement with details later provided in the 2019 Federal Budget. It proposed 3 initiatives...
We Need to Repeal the Ridiculous Journalism Tax Credits
June 21, 2023
So how many of you know that Canada subsidizes our journalism industry? It’s amazing to me that not many average Canadians know this. And the knowledge of these credits amongst the professional community is also quite low. Let me give you a quick summary. Proposed supports were first announced in the 2018 Fall Economic Statement with details later provided in the 2019 Federal Budget. It proposed 3 initiatives...
Author of "Making Life Less Taxing"
I wrote 'Making Life Less Taxing' in 2020 with the taxpayer in mind. It is your guide to become better informed about your tax situation and truly understand your tax system. Every day should be tax day, not just April 30th!
The book will:
- Clear up the misunderstandings out there about taxes
- Make an argument for tax reformation and how it can benefit Canadian society on a larger scale
- Distill the complex (and often overwhelming and scary) world of taxes into easy-to-understand material
- Help the reader to lay out a plan of attack and consider all the what-ifs