Tax Introduction
CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTION
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
1917 - Income tax first introduced in Canada as temporary measure to finance Canadian troops in World War I.
Jan 1, 1972 - Major revisions to Income Tax Act and introduction of taxation of capital gains.
1988 - Significant changes to personal and corporate taxation, including conversion of many personal tax deductions from income to income tax credits. (effectively increasing taxation for all but low rate individual taxpayers)
AUTHORITY TO LEVY INCOME TAXES:
British North America Act,1867 (renamed Constitution Act, 1867 in 1981) whereby Great Britain agreed to allow Canada to become self-governing, granted authority to federal and provincial powers to impose income taxes.
CLASSIFICATION OF TAXES BY NATURE OF TAX LEVY:
Flat tax - Rate of tax is fixed, irrespective of income level.
Eg. Corporate income tax in Canada.(affected by type of corporation and type of income, but not amount of income)
Progressive tax -......
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