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Canadians for Tax Fairness (C4TF) is the premiere source on matters of tax fairness for journalists, researchers, policy-makers and Canadian citizens, who trust us to provide well-researched analyses, a voice for middle-class and working-class Canadians, and a counter-weight to the well-funded tax-related advocacy groups and lobbyists whose primary objective is to protect established wealth. 

 

 

C4TF Report: Pandemic Profits and the Public Purse

How 50 Canadian firms dodged taxes and took wage subsidies while making record profits.

13 May 2021

 

C4TF Report: Canada could gain $11 billion+ from Biden min. coporate tax plan (PDF)

How various global corporate minium tax rates can benefit Canadian revenue, and how these rates could be implemented, available via the Institute for Economic Studies, with research contributions by the Tax Justice Network.

12 April 2021

 

C4TF Report: It's time to tax extreme wealth inequality

How progressive tax reforms can help pay for the pandemic, tackle inequality, and build a better future. (Key finding: Canada's top billionaires grew their wealth by $53 billion during the pandemic thus far.)

November 2020

 

C4TF Submission: Pre-Budget Consultations for the 2021 Budget

House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance

August 2020

 

C4TF Report: Corporate Assets in Top 12 Tax Havens 
How Canadian corporations increased reported assets in the top 12 tax havens to a record $381 billion.

July 2020

 

C4TF Report: Corporate Income Tax Freedom Day 2020
How corporate tax rates have fallen over the past two decades, while failing to stimulate promised growth and investment.

January 2020

 

C4TF Fact Sheet: The Digital Playing Field

9 October 2019

 

C4TF Fact Sheet: Progressive Taxes

3 October 2019

 

C4TF Report: Platform For Tax Fairness - 2019
How the federal government can restore equality, strengthen the economy and pay for important public services.

Sept 2019

 

C4TF Fact Sheet: Climate Change
26 September 2019

 

C4TF Fact Sheet: Tackle Tax Havens
18 September 2019

 

C4TF Fact Sheet: Closing Tax Loopholes

11 September 2019

 

C4TF Submission: Consultations on Tax Treatment of Stock Options

Finance Canada

September 2019

 

C4TF Report: Bay Street and Tax Havens; Curbing Corporate Canada’s Addiction
How many of the top 60 companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange have subsidiaries in known tax havens
November 2017

 

C4TF Annual Report 2019-20
Campaigns, achievements, finances, summaries.
Fall 2020

 

C4TF Presentation: Taxes, tax havens and public services: what are the links?
PIPSC Ontario Steward Council Meeting

September 2019

 

C4TF Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance: Pre-Budget Consultations for the 2020/21 Federal Budget
August 2019

 

C4TF Annual Report 2018-19
A highlight of achievements and ongoing campaigns for tax fairness
Spring 2019

 

C4TF Comments to the OECD Public Consultation on Addressing the Tax Challenges of the Digitalisation of the Economy 
March 6, 2019

 

C4TF Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Pre-Budget Consultations for the 2019/20 Federal Budget 
August 2018

 

C4TF Submission: Canada’s corporate income tax system and recent changes to the US system 

Finance Minister of Canada 
4 July 2018

 

C4TF Presentation: Match the UK and EU Standard of a Public Registry of Beneficial Ownership for Corporations and Trusts

House of Commons Finance Committee / Statutory Review of the Proceeds of Crime and Terrorist Financing Act
18 April 2018

 

C4TF Fact Sheet: "Snow-Washing" (Money-Laundering in Canada)
9 February 2018

 

C4TF Brief: Tax foreign-based E-commerce Companies to Level the Playing Field
House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade / Study on Progressive Canadian Enterprises and SMEs through Electronic Commerce

6 November 2017

 

C4TF Presentation: All Canadians have a stake in tax policy, not just the rich

House of Commons Finance Committee on Tax Planning Using Private Corporations 
26 September 2017

 

C4TF Brief: How to Raise More Revenue for Bolder Policy Initiatives 
House of Commons Finance Committee; Pre-2018-Budget Consultations

August 2017

 

C4TF Joint Brief: Adopt Federal Procurement Policies to Combat Tax Dodging, Fraud and Corruption
Brief for the Canadian Government by C4TF and UNITE HERE Canada
1 June 2017

 

C4TF Submission: Tax Measures - Key Tools for Poverty Reduction Strategies
Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development / Status of Persons with Disabilities Study on Poverty Reduction Strategies
14 October 2016

 

C4TF Presentation: CRA Efforts to Combat Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion
House of Commons Finance Committee

7 June 2016

 

C4TF Report: What's Wrong with the CRA and How To Fix It

Interviews and conversations with auditors, investigators and managers at the CRA give us an insider look  at Canada’s beleaguered tax agency and help us understand where the past decade has left us and where we should be headed.

December 2015

 

C4TF Fact Sheet: TFSAs, A Good Idea Gone Bad
3 July 2015

 

C4TF Fact Sheet: Corporations, Pay Your Fair Share!
24 June 2015

 

C4TF Fact Sheet: How Much Do Corporations Have In Tax Havens
25 May 2015

 

C4TF Pre-Budget Submission to Parliamentary Finance Committee

14 October 2014

 

C4TF Fact Sheet: The Stock Market Loophole

15 April 2014

 

C4TF Presentation: Tax Evasion and the Use of Tax Havens

House of Commons Finance Committee

14 February 2013

 

C4TF Fact Sheet: Tax Havens are a Canadian Problem

13 January 2013

 

C4TF Presentation: Think Twice about Increasing Tax Incentives for Charitable Donations
Standing Committee on Finance

17 January 2012