Introduction: Why do private corporations receive Refundable Dividends? Canada’s Income Tax Act was originally drafted with three main principles in mind: equity, simplicity, and fairness. In essence, the overall goal of the Income Tax Act is to remove incentives or disincentives for structuring one’s affairs in a particular manner...
Winston Churchill is reputed to have said, “We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” While that calls to mind a humourous impossibility, the truth is that...