The Fair and Accountable Canadian Taxation (FACT) Partnership is a new collaboration bringing together academics and public policy practitioners to inform and deepen Canada’s discussions about fair taxation.
Researchers at the University of Calgary, Carleton University and Universite de Sherbrooke are working with the Canadian Tax Observatory and Social Capital Partners to produce and share rigorous research and accessible evidence on the fairness and accountability of Canada’s tax system.
The three-year collaboration is partly funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Our first package of material proposes a new framework to evaluate the full value of changes in the tax system.
A new way to measure tax reforms: Looking beyond cost and revenue
This piece introduces a new framework: the Marginal Value of Public Funds for Tax Administration. It asks broader questions of tax reforms by considering not only costs and revenues but also their effects on equity, access and trust.
Why simplifying Canada’s tax code is about social trust, not just saving money
Simplifying the tax system shouldn’t mean stripping away fairness or letting up on integrity. Since tax policy is as much about how our society functions as it is about financing the deficit, a simplification exercise can only be effective if it takes all parts of the equation into account.
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