2005 Tax Competitiveness Report: Unleashing the Canadian Tiger

The C.D. Howe Institute Tax Competitiveness Program has released its 2005 Tax Competitiveness Report: Unleashing the Canadian Tiger.

According to the Institute's web site, "the Report ranks the effective tax rates on investment in 36 developed and leading developing nations, and shows that Canada’s effective tax rates on investment are second-highest among the countries studied, putting future economic growth at risk."

For more information see the Institute's What's New page or access the report directly at:
http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/commentary_216.pdf

Readers may also be interested in an e-brief released by the Institute that surveys effective tax rates on capital investment in 36 developed and developing nations.

"Attention G-7 Leaders: Investment Taxes Can Harm Your Nations’ Health, reports that most G7 nations now have tax rates on investment among the highest of all countries surveyed, and they must act decisively to restructure their tax systems and improve growth prospects"

The e-brief can be found at;
http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/ebrief_18.pdf