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Closing Tax Planning Opportunities For Private Corporations In Canada: What Is The Impact On The Medical Profession?, Jessica Stuart

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The federal government has recently proposed significant changes to the taxation of private corporations in Canada. These changes will significantly affect, in particular, medical doctors as many of them use private corporations for tax and financial planning purposes. This paper focuses specifically on how the proposed tax changes will affect medical doctors, not just because of their importance to society, but also because of their unique financial situation.

Following the federal government’s release of its initial reform proposal, many doctors were upset that they were labeled as tax cheats who did not “pay their fair share”. It was predicted that …