No More Second-Class Taxpayers: How Income Splitting Can Bring Fairness to Canada’s Single Income Families

The Canadian personal income tax system does not pay much attention to whether the amount of money an individual brings home is supplemented by the income of a spouse or not. That means that families where one spouse earns more than the other get taxed at a higher rate than families where two workin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Matt Krzepkowski, Jack M. Mintz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Calgary 2013-04-01
Series:The School of Public Policy Publications
Online Access:https://www.policyschool.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/krzepkowski-mintz-income-splitting.pdf