Organized by the Chaire en fiscalité et finances publiques
In recent decades, both Canada and Australia have lowered capital gains taxation.
As a first step, this lunchtime conference discussed the impacts of the reform of the capital gains tax rate in Australia and its effects on tax revenues. Is it possible that lower taxes on capital gains generate an increase in tax revenues? This was followed by a presentation on the history of tax treatment in the Canadian context.
The Impact of Tax Rate Changes on Capital Gains Realisations: Evidence From Australia
Speaker: John Minas, lecturer, Griffith Business School
L’imposition des gains en capital au Canada - 1972-2018
Speakers: François Vaillancourt, Emeritus Professor at Université de Montréal, and Anna Kerhkoff, Research Professional at the Chaire de recherche en fiscalité et en finances publiques