Finance committee  Yes, it's a very good question. Unfortunately, TEI really is looking at the policy and tax decisions more from the company's perspective as opposed to the individual taxpayer's perspective, so I don't know that we have a position on the stock option benefit or any statistics arou

Finance committee  Yes, sure. It's a very good question, very broad indeed. TEI doesn't oppose targeted spending increases, individual tax relief, or reductions in government spending and debt. TEI commends the government on its efforts and commitment to a balanced budget, but that needs to be wei

Finance committee  Correct, I would suggest that in my industry, lowering the corporate tax rate has been an advantage. Unfortunately, we've seen some cyclical changes in the pharmaceutical industry. We've seen significant revenue reductions, but the incentives provided by this government and that

Finance committee  My apologies, I missed the first part of the translation.

Finance committee  I agree that we need to look at all of the BEPS action points, and it's just a matter of considering the impact on the economy and the differing economic policy decisions being made by different countries around the world. Capital is very fluid, and capital is, as we've seen, bei

Finance committee  Most definitely. TEI members are basically concerned with ensuring that we have consistent application and consensus among the OECD countries in the G-20 and that it is a fair and even playing field. Then at that point, the risks of double taxation and things along those lines wo

Finance committee  On that front there are a couple of things that we've addressed in our paper around, again, electronic filing requirements and broadening that to include some of the tax forms that are currently filed manually, and maybe filed manually even though your basic tax return gets filed

Finance committee  Thank you and good afternoon. I am the tax director for AstraZeneca Canada but am appearing today as the vice-president for Canadian affairs for the Tax Executives Institute. TEI is the pre-eminent association of business tax professionals worldwide. Our 7,000 members work in-ho