Thank you.
Madam Minister, at committee we've spent almost 30 hours wading through a ton of incredibly complex tax changes while studying the BIA. Everyone agrees that the tax act is overly complex. As a matter of fact, it's so complex that even your own team at the call centres gave Canadian taxpayers false or erroneous information 30% of the time, so even your own people don't understand it.
Small businesses are spending an exorbitant amount of money and time trying to comply. Under your watch, it has become even more difficult and leaves small business owners in constant fear of accidentally being non-compliant.
Would you commit today to Canadians to simplify the system so that they can stop wasting their precious time trying to wade through piles of incomprehensible tax rules?