Overhaul Complex Capital Cost Allowance (CCA) System to Improve Canada's Tax Regime, Say Accountants
(firmenpresse) - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA and OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 04/18/13 -- The Certified General Accountants Association of Canada (CGA-Canada) commissioned a study critically examining the CCA system. The findings of the paper were informed by accounting professionals working in public firms and industry executives, and provide evidence that the CCA system is complex and needs to be modernized in order to eliminate redundancies and increase efficiencies.
"CGA-Canada has repeatedly called for simplification of the income tax system," says Anthony Ariganello, FCGA and president and CEO of CGA-Canada. "Accounting professionals agree that changes to the CCA system are required to remove a layer of complexity within the current tax regime."
The study also argues that using the CCA system as the vehicle for introducing economic incentives and policy initiatives is generally not effective. Instead, utilizing investment tax credits or government grants could be a more effective method in providing incentives to an industry.
Since the establishment of the CCA system, a number of adjustments to the system have emerged. Accounting professionals and industry executives feel that these new rules and changes are unnecessary and add to the complexity of the system; they also lead to additional costs and inefficiencies that may affect profitability and international competitiveness of Canadian business. The changes include:
"The CCA system was initially introduced to ensure that taxpayers benefited from a fair and equitable system for the depreciation of capital property," says Rock Lefebvre, FCGA and vice president of Research & Standards at CGA-Canada. "But it has added increased complexity to the tax system and the many changes introduced weakened the system's equity and neutrality."
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