Hidden Spending: The Fiscal Impact of Federal Tax Concessions

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Page Title:Hidden Spending: The Fiscal Impact of Federal Tax Concessions – C.D. Howe Institute
Article Title:Hidden Spending: The Fiscal Impact of Federal Tax Concessions
URL:https://cdhowe.org/publication/hidden-spending-fiscal-impact-federal-tax-concessions/
Published Date:February 16, 2017
Accessed Date:February 11, 2025

More than $16 billion of annual “tax expenditures” never show up on the federal government’s books, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Hidden Spending: The Fiscal Impact of Federal Tax Concessions,” authors William B. P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin tally transfers delivered through the tax system that Ottawa should report as spending.

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