1. Tax Freedom Day examines the total tax burden of individuals and families.
This information is generally not made available to you by your government for fear
that you will be shocked when confronted with such details of your total tax burden.
2. Any information you enter is NOT recorded by our web server. Since this
is a secure server, your information is protected from being accessed by other parties.
3. The Origins of Tax Freedom Day
The Fraser Institute has been researching the comprehensive tax burden for the average
family in Canada for each of the Provinces since 1977. The most widely recognised
output of this research is Tax Freedom Day, the day of the year that Canadians finally
start working for themselves. All money earned prior to this day goes to one of
three levels of government: federal, provincial, or local
The Institute calculates Tax Freedom Day in order to provide a simple, easy reference
point about the impact of the most complex and intrusive activity of governments
--- it's tax-collecting apparatus. It is all but impossible for an ordinary citizen
to have a clear idea of the tax demands which are imposed on them by the various
taxing efforts of government. Tax Freedom Day provides clarity about the size of
the tax burden.
Canadians worked until June 29 this year to pay the total tax bill imposed on them
by all levels of government.
It is a fact that Tax Freedom Day this year is 58 days later than it was 39 years
ago. In 1961, the earliest year for which the calculation has been made, Tax Freedom
Day was May 3. By 1974, it had advanced to June 8, and in 2000 Tax Freedom Day will
fall, as noted, on June 30.
4. This Tax Calculator was initially designed by Joel Emes and Dexter Samida
of the Fraser Institute of Vancouver, Canada
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca
It was re-designed by Antony Street of the Mannkal Foundation, using Country Comparative
Statistics showing General Government Outlays as a percentage of a nominal GDP,
provided by Roger Kerr of the New Zealand Business Roundtable
http://www.nzbr.org.nz/
Our Mannkal Tax Freedom Day Calculator acknowledges the assistance and kind permission
given by the Fraser Institute and the New Zealand Business Roundtable.