The CMA has been a longtime advocate of tax fairness for physicians and other medical professionals.
In the 1950s, we lobbied governments for a way physicians and other self-employed Canadians could contribute to their retirements — leading to the creation of the registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) in 1957.
In 2017, we led a campaign to highlight to government how proposed changes to Canada’s small business taxation framework would negatively impact physicians’ practices and patient care, resulting in policy amendments and less restrictive taxation measures for incorporated businesses.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we took a similar approach, lobbying governments to amend federal and provincial fiscal stabilization measures to ensure different physician practice models could qualify for financial assistance.