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Tax-filing rates of newly landed immigrants in Canada: Trends and insights

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  • Tahsin Mehdi
  • Ying Gai
  • Ping Ching Winnie Chan
  • René Morissette
  • Jason Raymond
  • Rubab Arim
  • Dylan Saunders

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This study provides insights into the tax-filing behaviour of newly landed immigrants and their families over time in Canada, using the Longitudinal Immigration Database. Tax-filing rates were compared across seven cohorts of permanent residents based on their landing year, ranging from 1993 to 2019. Results indicate a significant improvement in filing rates from the mid-1990s to the late 1990s for individuals as well as families, but the rates have remained fairly stable since then. Descriptive and multivariate analyses reveal differences in filing rates for individuals and couples across several landing characteristics within and between cohorts. Refugees were usually the most likely immigration class to file income tax returns upon landing, while immigrants admitted through the Federal Skilled Worker Program were usually the least likely class to file. Immigrants with graduate degrees at landing were usually less likely to file taxes upon landing, compared with immigrants with lower educational attainment.

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  • Tahsin Mehdi & Ying Gai & Ping Ching Winnie Chan & René Morissette & Jason Raymond & Rubab Arim & Dylan Saunders, 2023. "Tax-filing rates of newly landed immigrants in Canada: Trends and insights," Economic and Social Reports 202301100004e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies and Modelling Branch.
    • Handle: RePEc:stc:stcp8e:202301100004e
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25318/36280001202301100004-eng
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    1. Derek Messacar, 2017. "Big Tax Data and Economic Analysis: Effects of Personal Income Tax Reassessments and Delayed Tax Filing," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 43(3), pages 261-283, September.
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    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics

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