As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, governments around the globe - including Canada's - have utilized their tax systems and tax "infrastructure" to provide emergency economic relief to individuals and businesses. This page contains relevant tax law information and updates, with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

 

COVID-19 TAX POLICY DATABASE:

 

OECD COVID-19 pandemic economic response hub (Web-page) - Click here.

 

OECD database tracking tax policy measures taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (Excel) - Click here.

 

 

OPINION EDITORIALS AND OPINION COMMENTARY ON COVID-19:

 

Osgoode Professor Geoffrey Turner writes in the Financial Post about the some of the near-future political and fiscal repercussions anticipated from the Canadian government’s COVID-19 response (Financial Post) - Click here.

 

 

MULTIMEDIA COMMENTARY ON COVID-19:

 

London School of Economics and Political Science: Data–driven Responses to COVID–19: opportunities and limitations [Audio] (Podcast) - Click here.

 

London School of Economics and Political Science: COVID-19: the economic policy response [Audio] (Podcast) - Click here.

 

London School of Economics and Political Science: COVID-19 Economic Response: a comparative, cross-border perspective [Audio] (Podcast) - Click here.

 

London School of Economics and Political Science: Assessing the Economic Impact of COVID-19 [Audio] (Podcast) - Click here.

 

London School of Economics and Political Science: Now or Never: Crafting the Global COVID-19 Response [Audio] (Podcast) - Click here.

 

Munk Dialogues: The World After COVID-19 [Video] (Streaming Video) - Click here.