{"id":243480,"date":"2024-01-12T16:13:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T21:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/?page_id=243480"},"modified":"2024-01-16T08:33:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T13:33:13","slug":"ensuring-tax-rules-are-harmonized-worker-co-operatives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/ensuring-tax-rules-are-harmonized-worker-co-operatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Ensuring that tax rules are harmonized to include worker co-operatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16.1&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#4B4B4D&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/canada.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lettre-oo-cmc.png&#8221; background_blend=&#8221;multiply&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|0px|40px|0px|true|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; animation_duration=&#8221;1200ms&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;100ms&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16.1&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;top&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;3%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16.1&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|700||on|||||dotted&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;9px||1px||false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" lang=\"EN-CA\" class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW192521177 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW192521177 BCX0\">ENSURING THAT TAX RULES ARE HARMONIZED TO INCLUDE WORKER-CO-OPERATIVES<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/canada.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/circle-background-pattern.png&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>In collaboration with<a href=\"https:\/\/canadianworker.coop\/\"> the Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation<\/a> (CWCF), <a href=\"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/\">Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada<\/a> (CMC) is advocating that the Government of Canada ensure that worker co-operatives are treated in terms of tax considerations. CMC and CWCF are also asking that incentives be put inplace to encourage more employee ownership of businesses, such as in <a href=\"https:\/\/canada.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-Co-operatives-and-Employee-Ownership-Appendix-ENG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Employee-Ownership Trusts and worker co-operatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CWCF, CMC, and others in the co-operative movement are pleased to see the Government of Canada&#8217;s interest in employee ownership, evidenced since its inclusion in Budget 2021 and the &#8220;first 10 million exemption in Capital gains&#8221; proposed in the 2023 Fall Economic Statement. In relation to the scenario of business succession through the worker co-operative model, CMC wishes to provide crucial and complementary information on the <a href=\"https:\/\/canadianworker.coop\/about\/what-is-a-worker-co-op\/\">worker co-operative model<\/a>. The intent is to inform the discussions and ensure incentives to encourage more business owners to sell to employees are considered, and are harmonized with the scenario of employee-owned worker co-operatives successions, not only Employee-Ownership Trusts.<\/p>\n<p>There are avarious types of employee ownership structures and when the employees become owners, they should have the choice of the legal structure under which they wish to operate. As a result, the various incentives and taxation considerations for the seller, the enterprise, and the employees should receive equal treatment in the various forms of employee ownership.<\/p>\n<p>CMC, as welll,as the CWCF and other subject-matters experts, would be delighted to discuss of this subject further. Please contact either Daniel P. Brunette, Senior Director, External Affairs at <a href=\"mailto:dbrunette@canada.coop\">dbrunette@canada.coop <\/a>or Hazel Corcoran, Executive Director at the Canadian Worker Co-op Federation at <a href=\"mailto:hazel@canadianworker.coop\">hazel@canadianworker.coop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please see the Appendix for information on the advantages of the co-operative model, as well as more on the Canadian and international experience with employee ownership and co-operative conversions.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENSURING THAT TAX RULES ARE HARMONIZED TO INCLUDE WORKER-CO-OPERATIVESIn collaboration with the Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation (CWCF), Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC) is advocating that the Government of Canada ensure that worker co-operatives are treated in terms of tax considerations. 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