3 Integration and the Small Business Deduction

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[Verse 1]
Corporate profits taxed at source, then shareholders pay again
Double taxation bites like frost, integration eases pain
Theory simple, execution complex as morning rain
One dollar earned should bear one burden, eliminate the strain

[Chorus]
Five hundred thousand business limit, section one-two-five
Small business rate keeps companies competitive and alive
General reduction sweetens deals for active income streams
But passive dollars grind away your small business dreams

[Verse 2]
Manufacturing, retail sales, consulting work you do
Active business income flows at rates more kind to you
Twenty-seven percent federal drops to eleven and change
Small business deduction puts more cash within your range

[Chorus]
Five hundred thousand business limit, section one-two-five
Small business rate keeps companies competitive and alive
General reduction sweetens deals for active income streams
But passive dollars grind away your small business dreams

[Bridge]
Fifty thousand passive threshold starts the grinding wheel
Every dollar past that mark makes your deduction peel
Five to one the ratio cuts your business limit down
Investment income costs you more than gold per pound

[Verse 3]
Tax on Split Income watches family tricks unfold
Section one-twenty point four stops the schemes of old
Reasonableness test applied to payments made to kin
Kiddie tax on adults now, the net grows ever thin

[Chorus]
Five hundred thousand business limit, section one-two-five
Small business rate keeps companies competitive and alive
General reduction sweetens deals for active income streams
But passive dollars grind away your small business dreams

[Outro]
Integration's noble goal through complex rules we chase
One economic dollar bears one tax upon its face
Small business gets its discount, passive income pays the price
Canadian tax law carved in regulatory ice

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