In the 2015 federal budget the contribution limit for Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) was increased. Should the Canadian federal government increase the TFSA contribution limit even more? In 500 words please evaluate whether such an increase is a sensible policy in light of the purpose and the effects of the tax expenditure, especially in light of distributional outcomes.
B.Structural Requirements
Writing a 500-word note is a lot harder than writing a 5,000-word paper. You would need to spend a lot of time deciding what ideas to include and how to include them. Learning how to find information, evaluate the quality of such information and make good use of the information you choose to use will benefit you for the rest of your life. To demonstrate that you have acquired such information literacy, you cannot simply string together direct quotes or materials from sources. You need to process the ideas and express the ideas in your own way. Given the 500-word limit, please avoid using direct quotes. If you simply string content you grab from sources together, you will receive 0 of 20.
Please note that the 500-word limit (excluding in-text citations and bibliography as explained below) is the ceiling so please do not exceed the upper limit, and please do not ask whether you can exceed the limit. If your submission exceeds the 500-word limit, you will receive a failing grade.
Please write in paragraphs, and please leave a line between paragraphs. If you do not write in paragraphs, you will receive a failing grade. The first sentence of each paragraph is the topic sentence that presents what you want to say in that paragraph. The rest of the paragraph presents and/or supports what you want to say. If you need a review of academic writing, see http://www.fas.harvard.edu/wricntr/resources.html and/or http://arts.uottawa.ca/writingcentre/en/hypergrammar/writing-paragraphs.
C.Source Requirements
The research for this assignment will be a challenge for you. You all know how to Google, but finding the latest relevant and informative sources in tax and public policy is the key here. Learning how to make good use of academic journals in York e-Resources will benefit you. You are expected to learn how to make good use of York e-Resources on your own, i.e. you should not ask the librarians to do your research for you. You must use sources and evidence to support your every claim. When in doubt, cite the source. If you do not support all of your claims adequately, you will receive a failing grade.
As the word limit is 500 words, please carefully select the latest relevant and informative sources to use in your submission. Ideas, rather than geography, are important here so the country of origin of the source is not the issue here. You are required to use at least five of the latest relevant and informative sources two of which must be peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles but you can use as many as you like. However, you cannot only use news publications as our sources. If you cite only news publications as your sources, you will only receive a maximum of 2 of 20. Please do not cite textbooks and books. Please only use sources that can be accessed online. If you do not cite at least five relevant and informative sources, you will only receive a maximum of 2 of 20.
You might ask: what is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal article? What is York e-Resources? As you are in third year, you are expected to have learnt these. If you havent done so, please search for the relevant information. If you do not cite at least two appropriate peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles directly related to the subject matter of the research project, you will only receive a maximum of 2 of 20. Please note that a paper published in a research paper series is not qualified as a peer-reviewed scholarly journal article for the purpose of the research project. Please also note that either not being able to make good use of York e-Resources or not being to determine what peer-reviewed scholarly journal article is on your own is not a basis for any academic accommodation.
Please write the 500 words or less in APA style. To fulfill this requirement, you will only need to provide APA-styled in-text citations and the bibliography at the end of your submission. Please do not use footnotes. No cover sheet is needed. The 500 words exclude in-text citations and the bibliography at the end. For APA style, see http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/apa. When you mention an idea from a source in a sentence you would need to provide in-text citation to the source at the end of that sentence. If you do not provide proper in-text citations for all content used in your submission, you will only receive a maximum of 2 of 20. If you simply list the sources in the bibliography without citing them in text, you will only receive a maximum of 2 of 20. If you use content from others without proper citation, you will be charged with plagiarism. If you are not sure what plagiarism is, please take a look at http://www.yorku.ca/academicintegrity/students/index.htm.
The quality of all the sources you use will help determine your grade. If you use any source that is irrelevant to the research project and/or of poor scholarly quality, you will receive a failing grade. If you cite content in your source that your source does not contain, you will receive a failing grade.
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