Resumen de How Language Can be Taxing

Patrick Tye, Nathalie Polet

• Income tax is one of the Government’s main sources of funding and fiscal measures cover all aspects of our lives, from cradle to grave. The concepts are complex, and the terminology concerns every area of human activity.

  Translating tax laws is therefore a major challenge. In this article, the authors provide a brief history of Québec’s Taxation Act and then call on their experience as translators and revisers of Québec tax laws to discuss the language issues they face daily.