Taxation
        
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    Are hybrid sales of private businesses still a viable tax planning tool for business owners?
    David J Rotfleisch explores whether the Foix decision by the FCA radically undermines the tax benefits of a hybrid sale when selling a private business
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    The GAAR reinforcements — What even is economic substance?
    With the economic substance wording in the general anti-avoidance rule, Finance Canada has given a present to the tax judiciary, says Raymond G. Adlington
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    Tax planning is changing in 2024
    MaryAnne Loney of McLennan Ross LLP looks at three areas of tax planning related to private corporations that will change in 2024
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    A Canadian tax lawyer's guide to the In-Trust-For (ITF) Account
    Canadian tax accountant and lawyer David J. Rotfleisch discusses ITFs, including tax implications, issues and alternatives to these unregistered investment accounts
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    Canadian taxpayer involved in a bad will investment scheme granted additional relief on accrued interest
    Relief requests beyond the statute of limitation may still be available, depending on the circumstances, explains tax accountant and lawyer David J Rotfleisch
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    Court orders delivery of tax planning memo prepared by accountants to CRA
    Laurie Goldbach and Steve Suarez of BLG on disclosure of tax planning documents and the Tax Court's treatment of accountant-client privilege
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    Tax fraud and tax evasion in the same case: Analysis of Regina v Reynolds
    A case before the BC Supreme Court included violations of the Income Tax Act and Excise Tax Act explains Canadian accountant and lawyer David J Rotfleisch
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    Deans Knight will have a serious impact on tax planning & tax disputes
    The courts will increasingly gravitate toward the minority approach in the Deans Knight decision, assert the tax lawyers of Counter Tax Litigators
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    Wealthy but worried: why the UK’s top 10% are turning their backs on the rest of society
    A thought leadership article on high income earners in the UK may hold some insights into Canadian attitudes towards inequality and taxation among the wealthy
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    SR&ED Tax Credits upheld by Tax Court Of Canada in Canafric Inc. v. The King
    Developing new recipes qualifies for Scientific Research and Experimental Development credits, explains David J Rotfleisch, when you make frozen pies
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    CRA routinely disallows parking expense claims, even for life-threatening illnesses
    It is not the Tax Court's job to provide equitable relief, David Rotflesich explains, as the Income Tax Act provides a bright-line test for medical expense tax credits
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    IRS is using $60B funding boost to ramp up use of technology to collect taxes — not just hiring more enforcement agents
    After a decade of underfunding, the Internal Revenue Agency is receiving a cash injection, similar to the reinvestment in the CRA by the Trudeau government
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