Western University professor Tom Malleson presents five reasons for levying high taxes on the very rich, from the environment to (reduced) social friction

Wrapping up the odds and ends from the past week in Canadian accounting news

Allan Lanthier: The OECD rules were developed by committee after committee and compromise after compromise, and it shows

Allan Lanthier: We should not hamstring our job creators at the precise time when our giant competitor to the south has rejected the tax

Charles-Antoine St-Jean appointed Regional Director—Americas of the International Sustainability Standards Board — an appointment we predicted

Marc Pietro Allard and Marc André Gaudreau Duval of Davies on the implications of new excessive interest and financing expenses limitation rules

Accounting sustainability standards must change say academics

New trend of rising rates has already begun, says international accounting network

Allan Lanthier says it's time for accounting firms, bodies and industry groups to challenge the flaws in the OECD global corporate minimum tax plan

Why Québec Premier François Legault’s ethically and legally questionable tax on the unvaxxed was not a tax but a levy

Montreal one of three global hubs for new accounting body based in Frankfurt

Punishing tax evasion enablers could also compel taxpayers to comply with tax laws, says Professor Tisha King, CPA, CGA

Allan Lanthier analyzes the most sweeping overhaul of global tax rules in more than a century

Wrapping up the odds and ends in this week’s Canadian accounting news

Greater transparency and accountability is needed says University of Ottawa accounting professor Marc Tassé, CPA, CA

Unintended consequences of UK audit reforms will hurt smaller companies and non-profits

But legal argument just one obstacle towards implementation says Professor Rebecca Parry

Popping some media inaccuracies about the G7 two-pillar framework with Canadian tax lawyer and accountant David J Rotfleisch

Allan Lanthier explains a recent case in the UK Supreme Court, HMRC v Tooth, and its consequences in a Canadian context

Rahul Sharma and Jennifer A. N. Corak of Miller Thomson LLP present three common scenarios of non-Canadian or foreign trusts where Canada's Income Tax Act rules intersect with the international wealth planning of taxpayers

What is the human cost of revenue losses through tax avoidance and tax evasion?

OECD report recommends actions to battle global white collar crime accomplices

Recognizing female accounting and bookkeeping professionals globally

Intellectual Property Lawyer John McKeown looks at a recent Federal Court decision involving CPA Ontario and the CPA official mark

The gulf will continue to grow between Canadian tax law and OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines, says Steve Suarez of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP