Taxation
Practice
Maple Leafs GM vs CRA tax court ruling
Just in time for the playoffs, Dave Nonis scores a win in the Tax Court of Canada, six years after his dismissal as General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs
Practice
Post-Mortem Planning For Private Companies — Reconsidering Options For Triggering Capital Gains — Part II
Tax Planning For The Non-Specialist Advisor: In part two of a two-part series, Michael Goldberg looks at an alternative post-mortem PC Liquidation strategy he calls Spousal Rollover Liquidation Planning
Profession
How global tax dodging costs lives: New research shows a direct link to increased death rates
What is the human cost of revenue losses through tax avoidance and tax evasion?
Profession
Canadian tax professionals: A Canadian tax lawyer's guide
Canadian tax lawyer and accountant David J Rotfleisch breaks down the classifications and the kind of work done by Canadian tax professionals
David J. Rotfleisch
President Trump will single-handedly make forensic accountants sexy
The investigation into former US president Donald Trump's finances could be turned into a hit TV series, says tax accountant and lawyer David J Rotfleisch
Practice
Post-Mortem Planning For Private Companies — Reconsidering The Options For Triggering Capital Gains — Part I
Tax Planning For The Non-Specialist Advisor: Part one of a two-part series from Michael Goldberg of Minden Gross LLP on an alternative strategy for post-mortem PC liquidation
Business
Friday News Roundup 21.05.07: Isle of Man, Laurentian, slow CRA on CRB and more
Wrapping up the odds and ends in this week’s Canadian accounting news
Practice
Tax D-Day: As April 30 comes to a close, no extension for accountants despite 75k petition, CRA service disruptions
A tax season like no other is finally coming to a close. CPAs won’t soon forget it
Business
2021 Canadian federal budget – Top 5 tax measures
Jeremy Ho and Kabir Jamal, partners in the Tax Group at McCarthy Tétrault, on five key tax proposals, from interest deductibility limits to a new digital services tax
Transfer Pricing
Canadian budget proposes new cross-border interest deductibility limit
Jared A. Mackey, Brendan Sigalet and Philip B. Ward of Bennett Jones LLP on a fundamental change to the existing interest deductibility regime
Global
OECD Report: The role of corporations in fighting white collar crime enablers
OECD report recommends actions to battle global white collar crime accomplices
Business
2021 Federal Budget – Spend, spend, spend (part deux) with some interesting tax measures
Kim G C Moody FCPA, FCA, TEP and members of the Moodys Tax Law team in Calgary provide commentary and analysis of Budget 2021
Profession
Canadian accountants petition CRA for tax deadline extension
More than 50,000 taxpayers are signing petition available on Change.org
Business
Friday News Roundup 21.04.16: Watch out! Covid accounting inspectors! Plus (no) tax deadline extensions, and more!
Wrapping up the odds and ends in this week’s Canadian accounting news
Practice
Tax Court: No penalty for tax return filed without person's knowledge
The CRA did not rightfully impose a gross-negligence penalty in Bowker v. The Queen, explains tax accountant and lawyer David J Rotfleisch
Business
Friday News Roundup 21.04.09: A capital (gains) idea, corporate tax, bashing bloggers, grumpy accountants and more
Wrapping up the odds and ends in this week’s Canadian accounting news
Thought Leaders
Filing tax returns, paying income tax, is saving us during COVID-19
Tax accountant and lawyer David J Rotfleisch says paying our income taxes is what keeps Canada a great country to live in
Practice
CRA's views on charitable remainder trusts
CRTs can be a useful charitable giving tool say M. Elena Hoffstein and Brittany Sud of Miller Thomson LLP
Profession
A Taxonomy Of Tax Professionals
With a close look at US tax professionals from Jason Galek of Moodys Tax Law
Business
Tax litigators may represent corporations in Canada Tax Court appeals
But under certain conditions, accountants may represent taxpayers in Tax Court
Practice
A pending VDP application won't stop a CRA tax reassessment
Notably, says Canadian tax accountant and lawyer David Rotfleisch, a voluntary-disclosure application must indeed be voluntary
Profession
What can Canadian accountants expect from François Boileau, the new Taxpayers' Ombudsperson?
In a wide-ranging interview, Boileau discusses the OTO mandate and CRA service
Practice
7 service problems accountants say the CRA could fix for tax preparers
Canadian accountants offer practical advice for "a tax season like no other"
Thought Leaders
Bounty programs: Ineffective in the war on money laundering
Think twice before extending American anti-AML programs to Canada, says UBC Allard School of Law Professor Joven Narwal
Thought Leaders
Tax ‘pandemic profiteering’ by tech companies to help fund public education
Trevor Norris says public education should receive tech sector taxation revenue