Global

Thought Leaders
Trump’s push to shut down USAID shows how international development is also about strategic interests
A Canadian accounting professor explains that development relationships like USAID are shaped by both the interests of donors and those of the recipients.
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Thought Leaders
What is the 90-year-old tax rule Trump could use to double US taxes on foreigners?
Like Canada, Australia created a digital tax that US President Trump could deem as discriminatory or extraterritorial, and subject to retaliatory tariffs
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Business
Global tax deal no longer has force in the U.S. Here’s what it could mean for Canada
Canadian companies and pension funds were already lobbying for appropriate tax treatment ahead of President Trump pulling out of the OECD minimum tax deal
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Practice
Court allows Canada-US tax treaty credit against investment tax
Allan Lanthier examines the recent Bruyea decision of the US Court of Federal Claims, which allowed a tax treaty credit against US tax on investment income
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Thought Leaders
Trump’s proposed tariffs against Canada and Mexico may be illegal, but that’s not the real problem
To integrate further through appeasement with a country that has rejected the rule of law would be to surrender Canadian sovereignty to the United States
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Profession
Five ways Donald Trump’s election victory is good for Canadian accountants
From taxes and tariffs to deregulation, Donald Trump may scare Canadian economists, but accountants are sure to benefit from a second Trump term
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Thought Leaders
‘We remain concerned’: Senate inquiry into PwC tax scandal calls for reform, but overuse of consultants will likely continue
Despite scathing public inquiry reports about the PwC Australia tax consulting scandal, it would take decades to reduce government reliance on consultants
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Thought Leaders
Taxes aren’t just about money — they shape how we think about each other
Research shows taxpayers perceive paying income tax, but not regressive sales taxes, as contributing as a citizen for the purpose of the common good
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Thought Leaders
Why the world is turning away from the US dollar
Geopolitical divisions with the United States will continue to cause additional friction and the role of the US dollar is almost certain to become more limited
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Thought Leaders
Australia has one of the weakest tax systems for redistribution among industrial nations – Stage 3 tax cuts will make it worse
Where does Canada rank on the global scale of income redistribution through taxation? Jim Stanford’s article on the gini coefficient provides answers
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Thought Leaders
Is capitalism dead? Yanis Varoufakis thinks it is – and he knows who killed it
In light of the deal between Canada and Google, we present this thought leadership article on technofeudalism, an economics term coined by Yanis Varoufakis
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Thought Leaders
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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