Taxation

Partner Posts

Navigating 2025 tax changes: Expert insights from CPA Ontario's expanded Tax Immersion Program

CPA Ontario's Tax Immersion Program equips chartered professional accountants with the skills needed to thrive in the evolving Canadian and US tax landscape
Partner Posts

What can Canada learn from Ireland’s corporate tax approach?

Ireland shows that clear rules, competitive tax rates, and simplicity can help drive economic growth
Practice

What expenses can owners deduct from rental properties that produce no income?

In Blecha v The King, the Canada Revenue Agency disputed whether a taxpayer was really renting residential property, explains tax lawyer David J Rotfleisch
Practice

Bank Of Nova Scotia v The King: How a procedural rule on loss carrybacks triggered $7.9M in interest arrears on tax not owing

It’s a matter of interest as to why Scotiabank is appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada after losing Canada Revenue Agency decisions in the lower courts
Practice

How CRA conducts net worth audits and enforces gross negligence penalties against Canadian taxpayers

David J Rotfleisch dissects the case of a certified management accountant and former employee of the CRA in Mann v The King and lessons from similar cases
Thought Leaders

Remember who the tax system is for

Francois Boileau, Canada’s taxpayers ombudsperson, responds to the article, The forgotten project of tax reform, by François Brouard and Bertrand Lemieux
Profession

CRA launches new process for Canadian taxpayers to authorize their tax representatives

Tax representatives can now be given instant access by individuals to their CRA online accounts due to a new process launched by the Canada Revenue Agency
Business

Ford and Smith divided over Trump response at premiers’ summit

An electricity export tax is a the centre of a disagreement between premiers Doug Ford and Danielle Smith as to how best to respond to Trump tariff threats
Business

Alberta: Unpaid taxes leave municipal districts in financial pickle

In Alberta, municipalities can no longer pay for joint healthcare and social services, because Smith government lets oil and gas companies off the tax hook
Business

New Brunswick: 'Change is needed' – Consultations begin on province's high property taxes

The new Liberal provincial government has frozen property taxes as it follows through with a campaign promise of tax reform currently in the discovery phase
Business

Patrick Brown’s $180M transportation funding gap just the beginning of pain for Brampton taxpayers

Critics say the property tax base — Brampton homeowners — will eventually be forced to cover substantial deficits as a result of budget and tax freezes
Practice

Can CRA require a taxpayer to prepare net worth audit schedules under the new section 231.1?

While the Canada Revenue Agency’s authority under section 231.1(1)(d) is broad, it is not unlimited, explains tax lawyer and accountant David J Rotfleisch