Taxation

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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Global
OECD Report: The role of corporations in fighting white collar crime enablers
OECD report recommends actions to battle global white collar crime accomplices
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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
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Profession
Canadian accountants petition CRA for tax deadline extension
More than 50,000 taxpayers are signing petition available on Change.org
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Profession
A Taxonomy Of Tax Professionals
With a close look at US tax professionals from Jason Galek of Moodys Tax Law
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Business
Tax litigators may represent corporations in Canada Tax Court appeals
But under certain conditions, accountants may represent taxpayers in Tax Court
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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
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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
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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"
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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
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Thought Leaders
Tax ‘pandemic profiteering’ by tech companies to help fund public education
Trevor Norris says public education should receive tech sector taxation revenue
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Practice
CRA Remission Guide: Canadian tax lawyer's overview
David Rotfleisch looks at the last resort of taxpayers for relief from tax debt and enforced penalties, including interest, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Transfer Pricing
Key takeaways from Supreme Court's termination of Cameco transfer pricing saga
The gulf will continue to grow between Canadian tax law and OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines, says Steve Suarez of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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