Queen's Park is doling out $77-million to help ease sticker shock in municipalities provincewide from Ontario Provincial Police increased contract costs

Prior to the provincial election, the conservatives had promised a milti-million dollar surplus, but healthcare costs have driven the budget into deficit

Section 1247, subsections 220(2.1) and 220(3), of the Income Tax Act can grant relief from tax reassessment and filing requirements, says David J Rotfleisch

The municipality of Willow Creek has requested provincial support to “rat out bad actors” in collecting unpaid taxes from delinquent oil and gas companies

In the House of Commons, fact and fiction aren’t always absolutes; they’re often selective interpretations of cherry-picked data, on food banks or taxation

Ontario taxpayers may be saved from municipal property tax hikes if Doug Ford fixes ridiculous increase in police billing costs of new provincial contract

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

New Brunswick business supports a Liberal plan to give all industrial property taxes to municipalities but is wary of decoupling taxation from the province

When the Supreme Court of Canada denied Glencore’s leave to appeal, it ended a 30-year tax dispute, and characterized complex M&A fees as business income

Pierre Poilievre’s axe the tax message ignores the benefits of the carbon tax for most Canadians and avoids its real target — corporations and the wealthy

The Supreme Court of Canada recently denied leave to a taxpayer’s unusual appeal of a Tax Court decision, explains Canadian tax lawyer David J Rotfleisch

Municipalities seeing shocking increases in Ontario Provincial Police costs and future property tax levies after Ford government’s OPP collective agreement

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault was in Gananoque to present a one-time rural top-up Canada Carbon Rebate to the owners of the Pistachio Café

Alberta municipality Willow Creek responds with claims, complaints, confusion to provincial government survey on negative impacts of the federal carbon tax

The Alberta municipality, vocal in its concern over unpaid property taxes, has turned over the wells of four oil companies to the Orphan Wells Association

Small and medium-sized businesses will benefit from three federal initiatives says Federal Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hadju in Thunder Bay, Ontario

Proponents say switching public sector workers to the shared-risk PSPP helped save provincial taxpayer dollars. Critics say the plan has performed poorly

In Milgram Foundation, the Federal Court recognized the finality of the CRA's acceptance of a voluntary disclosure application, explains David J Rotfleisch

A recent Tax Court case is a reminder that taxpayers and accountants must carefully consider the nature of communications, says Molly Luu of Miller Thomson

Taxpayers in the Niagara Region will be on the hook for $50 million for developer incentives if the mayor of St. Catharines convinces regional councillors

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

CPA Ontario's inaugural Tax Immersion Program equips Chartered Professional Accountants with the skills needed to thrive in the evolving tax landscape

David J Rotfleisch explains how Department of Finance changes to legislation, which are expected to be retroactive to June 25, 2024 will affect stock options

Residents of a northern Ontario community petitioning the Ontario government in response to a 34 per cent tax hike following a municipal budget increase

Will Jasper, Alberta taxpayers, whose homes were destroyed by wildfires this year, be allowed to access a municipal clean energy tax program to rebuild?