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Friday News Roundup 20.09.11: Hotel New CFE, CRA shocks woman, and sustainable stuff

Wrapping up the odds and ends in this week’s Canadian accounting news
Business

What will be the impact of the WE Charity scandal on the Canadian charity sector?

A longform article by charity sector lawyer Mark Blumberg on the We Charity, its governance and for-profit activities
Thought Leaders

The throne speech must blaze a bold new path — including imposing a wealth tax

The pandemic has laid bare the consequences of a gilded age of tax avoidance
Practice

Changes coming to the Canadian principal residence exemption?

The time for change might be ripe says Kim G C Moody of Moodys Tax Law LLP
Practice

Reconsidering Consideration – TCC concludes funding attracts HST in CanLII v The Queen

Bobby Solhi and Braek Urquhart of BLG on the CanLII sales tax implications for non-profit organizations
Profession

Friday News Roundup 20.08.28: Chinese audit opacity, Sage practice report, ex-CPA fraud

Wrapping up the odds and ends in this week’s Canadian accounting news
Practice

Planning to Maximize the Capital Dividend Account — Part III

The third and final part of a three-part series, "Tax Planning for the Non-Specialist Advisor: Unlocking Liquidity in Corporate Capital Losses," by Michael Goldberg of Minden Gross LLP
Practice

Are tax free savings account swap transactions legitimate?

In Louie v Canada, a Canada Revenue Agency cross-appeal was allowed
Practice

R. v. Scholz — A Canadian tax lawyer analysis of document forging and tax fraud

David Rotfleisch provides analysis of falsely claiming GST/HST rebates
Business

Editorial: Morneau out, Freeland in as Trudeau cuts his losses

To many Canadian accountants, Morneau would be an ideal, high net worth client
Thought Leaders

COVID-19 has exposed the limits of philanthropy

Apply a Canadian super-wealth tax to philanthropic foundations, says Adam Saifer
Profession

Friday News Roundup 20.08.14: KPMG, Grant Thornton, rehiring stats, and fraudster jailed      

Wrapping up the odds and ends in this week’s Canadian accounting news
Business

Tax deadlines extended and CEWS amended by Bill C-20

Bhuvana Rai of BLG reviews Bill C-20 and its details relevant to tax practitioners
Thought Leaders

A second COVID-19 wave? Here are 6 lessons from the first

Lives can be saved while also stabilizing business, say Loren Falkenberg of the University of Calgary and Jillian Walsh of University of York
Business

E-commerce businesses now face PST registration in Saskatchewan

New rules part of a broader trend to tax digital platforms, say Nicolas Désy, Kassandra Grenier and Fred Purkey of McCarthy Tétrault
Practice

Indirect tax opportunities in a precarious economic context

An overview of GST/HST and PST relief and opportunities under the current pandemic, from the Tax Group of the Montreal office of McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Profession

Friday News Roundup 20.07.31: CPA Canada applauds Chamber, Morneau smoke, CFIB & more   

Wrapping up the odds and ends in this week’s Canadian accounting news
Practice

Planning to Maximize the Capital Dividend Account — Part II

Part two of a three-part series, "Tax Planning for the Non-Specialist Advisor: Unlocking Liquidity in Corporate Capital Losses," by Michael Goldberg of Minden Gross LLP
Practice

Planning to Maximize the Capital Dividend Account — Part I

Tax Planning for the Non-Specialist Advisor: Unlocking Liquidity in Corporate Capital Losses, is part one of a three-part series by Michael Goldberg of Minden Gross LLP
Practice

The CRA's national policy for saying sorry to taxpayers

There are clear issues with a CRA formal apology policy, says Canadian tax lawyer and accountant David J. Rotfleisch
Practice

That's a relief! CRA extends payment due dates again during COVID-19

Canada Revenue Agency announces further extension to payment due date for individual, corporate, and trust income tax returns
Profession

Friday News Roundup 20.07.24: Pandemic debt, WFH tax breaks, Love & Money and more

Wrapping up the odds and ends in this week’s Canadian accounting news
Practice

When does a CRA tax audit become a criminal tax investigation?

Canadian tax lawyer and accountant David J. Rotfleisch looks at the "Jarvis Standard" and the case of Softcom Solutions
Thought Leaders

COVID-19’s economic impact could be stressing out our kids

Parental economic stress due to COVID-19 may have a substantially negative effect on our children, say economist Shelley Phipps and researcher Nancy Kong
Practice

Should a Canadian taxpayer seek judicial review?

The Canada Revenue Agency must provide reasons to taxpayers for their decisions, says the Federal Court of Canada