Business
Taxation
Me Too defeats You Too in Tax Court
The Penate decision by the Tax Court of Canada is welcome awareness of racial and gender discrimination, says Claire M.C. Kennedy and Anu Nijhawan of Bennett Jones LLP
Business
Editorial: Morneau out, Freeland in as Trudeau cuts his losses
To many Canadian accountants, Morneau would be an ideal, high net worth client
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
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
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
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
Business
Will CRA pursue directors for deferred GST/HST?
Directors should take steps to maximize their ability to successfully invoke the due diligence defence in regards to GST/HST remittance deferral
Thought Leaders
Paying for coronavirus will have to be like war debt — spread over generations
There is no magic money tree in economics, says Anton Muscatelli
Practice
The Corporate Piggy Bank: Accessing corporate cash through use of short-term specific purposes loans
Gergely Hegedus and Keith Hennel of Dentons on short-term corporate loans during the current COVID-19 pandemic
Business
Here's a radical idea: Slash or temporarily eliminate business taxes if you truly want to juice the economy
Ottawa should stop picking business sector winners and losers says Aaron Wudrick of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Profession
Accounting profession publishes views on beneficial ownership transparency
CPA Canada and IFAC joint report on registries as AML tools
Thought Leaders
Biden, Keystone XL and a Green New Deal could shake up Canada’s energy industry
A Green New Deal will simply serve to accelerate current business trends
Thought Leaders
CEWS forms for COVID-19 relief will lead to tax fraud, fuel cash economy
Those who don’t remember tax history are doomed to repeat it, says David Rotfleisch
Thought Leaders
Governments must resist coronavirus lobbying and focus on long-term transformation
Corporations around the world are seeking another massive bailout by taxpayers
Thought Leaders
Could COVID-19 turn Canadians from debtors into savers?
The final part of our series on the COVID-19 pandemic and economic models
Thought Leaders
What economic model will the post-pandemic economy follow?
Part three of our series on the COVID-19 pandemic and economic models
Business
How coronavirus is changing the rules on foreign investment in essential areas
The COVID-19 crisis appears to be speeding up the deglobalization process
Thought Leaders
Accounting for COVID-19 economics: Same as the Great Recession?
Part two of our series on the COVID-19 pandemic and economic models
Thought Leaders
It could take two years for the economy to recover from the coronavirus pandemic
Past-pandemic studies suggest current economic outlook, says accounting figure Steven Salterio
Business
Editorial: Canada should zero-rate PPE for GST/HST purposes
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us PPE is essential and should be zero-rated, says Cyndee Todgham Cherniak of LexSage
Business
Loblaw wins appeal of $368 million Tax Court of Canada case
Decision benefits shareholders, pleases Loblaw, angers tax fairness advocates
Thought Leaders
Oil crash explained: How are negative oil prices even possible?
On Monday, oil futures’ contracts ended the day at -US$37