Retroactive pay system of collective agreements contains compounding financial penalty invisible in headline settlement figures but visible in take-home pay

A non-resident vendor’s silence on an invoice does not relieve a Canadian resident of its statutory duty to withhold and remit tax under the Income Tax Act

Taxpayers in tiny Maritime municipality on hook for $109K because Nova Scotia government ordered secret tax sale process audit by Big Four accounting firm

Canadian tax lawyer and accountant David J Rotfleisch presents four strategies based on recent judicial decisions to undermine these CRA tax assessments

The Federal Court of Appeal in this case made it clear that true arm’s length dealings require independent interests, real negotiation, and genuine risk

Canadian financial policy has crowded out the risk-taking that drives productivity asserts professor of finance and chartered professional accountant Manbo He

Property taxation is regressive. Municipalities in Canada are trying to manage 21st-century realities with 19th-century fiscal tools, say local politicians

Tech entrepreneur Avi Bryant is a member of the Patriotic Millionaires, a group of wealthy Canadians advocating for changes to the country's taxation system

As David J Rotfleisch explains, the courts make a clear distinction between the inability to comply and a lack of effort, when it comes to contempt of court

The recent McCutcheon decision reinforces a fundamental principle of Canadian tax litigation, explains Canadian tax lawyer and accountant David J Rotfleisch

The province appears to underplay the role a robust tourism economy could play in insulating its accounts from geopolitical vagaries like the price of oil

Greg Farano of Gardiner Roberts LLP on a court case involving an HST registrant who self-assessed HST on the value of commercial portion of a sold property