Taxation
Business
M.D. of Taber seeking action on unpaid oil and gas taxes
Oil and gas companies owe Alberta municipalities more than $200 million in unpaid property taxes; Taber is owed more than 10 per cent of its annual budget
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Practice
How lower income individuals can receive valuable tax benefits by using CRA's new free SimpleFile program
The Canada Revenue Agency has invited more than 1.5 million lower- or fixed-income Canadians with simple tax situations to use the SimpleFile pilot program.
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Business
New provincial committee to review government spending in every department, premier says
Critics say Premier Smith, whose popularity has plunged, is looking for ways to deliver on a signature campaign promise that was broken in the last budget
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Practice
Is it easier for the IRS to collect Canadian tax debt?
Lori Bokenfohr and Christopher Steeves of Fasken deconstruct a recent US Tax Court example of considerable multilateral cooperation between the IRS and CRA
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Profession
Sunday News Roundup 24.08.18: Audit watchdog raises the bar, duelling tax tales, and more Canadian accounting news
Wrapping up the odds and ends from the past week in Canadian accounting news
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Business
Report shows Alberta tax revenue from renewables up 92 per cent
Alberta's moratorium on wind and solar projects has chilled renewables despite the benefits of tax revenue, job creation and cheap energy to taxpayers
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Business
Officials to Queen's Park: Fee freeze to aid home building hurts local taxpayers
Conservation authorities in London, Ontario want the Doug Ford government to reverse its province-wide freeze on fees that benefit home-building developers
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Practice
Crossing the border, part three: Individual retirement plan tax issues for Canadian and American expatriates
In the final part of a three-part series on cross-border tax issues, Professor George Gonzalez looks at tax situations in which U.S. residents with IRA and Roth IRA funds relocate to Canada
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Crossing the border, part two: Individual retirement plan tax issues for Canadian and American expatriates
In the second part of a three-part series on cross-border tax issues, Professor George Gonzalez looks at Canadian residents with RRSP and TFSA funds who expatriate to the United States
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Practice
Taxpayers Beware: CRA’s new tools for catching tax evasion, avoiding tax debt
As David J Rotfleisch explains, the most recent federal budget included plans to hold tax professionals accountable as well as notices of non-compliance
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Crossing the border, part one: Individual retirement plan tax issues for Canadian and American expatriates
In the first part of a three-part series on cross-border tax issues, Professor George Gonzalez presents an overview of individual employee retirement plans in Canada and the United States
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Practice
Active Asset Management v. The King Case Study
Lorne Saltman of Gardiner Roberts LLP on a recent Tax Court dispute as to whether declared dividends and promissory notes constituted a transfer of property
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