Taxation
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The tax profession's talent crisis: The transformative Certificate of Canadian Income Tax Practice
The Certificate of Canadian Income Tax Practice is a game-changer, that helps attract new talent to the tax profession and prepare them for successful careers
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Practice
What is the standard of review for discretionary decisions of the CRA appealed to the federal courts?
Canadian accountant and tax litigation lawyer David J Rotfleisch takes a deep dive into the standards for judicial review of taxpayer appeals to the Federal Courts
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Profession
Sunday News Roundup 24.06.16: Capital gains narratives and more Canadian accounting news
Wrapping up the odds and ends from the past week in Canadian accounting news
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Thought Leaders
DAC Investment and the GAAR: Did the Tax Court of Canada get it right?
Allan Lanthier is unconvinced by the reasoning in a recent Tax Court of Canada decision involving a Canadian-controlled private corporation and the BVI
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Business
Carbon Tax: Correction demanded for 'big error' in carbon price report
A recent PBO report overestimated the real costs of the carbon tax because it mistakenly included the impact of industrial carbon prices on individual Canadians
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Thought Leaders
Why the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion is a bad deal for Canadians — and the world
Taxpayers are on the hook for an economically disastrous Faustian bargain that will burden future generations of Canadians as it contributes to climate chaos
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Practice
Federal Court Of Appeal overturns GAAR assessment on the existence of alternative transactions
Canadian tax accountant and lawyer David J Rotfleisch explains why the FCA quashed a Tax Court of Canada decision involving a CRA GAAR abuse analysis
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Thought Leaders
Crystallizing capital gains before June 25: What about the GAAR?
Allan Lanthier explains why the General Anti-Avoidance Rule, as amended by Bill C-59, should not apply to a planning alternative to new capital gains rules
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Practice
Federal Budget 2024 — Proposed Changes to Capital Gains Rules
Greg Farano of Gardiner Roberts LLP does a deep dive into the details of capital gains rule changes that may create uncertainty for taxpayers and their advisers
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Profession
Sunday News Roundup 24.05.19: Shambolic tenant tax crisis, Poilievre capital gains op-ed, and more Canadian accounting news
Wrapping up the odds and ends from the past week in Canadian accounting news
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Practice
Case Commentary: Persaud v The King – When can you claim tax deductions (Including medical bills) for dependants?
Tax residence is key, says Canadian tax accountant and lawyer David J Rotfleisch, to claiming medical expense deductions for dependents under the Income Tax Act
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Thought Leaders
The new game in town: Capital gains and the alternative minimum tax
The federal government's new capital gains rules have left taxpayers in a pickle says Allan Lanthier. But here's a planning alternative with a deadline of June 24
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