Amit Ummat of Miller Thomson LLP explains that, while refund interest may sometimes qualify as income, arrears interest on foreign taxes is not deductible

British Columbia based accounting firm will still be prohibited from accept new high-risk reporting issuer audit clients, says Canadian audit watchdog CPAB

Paper, not promises, matter when it comes to government subsidies to businesses during the pandemic, though verbal agreements are customary for some

Federal Court applications for judicial review must include essential or minimum elements, facts or legal grounds, indicating unreasonable CRA decisions

Canada's financial intelligence unit, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre, levied the fine against Dale Matheson Carr Hilton LaBonte LLP

The 2025 judicial review of Bifano v Attorney General (2019) demonstrates the need for documentation from psychologists, doctors explains David J Rotfleisch

Stephen Hsia and David Tang of Miller Thomson LLP say the Ontario Court of Appeal has done something it rarely does: overturn its own decades-old precedent.

The Tax Court of Canada cannot forgive tax debt. Its jurisdiction is limited to correctly determining the amount of tax payable explains David J Rotfleisch

Michael Ciomyk, Rojin Esmaeili and Zoë Sebastien of McCarthy Tétrault LLP outline changes by the CRA that seek to broaden the previously restrictive program

Our weekly Canadian accounting news roundup includes adversarial audit powers at the Canada Revenue Agency, MAGA attacks on accounting standards, and more

The Canadian Public Accountability Board has prohibited Abu-Farah Professional Corporation from accepting all new reporting issuer audit engagements

The CRA can make assumptions that a home is not qualified for a rebate; it is the taxpayer's burden to refute the assumptions, explains David J Rotfleisch

In part two of a two-part series, George Gonzalez and Gillian Holthe of the University of Lethbridge review key tax issues for remote workers outside Canada

Canadian tax lawyer and accountant David J Rotfleisch deconstructs the case of Holt Renfre employee claiming luxury clothing expenses in Samotus v. The King

EY Canada lowers deficiency rate from 50 to 25 per cent according to US audit watchdog inspection report over four 2024 audits by Big Four accounting firm

Canadian tax lawyer and accountant David J Rotfleisch comments on the section 160 tax trap in the Tax Court of Canada decision in McCague v The King, 2025

Albertans receiving AISH are required to apply for CDB, but it will be counted as non-exempt income and be taken dollar-for-dollar from their AISH cheque

In part one of a two-part series, George Gonzalez and Gillian Holthe of the University of Lethbridge review key tax issues for remote workers outside Canada

Canadian tax lawyer and accountant David J Rotfleisch looks at the impact the new GAAR may have had on the Magren Holdings case had the rule been in effect

Five ways for Canadian accountants and bookkeepers to prepare for the swift and transformed landscape of open banking, as explained by Mike Cascone of Xero

In Blecha v The King, the Canada Revenue Agency disputed whether a taxpayer was really renting residential property, explains tax lawyer David J Rotfleisch

It’s a matter of interest as to why Scotiabank is appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada after losing Canada Revenue Agency decisions in the lower courts

David J Rotfleisch dissects the case of a certified management accountant and former employee of the CRA in Mann v The King and lessons from similar cases

Our weekly Canadian accounting news roundup includes Trump and the US audit watchdog, are accountants ready (or not) for AI, accounting dealbook, and more

Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia is helping boost accounting job opportunities for Indigenous communities with a new outreach program