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Hansen v The Queen: The principle residence exemption and house flipping
Tax lawyer and accountant David Rotfleisch looks at a recent Tax Court ruling involving a CRA charge of gross negligence
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Refinancing Prescribed-Rate Loans Used For Income Splitting
Vincent E. Didkovsky of Newport Private Wealth and Michael Goldberg of Minden Gross on minimizing the risk of a challenge from the CRA
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Book Reviews
Book Review – Victory Over the CRA: An Accountant's Guide to Representing a Client
Tax Lawyer Dale Barrett wears the white hat in a timeless showdown with the CRA
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Professional corporations and income for child support – Guidance from the BC Court Of Appeal
Chantal M. Cattermole of Clark Wilson LLP on a case involving competing income assessments prepared by two Canadian accountants
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Rogers Enterprises (2015) Inc. v The Queen
Beware the tax trap of GAAR, says tax lawyer and accountant David Rotfleisch
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Here comes the CEWS audits
Practitioners are now seeing the first CRA "small-scale" CEWS audits say Kenneth Keung and Kim G C Moody of Moodys Tax
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Technology
How ScanSnap helps accountants work from home
Remote work is here to stay. A document scanner is essential hardware
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Changes to the Canadian principal residence exemption – part two
Kim G C Moody provides an update to the principal residence exemption conversation
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Changes coming to the Canadian principal residence exemption?
The time for change might be ripe says Kim G C Moody of Moodys Tax Law LLP
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Third party penalties under the Income Tax Act
Why the landmark 2015 Guindon decision by the Supreme Court of Canada matters to Canadian accountants
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Profession
What does IES 8 mean for smaller Canadian accounting firms?
Bridget Noonan, CPA, CA on how to ensure compliance with International Education Standard 8
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Reconsidering Consideration – TCC concludes funding attracts HST in CanLII v The Queen
Bobby Solhi and Braek Urquhart of BLG on the CanLII sales tax implications for non-profit organizations
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Director's liability and the Income Tax Act statutory limitation
Tax lawyer and accountant David Rotfleisch looks at Soulliere v The Queen
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Planning to Maximize the Capital Dividend Account — Part III
The third and final part of a three-part series, "Tax Planning for the Non-Specialist Advisor: Unlocking Liquidity in Corporate Capital Losses," by Michael Goldberg of Minden Gross LLP
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Are tax free savings account swap transactions legitimate?
In Louie v Canada, a Canada Revenue Agency cross-appeal was allowed
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R. v. Scholz — A Canadian tax lawyer analysis of document forging and tax fraud
David Rotfleisch provides analysis of falsely claiming GST/HST rebates
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How to help clients avoid grant penalties in SR&ED claims
When a client wins grant funding, it can have a dramatic impact on their claim
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Is the CRA's Northern Service Improvement Strategy enough?
Taxpayers ombudsperson says improvements still need to be made, reports Jeff Buckstein in the third of a three-part series on CRA service to northern Canada
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Shifting to virtual: 3 tips to foster and promote team collaboration
With the rise in virtual teams comes the necessity to find innovative and effective ways to encourage collaboration, says Sofia Arisheh
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Is the CRA unfairly targeting residents of northern Canada?
Northern Canadian communities express frustration with frequent CRA reviews, service delivery, and residence rules
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Taxpayer’s ombudsman report flags CRA service issues in Northern Canada
The CRA disputes allegations of Northern Canada service issues, in the first of a three-part series by business reporter Jeff Buckstein
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Indirect tax opportunities in a precarious economic context
An overview of GST/HST and PST relief and opportunities under the current pandemic, from the Tax Group of the Montreal office of McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Why Canadian accountants need a CEWS client engagement letter now more than ever
Accounting practitioners are under pressure during the current pandemic to meet their clients' needs. Clearline Consulting has COVID-19 practice-related resources to mitigate risk
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Planning to Maximize the Capital Dividend Account — Part II
Part two of a three-part series, "Tax Planning for the Non-Specialist Advisor: Unlocking Liquidity in Corporate Capital Losses," by Michael Goldberg of Minden Gross LLP
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Planning to Maximize the Capital Dividend Account — Part I
Tax Planning for the Non-Specialist Advisor: Unlocking Liquidity in Corporate Capital Losses, is part one of a three-part series by Michael Goldberg of Minden Gross LLP
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