Toronto-Dominion Bank v. Canada confirms that innocent unsecured creditors are not automatically liable to repay unremitted payroll deductions to the Crown

The Federal Court of Appeal decision in Walby v Canada reinforces an important principle in Canadian tax law, says tax lawyer and accountant David J Rotfleisch

A common misconception in offshore tax planning is that tax treatment of foreign trusts is determined solely by where the trust is administered or governed

The American-Israeli assault on Iran is causing prices to surge at the pumps. Taxpayer advocacy groups are now calling for gas tax cuts to lower the impact

The Maragos decision by the Tax Court of Canada reinforces the importance of limitation periods in tax law, explains Canadian tax lawyer David J Rotfleisch

British Columbia's Finance Minister says "this is not an austerity budget." Let's look at the numbers and see for ourselves, say Marc Lee and Andrew Longhurst

In Rawlings v AGC, the taxpayer successfully won the right to amend his tax return, after the Federal Court found CRA actions unfair, says David J Rotfleisch

Alberta is reviewing the models it uses to determine the market value of regulated properties that municipalities rely on for their own tax assessments

Courts will focus on economic reality, not technical form, when applying anti-avoidance provisions like section 160, explains tax lawyer David J Rotfleisch

For much of the 20th century, Sweden enjoyed a justifiable reputation as one of Europe’s most egalitarian countries. It’s changed over the past two decades

Tolley v The King is a reminder that developments after tax reassessments, no matter how convincing, cannot alter relief from reassessments retroactively.

The separatist movement and its grievance politics ignore the poor choices Alberta itself has made in terms of taxation, royalties and economic investment

The issue is not whether GST/HST should exist. It’s whether the threshold governing its application still reflects sound administration in today’s economy

Enhancing a succession plan using Succession Enhancers is like hitting a grand slam without any controversy involved, says Matthew Getzler of Torkin Manes LLP

The Canada Revenue Agency distinguishes clearly between employee misconduct and wrongdoing, applying different legal and administrative frameworks to each

Proactively reviewing EFILE accounts, certified tax software usage, and internal controls will position you far better when the new CRA rules take effect

Rambod Behboodi and Owen Clarke of BLG explain why Canadian companies should take immediate steps to establish necessary emissions tracking regimes

As of the end of 2024, property tax debt has grown to nearly $254 million, despite policies to stop deadbeat companies from acquiring new oil and gas wells

The decision in Lufthansa Technik Aktiengesellschaft offers guidance on how interest-relief applications must be evaluated under s. 3.3 of the Customs Act

Debt balloons, projects shelved in the Brampton municipal budget after years of budget freezes as property taxpayers face a hike of just under five per cent

An academic study reveals that informal tax preparers — friends and family, not professional accountants — are not using the Canada Revenue Agency’s RepID

Simon Douville, Al-Nawaz Nanji and Randy Schwartz of McCarthy Tétrault on the top five from LBL Holdings to an AirBNB condo sale, from the FCA to Tax Court

New polling shows that taxing the wealthy maintains majority support, even among the wealthy themselves. That should be reflected in international priorities

The FCA decision reaffirmed that tax efficiency alone does not equate to abuse under GAAR, explains Canadian tax lawyer and accountant David J Rotfleisch

To reign in some of the wage disparity, a report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives offers two solutions: a millionaire tax and a wealth tax