Profession
Profession
Sunday News Roundup 22.01.30: Convoys, CPA Quebec, Mastering Money and more
Wrapping up the odds and ends in this week’s Canadian accounting news
Practice
Avoiding the pitfalls of partnerships when making SR&ED claims
Partnerships participating in the SR&ED program may find the process to be significantly more complex compared with normal corporations
Partner Posts
The importance of community in accounting
Professional networks lead to continuous innovation and camaraderie in the accounting profession, says Twyla Verhelst, Director of the Accountant Channel at FreshBooks
Business
Sunday News Roundup 22.01.23: Omicron blues, green taxation, anti-vax tax, and more
Wrapping up the odds and ends in this week’s Canadian accounting news
Thought Leaders
The latest Canadian tax scam has a Caribbean flavour
Allan Lanthier looks at the BVI Switch tax avoidance scheme used by wealthy Canadians and what action could be taken by the federal finance minister
Thought Leaders
The irony behind Québec’s proposed health tax
Fred O'Riordan, National Leader of Tax Policy at EY Canada, on whether Quebec's health tax on the unvaccinated can "move the needle"
Practice
RRSP double taxation from overcontribution
Tax lawyer and accountant David J Rotfleisch on double taxation and relief
Business
Accounting firms pay their fines despite weak Ontario Securities Commission collection record
Report by Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk raises alarm bells over political interference and collection enforcement at the Ontario Securities Commission
Profession
Ontario Auditor General wants better communication between audit and securities watchdogs
Bonnie Lysyk and Carol Paradine comment on the Auditor General's report into the structural relationship between the Ontario Securities Commission and the Canadian Public Accountability Board
Profession
Sunday News Roundup 22.01.09: CPA dismissal lawsuit, Alta Energy, NB AG and more
Wrapping up the odds and ends in this week’s Canadian accounting news
Practice
Reeves v the Queen & applicability of the GST/HST new housing rebate
Tax lawyer and accountant David J Rotfleisch on why a homebuyer was denied the new housing rebate by the Tax Court of Canada
Thought Leaders
Alta Energy: Has the GAAR become toothless? – Part II
In part two of his two-part series, Allan Lanthier highlights areas of the Supreme Court's Alta Energy decision that are open to vigorous debate
Thought Leaders
Alta Energy: Has the GAAR become toothless? – Part I
In part one of a two-part series, Allan Lanthier looks at the details of the Alta Energy tax avoidance decision by the Supreme Court of Canada
Profession
Sunday News Roundup 22.01.02: Whining auditors, buy and sell, competition law and more
Wrapping up the odds and ends in this week’s Canadian accounting news
Thought Leaders
The Calm Before The Insolvency Storm?
David Bish of Torys LLP on the current insolvency climate and forecast for 2022
Thought Leaders
After a big year for cryptocurrencies, what’s on the horizon in 2022?
Three Canadian accounting academics review the year in cryptocurrencies
Thought Leaders
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s politics are anti-Indigenous — so why do media outlets still quote them?
Canadian journalists should be wary of groups like the CTF, says Sociology Professor Kyle Willmott
Profession
Sunday News Roundup 21.12.19: Pandora Progress, CRA complaints, FVV, and more
Wrapping up the odds and ends in this week’s Canadian accounting news
Management
Using losses in a corporate group: An overview of loss consolidation
Brian Nichols and Kelsey Horning of GSNH on loss consolidation arrangements
Profession
Sunday News Roundup 21.12.12: Fiscal anchors, full of beans, Alta opinions, and more
Wrapping up the odds and ends in this week’s Canadian accounting news
Practice
Tax Court rules that gift of shares of a private corporation to a foundation was ineligible for a charitable tax credit
Tax lawyer and accountant David J Rotfleisch on gifting non-qualifying securities such as a promissory note to a registered charity
Profession
Sunday News Roundup 21.12.05: Lyskyk calls out OSC, Omicron cancels Xmas, CPA fraud and more
Wrapping up the odds and ends from the past week’s Canadian accounting news
Thought Leaders
The pandemic and productivity silver linings
Tax Lawyer Dean Blachford on some of the ways that Ottawa-area accounting firms have adapted and innovated during the Covid-19 pandemic
Profession
Sunday News Roundup 21.11.28: Throne Speech, Bridging Finance, inflation, and more
Wrapping up the odds and ends in this week’s Canadian accounting news
Thought Leaders
CRA applying GAAR for outside/inside ACB misalignment on 55(3)(a) transactions
In the final part of a three-part series, Doug S. Ewens and Kenneth Keung of Moodys Tax Law ask whether the CRA is over-reaching on the scope of the GAAR
