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Canada’s Voluntary Disclosures Programme
The Regularization of Undeclared Assets May Soon be Changing SO DO IT NOW OR FACE CONSEQUENCES! Tax Haiku of the Week Confess your tax sins! Income not declared? Please seek Absolution now! INTRODUCTION The Canadian Voluntary Disclosures Program (the...
Charities’ Spending on Politics
How the CBC got it wrong again. Really wrong. Again. Tax Haiku of the Week CBC is wrong, Begging them to find sources, Like Jerry Springer. The CBC published an opinion piece on Sunday with the sensationalist headline “The Liberals are considering loosening the reins...
BC’s 15% Property Transfer Tax on Sales to Non-Residents Will NOT Work
Canadian Tax Haiku of the Week: (Property Transfer Tax) Tax will not work, ‘cuz Real property buyers just Want to hide money BC officially imposed a 15% “property transfer tax” on foreigners wishing to purchase property in BC.[1] Premier Christy Clark...
Tale of two tax stories by the CBC; One total BS and one not BS, but I have quibbles
Harper government partnered with industry group fighting CRA over KPMG case This is a non-story and the insinuation of the headline is false and biased. It implies that the PM was complicit in tax evasion, which is just untrue. I hate the Tories, but I hate crappy tax...
Open Letter on Corporate Tax Policy to my Buddy from High School who is Running for the Federal NDP
Dear Buddy, You know who you are. We were great friends in Jr. High and High School but drifted apart over the years. And now you are running for the NDP. I know my die-hard socialist mother would be so proud to have had you as her son right now, rather than...
Another Court Finds CRA Owes Duty of Care… But only kinda…
Canadian Tax Haiku of the Week: Duty of care for Tax shelters? Is it really All CRA’s fault? Introduction In Scheuer,[1] a group of taxpayers who participated in a tax shelter donation scheme made a claim in negligence against the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”). The...
Employee or Contractor for Canadian Tax Purposes?
Ontario Real Estate Association v MNR, 2014 TCC 190 Link to Court Document Canadian Tax Haiku of the week: Am I Contractor? Or Employee? If unsure Just follow the test Introduction A trend emerging within the Canadian workforce has been the increase of out-sourcing...
Don’t Drag Your Family into Your Canadian Tax Debts! – Derivative Liability Under s. 160 (and Why De-Taxers Always Lose)
Canadian Tax Law Haiku of the Week: Dreaded 160! CRA gets paid, even If it’s not your tax!! Introduction Unsurprisingly, the Income Tax Act (the “Act”)[1] frowns upon those who try to evade paying their outstanding tax liabilities by shifting assets to friends and...
McKesson: When Advocacy “Boyles Over”
Canadian Tax Haiku of the Week: Transfer pricing Judges need justice too in McKesson Canada IntroductionOn December 20, 2013, the Tax Court of Canada (“Tax Court”) released an eagerly anticipated 105-page verdict involving the latest Canadian transfer pricing trial,...
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