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Back in January of 2010, I posted a blog entry on the US Whistleblower program, highlighting how the American government is willing to pay big rewards for information that could help catch people who are not paying their taxes. (see link) Since then, there has been a...

This was prepared in response to CIC’s request for “Stakeholder and Public Consultations on Improving the Immigrant Investor Program”.  We revised it in light of this week’s headlines so as to take into account the recent revelations regarding residency fraud. Thanks...

By: Jonathan Garbutt, Benjamin Ross Back in February our blog post “Shiver Me Timbers, Mateys – Ahoy the Age of Tax Privateering” , talked about several cases of high profile thefts of data from private banks. The objective of the “Whistleblowers” is to give...

Link to full unpublished article The IRS Whistle Blower Program – The US Pays People to Inform on Non-Compliant US Taxpayers Click the link above to see the full unpublished article I wrote on the US whistle blower program. Still looking for someone to...

I have been off the pace for blogging for about a month or so now, not counting the Christmas holidays, but if there were ever a series of new stories that merited a return to commentary, the news over the past weekend was it. Swiss regulator appeals court ruling on...

From The Article: Controversial HST Approved In OntarioBy: Lee Greenberg, Ottawa Citizen Link to Canada.com Article no longer available Happy HST Day! For all residents of Ontario, today is happy HST day. According to news reports, the Ontario government passed...

Canada, Voluntary Disclosures & UBS – the Good News, the Bad News and the Truth According to various press agencies, on December 2, 2009 the Canadian Minister of National Revenue, Mr. Jean-Pierre Blackburn announced that over 7000 Canadians have made voluntary...

By: Andrew Cohen, Citizen Special Link to Ottawa Citizen Article no longer active What is expected in Canada One of the bad things about the Internet is it is much easier to find things to get annoyed about. I am a member of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong...

From The Article: 14,700 Disclosed Offshore AccountsBy: Lynnley Browning Link to NY Times Article Fear and Voluntary Disclosures – Could it happen in Canada? The AP on November 17th 2009 reported that 14,700 people had taken advantage of the recent “amnesty” by the US...