by Mikiyas | Jun 20, 2014 | Blog
Leroux v Canada Revenue Agency, 2014 BCSC 720 Link to Supreme Court of British Columbia document Tax Haiku: Perhaps they will smile Now that they can be sued Play nice, CRA Introduction In an 89-page decision, Leroux v Canada Revenue Agency,[1] the... by Mikiyas | Jun 13, 2014 | Blog
Tax Haiku: CRA loses Not just cases but also costs and some face we think By Jonathan Garbutt, Barrister & Solicitor, and Raminder Pandher, student-at-law Introduction Taxpayers appealing assessments from the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) to the Tax Court of... by Mikiyas | Jun 3, 2014 | Blog
This blawg post can be downloaded in pdf format by clicking on this link (opens new page). A fully-disclosed, fully-compliant and tax-efficient solution for new Canadians caught by the abolishment of immigration trusts* The 2014 federal budget had a nasty... by Mikiyas | Mar 27, 2014 | Blog
March 27, 2014 Wow, just wow … Today the RCMP announced that it had arrested six people allegedly involved in a $100 million dollar+ tax scam. See link to cbc.ca article The idea was that the “investors” could buy a big tax refund by investing in shares that... by Mikiyas | Feb 14, 2014 | Blog
Today’s budget contained a couple of surprises. The current Conservative government has made a habit of coming up with some particularly interesting budget moves relevant to the international and cross-border tax world. Today’s budget attempted to kill the... by Mikiyas | Feb 14, 2014 | Blog
February 14, 2014 The following topic is what I intended to write about this week. I was certainly not expecting to have to write anything about the budget because it was supposed to be boring. It certainly was not for me… see my previous note. W5 Punitive...