Federal budget 2013: how will it impact your business? *

Canada - March 22 2013
On February 6, 2013 the Honourable Jim Flaherty celebrated his seventh anniversary as Canada's Minister of Finance, and on Thursday March 21, 2013…

Co-authors: John McClure, David P. Stevens, Gloria J. Geddes, Jim Wilson , Timothy S. Wach , Sharon A. Bennett, Ash Gupta, Michael Bussmann, A. Brent Kerr.

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Waiver of rights fatal to tax appeal *

Canada - January 11 2013
In the recent case of Noran West Developments Ltd. v. The Queeni, the Tax Court of Canada (TCC) quashed the appeal because the appellant had waived its…

Co-authors: John Sorensen.

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Choose your tax advisors with care: the curious case of "doctor tax" Thelwell v. The Queen *

Canada - July 20 2012
The Thelwell case, recently decided by Boyle J. of the Tax Court of Canada ("TCC"), should caution taxpayers to be careful when seeking tax advisory and dispute resolution services

Co-authors: John Sorensen.

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Federal Court of Appeal affirms Livaditis *

Canada - May 30 2012
The Federal Court of Appeal (“FCA”) upheld the judicial review decision of the Federal Court (“FC”) in Livaditis v. Canada Revenue Agency, disallowing the taxpayer’s request for relief under the CRA’s voluntary disclosures program (“VDP”) on the basis that the taxpayer’s disclosure was not voluntary.

Co-authors: Carl Hinzmann .

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Buckingham v. Canada – a new standard for due diligence in director’s liability tax cases? *

Canada - November 7 2011
In our article, “The CRA is not a Bank - Director's Liability in an Age of Economic Uncertainty”, we strongly warned corporate directors to make sure that source deductions, GST/HST, employee EI premiums and employee CPP contributions are remitted to the Crown and not used as operating funds, regardless of whether the corporation has cash flow problems. 

Co-authors: John Sorensen.

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