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CRA Provides Update on Efforts to Combat Tax Evasion
Canada - April 11 2016 Following the release of the "Panama Papers" and the Canadian federal government's budget announcement that additional resources will be directed to…
Tax Court Introduces Common Books of Authorities Project
Canada - April 8 2016 The Tax Court has implemented a new common books of authorities program for its Toronto courtrooms that will eliminate the need for taxpayers to…
FC Dismisses JR Application for Delay
Canada - March 18 2016 A party may bring an application pursuant to section 18.1 of the Federal Courts Act for review of a discretionary decision of a government board…
Taxpayers’ Ombudsman Addresses CBA Meeting
Canada - January 29 2016 On January 27, 2016, Sherra Profit, the Taxpayers' Ombudsman, addressed a meeting of the Canadian Bar Association Tax Section on the subject of…
Kruger: Appeal Allowed … Crown Awarded Costs
Canada - January 26 2016 How should the Tax Court award costs where the taxpayer's appeal was allowed but no changes were made to the assessment at issue? This unusual…
Tax Court Establishes Motion Days in Toronto
Canada - January 22 2016 The Tax Court of Canada has established a pilot project for regular motion days in Toronto for the period of February to September 2016. The Court…
CRA Ends Political Activities Audit Program for Charities
Canada - January 21 2016 On January 20, the CRA announced that its controversial political activities audit program for charities has been wound-down. From the CRA news…
Yes, those emails are tax phishing scams
USA - October 29 2015 We were alerted today that some individuals had received fake emails informing the recipient that he/she had received an Interac email money transfer…
NHL team denied deduction for road meals?
USA - October 20 2015 We noticed these recent items regarding the U.S. IRS denial of a 100% deduction by the NHL Boston Bruins hockey club in respect of the team’s…
Tax Court: CRA employee may not testify as expert
Canada - September 16 2015 In HLP Solution Inc. v. The Queen (2015 TCC 41 ) the Tax Court held that a CRA employee lacked the necessary impartiality to testify as an expert…
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