News & Events

• Capital Gain Reserve
• The Capital Gains Exemption
• Personal-Use Property Gains and Losses
• Deduction of Investment Fees
• Change In Use Rules
• Around The Courts

• Taxable Covid-19 Benefits
• Acquisition of Control of Corporation or Trust
• “Zero Coupon” Debt Instruments
• Employee Loans
• Tax Loss? You Need A Source of Income
• Around The Courts

• Would You Like Some Tax-Free Income?
• Tax Breaks for Persons With Disabilities
• Some GST and HST Quirks You Might Need To Know
• Around the Courts

• Forgiven Debt May Have Tax Consequences
• Taxation of Trusts and Beneficiaries
• Re-Allocation of Proceeds On Sale of Land and Building
• Around the Courts

• More on the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
• Taxation of Options
• Associated Corporations & The Small Business Deduction
• How the Dividend Tax Credit Works
• Around the Courts

• Working at Home — Tax Issues
• Tax Disputes in a Covid-19 World
• Credit for Digital News Subscriptions & Other Help For Journalism
• Gasoline Tax Refund For Charities & For Persons With Physical Disabilities
• Around the Courts
• Erratum – May 2020 Tax Letter

• COVID-19 Tax Relief
• Interplay Between Spouse, Equivalent to Spouse, and Caregiver Credits
• Allowable Business Investment Losses

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal government passed Bill C-14 on April 11, 2020 to implement the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (“CEWS”). The CEWS is a 75% wage subsidy program intended to encourage businesses to keep individuals employed or re-hired as a result of COVID-19 and to facilitate employers to resume normal operations […]

• Update on Charity Donation Tax Shelters
• Deducting Interest Expense
• Leap Year Reminder: Trust Return Deadline
• Don’t Do Too Much Trading in Your TFSA
• New Standard for the CRA Needing to be “Reasonable”
• International Tax Rules – Massive Changes
• Around the Courts

• Taxation on Death
• Significance of Canadian Residency
• Update on Employee Stock Options
• Around the Courts