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B.C. lawyers have two weeks to sort out sales tax changes
Lawyers subject to British Columbia’s provincial sales tax have just two weeks to get ready to go back to the old levy.“They haven’t given people a lot of time,” says Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, a lawyer...
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Flaherty vows balance budget in 2015 without ‘slash and burn’
The Conservative government pledged on Thursday to close tax loopholes and curb spending to erase its budget deficit in time for the 2015 election, even as it found new cash for infrastructure spending...
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What I intended was . . .
We’re about to see a spike in the word “intention” in Quebec contracts, thanks to yesterday’s Supreme Court of Canada ruling on taxation.In a judgment that upholds Court of Appeal rulings in two cases...
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Was Revenue Canada’s case in the toilet?
A British Columbia Supreme Court case has dealt with what evidence can be considered under solicitor-client privilege when Revenue Canada officials exercised a search warrant, rounding up more than...
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New U.K.-Canada tax treaty lets authorities do audits in other country
Canada and the United Kingdom finally — after more than two years of negotiation — signed a tax treaty this week that would allow, among other things, government tax auditors in the U.K. to inspect the...
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Former tax lawyer Noël now chief justice of Federal Court of Appeal
Marc Noël, a former tax lawyer and judge of the Federal Court of Appeal, has been appointed chief justice of the appeal court.Noël replaces the Pierre Blais, who retired on June 23.Tax lawyer Steve...
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This week at the SCC
This week, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear six appeals, including cases that will test the ability of energy boards to regulate electricity rates in the face of negotiated union benefits. The...
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The Top 10 Canadian legal ethics stories of 2014
For the last two years I have written up the Top 10 Canadian legal ethics stories for the prior year (2013 and 2012). This year I initially wondered whether it would be possible to identify 10...
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Mid-size Canadian companies need to get ready for Obamacare
Canadian companies with at least 50 employees working in the United States could face lawsuits and painful tax fines if they fail to immediately upgrade their benefit systems to comply with Obamacare...
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CRA likely to impose more adviser penalties in light of SCC decision
A Supreme Court of Canada ruling that administrative monetary penalties don’t offend constitutional rights because they are not criminal in nature could open the doors to greater use by government...
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FATCA injunction dismissed
Snowbirds flying south and Yanks coming north will have to watch their financial Ps and Qs a little closer. On Sept. 16, the Federal Court of Canada declined to issue an injunction to prevent the...
View ArticlePrivilege, authority, and sex on tap for SCC’s winter session
The Supreme Court of Canada’s winter session kicks off next week, with hearings that deal the usual assortment of criminal and business matters, and the occasional Charter challenge. This season, the...
View ArticleThis week at the SCC
This week, the Supreme Court of Canada’s winter session ends. The court will hear three appeals regarding international tariffs, insurance contracts, and an interesting case in which the judge rejected...
View ArticleRBC defends practices after Panama Papers leak
Royal Bank of Canada said on Monday it had controls in place to prevent illegal activities after documents allegedly showed it had regularly used the services of a Panama-based law firm at the center...
View ArticleCRA wants names of Canadians in Panama Papers
Amid revelations of offshore financial dealings involving prominent figures worldwide, the Canada Revenue Agency says it’s looking to get its hands on the leaked records to zero in on the activities of...
View ArticleThis week at the SCC
The Supreme Court of Canada has a busy week ahead of it, with seven hearings relating to real estate, medical malpractice, and evidence at murder trials. In addition, the court will hear two court...
View ArticleCanadian firm names pop up in Panama Papers revelations
A number of Canadian law firms are mentioned in the Panama Papers, the massive leak from a Panamanian law firm showing the offshore financial dealings of prominent figures worldwide. The documents,...
View ArticleIdentity of tax clients solicitor-client privileged: SCC
Lawyers and notaries scored a big victory for solicitor-client privilege today, as the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that legal professionals cannot be compelled by a provision in tax law to divulge...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal rejects DioGuardi’s challenge of Law Society Act
Tax lawyer Philippe DioGuardi’s professional misconduct hearing may have ended last year with a six-week suspension and a $5,000 fine, but the lawyer remains in a legal wrangling with the Law Society...
View ArticleMoodys Gartner and Wildeboer Dellelce form alliance
Wildeboer Dellelce LLP and Moodys Gartner Tax Law LLP have announced they are forming a strategic alliance to provide services to clients on a referral basis. Wildeboer Dellelce is a corporate business...
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