Authored by: Greg DelBigio, Q.C. and Morgan Watchorn
In Budget 2021, the federal government proposes to provide the Canada Revenue Agency (the “CRA”) with $230 million over five years as part of an ongoing focus on enforcing civil…
In February, the United States Department of Justice entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with Swiss bank, Rahn and Bodmer (R+B). The agreement refers to the criminal charge that R+B conspired with others to defraud the IRS, to file false…
We last wrote about the Land Owner Transparency Act (“LOTA”) on May 23, 2019. On November 30, 2020, the BC Ministry of Finance announced that the LOTA registry has now launched.
In the announcement, the Ministry was unambiguous…
A recent American Bar Association Practice Point article posed the question: may tax evasion be charged as a money laundering offence? In Canada, the answer is unequivocally, yes – the acts that result in a charge of tax evasion…
The CRA is expected to soon commence audit activities to review payments made pursuant to three of Canada’s COVID-19 relief programs: the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (“CEWS”), the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (“CERB”), and the Canada Emergency Student Benefit (“CESB”).…
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On July 27, 2020, Bill c-20 An Act respecting further COVID-19 measures was enacted. This legislation includes the Time Limits and Other Periods…
The BC government’s recent focus on tax evasion and money laundering in the real estate market has led to proposed legislation, the Land Owner Transparency Act (Bill 23 – 2019), which will impose potentially onerous disclosure requirements on those who…
In Budget 2019, the federal government continues to bolster its tools and resources to detect and prosecute tax evasion and money laundering. These proposals are relevant both to those who do not pay the amount of tax the law requires,…
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) recently announced that, through a consultation process, it is examining the use and, more particularly, what it says are occasions of misuse of claims of solicitor-client privilege. The Consultation is interesting but, it also provides…
Yesterday, the CBC reported that the CRA has transferred more than 1.6 million Canadian banking records to the United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) since an information sharing agreement was entered into between the two countries in 2014. The…