Category: Tax Legislation Updates

Bill C-208 – Department of Finance confirms ITA amendments are in force and modifies its intended approach

Published by Alexander Demner & Alvin Lun

On June 29, 2021, Bill C-208 received Royal Assent. As previously discussed, that Bill amended the federal Income Tax Act (the “Act”) with the intention of facilitating intergenerational business transfers. The amendments sought to accomplish those means by, in…

Federal Budget 2021 – New rules Mean More Information Being Disclosed and Potentially More Enforcement

Published by Thorsteinssons LLP

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 liabilities…

2021 Federal Budget – A Critical Analysis and Overview of the Principal Proposed Income Tax Measures

Published by Thorsteinssons LLP

Authors: Alexander Demner, Tyler Berg, and Gloria Wang

The federal government released its 2021 budget on April 19, 2021. Coming in as the longest budget in Canadian history, Budget 2021 proposes a myriad of income tax…

COVID-19 Tax Update: A Detailed Review of the Recent Changes to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)

Published by Ian Humphries & Alexander Demner

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I.     OVERVIEW

On July 27, 2020, Parliament enacted Bill C-20 which made sweeping amendments to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (the “CEWS”). The…

Saskatchewan introduces retroactive marketplace and accommodation platform rules

Published by Rosemary Anderson & Zheting Su

Saskatchewan has introduced retroactive changes to their Provincial Sales Tax Act (“PSTA”) to require marketplace facilitators and operators of online accommodation platforms to register and collect Saskatchewan’s Provincial Sales Tax. The changes, which were announced on June 15th, are retroactive…