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…
Unlike most tax audits across the country, the pandemic has failed to disrupt audits under the City of Vancouver’s empty homes tax (“EHT”). Paradoxically, those audits appear to be increasing in recent months. More so than other audit types, EHT audits…
The Tax Court of Canada recently released its decision in Hansen v. The Queen, 2020 TCC 102, the latest in a quickly growing body of caselaw dealing with “house flips”. The case dealt with a taxpayer, Mr. Hansen, who…
BC has announced a PST rebate for most incorporated businesses on select machinery and equipment purchased or leased between September 17, 2020 and September 30, 2021. This is a temporary program intended to help incorporated businesses recover from the…
The recent decision of Bishara c. Agence du revenu du Québec[1] is a win for a taxpayer on the sale of three condominiums in quick succession. This decision is unusual because the Quebec Court of Appeal (“QCA”) reversed the decision…
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 Act…
At the end of March, the BC Supreme Court released its decision in Chemainus Gardens RV Resort Ltd. v The Queen, 2020 BCSC 478. The decision is potentially of great assistance to contractors in BC who install goods that become…
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On July 27, 2020, Parliament enacted Bill C-20 which made sweeping amendments to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (the “CEWS”). The…
Chief Justice Rossiter of the Tax Court of Canada has now outlined multiple aspects of the Court’s process for reopening, following its lengthy closure due to COVID-19, by issuing a Practice Direction and Order and Notice to the…