On May 27, 2020 the Tax Court of Canada issued an Amended Practice Order and Direction and a Notice to the Public and the Profession cancelling all judicial sittings and conference calls scheduled through July 17, 2020.
The Notice to…
Further to recent public statements (as discussed in our previous blog post), the CRA has announced that as a result of COVID-19 they will temporarily be accepting requests for certain clearance certificates and other international waivers by email. Taxpayers…
The Canada Revenue Agency has updated its website which sets forth the extended filing due dates for various entities as a result of COVID-19 (link). Extended to September 1, 2020 is the deadline to file a T2 corporate income tax…
On May 19, 2020, the Minister of Justice published draft legislative proposals which may, if enacted, temporarily extend or suspend certain time limits. In general, such extensions and suspensions are premised on COVID-19 making compliance with statutory time limits difficult…
The federal government yesterday released amendments to the Income Tax Regulations relating to two of its COVID-19-induced wage subsidy programs.
First, new section 8901.1 of the Regulations expands the eligibility for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (the “CEWS”) in…
The City of Vancouver announced that property owners assessed the Empty Homes Tax for 2017 and 2018 because they failed to file their declarations on time will be allowed to late-file for those years until December 31, 2020. Similar…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (the “CEWS”) (see our detailed blog post here) will be extended beyond June 6, 2020. The CEWS legislation provides for extensions up to September 30, 2020. Details…
On April 29, 2020 the Federal Court of Canada released an updated Practice Direction and Order advising that the previously announced suspension period, which was set to expire on May 15, 2020, will now run until May 29, 2020.
The…