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…
Chris Marta is an associate practising in the firm’s Vancouver office.
Chris Marta’s practice focuses on domestic and international tax planning for individuals, trusts and corporations. He also represents taxpayers in their disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency.
Prior to… more »
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…
Vivian is an is an associate working out of the Vancouver office of Thorsteinssons LLP.
Vivian’s practice focuses on tax dispute resolution with the Canada Revenue Agency and Tax Court of Canada. Her practice also includes tax planning involving individuals,… more »
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…
Tyler is an Associate working in the Vancouver office.
During his law degree, Tyler participated in the Law Students’ Legal Advice Program and the UBC Law Review, and played intramural ice hockey for the UBC Law Legal Eagles. Tyler also… more »
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…
Zheting is an associate at the firm’s Vancouver office.
Zheting’s practice focuses on all aspects of transactional/commodity taxes, including the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), Goods and Services Tax (GST), First Nations GST, provincial sales taxes, realty taxes (such as land/property… more »
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…
Tyler is an Associate working in the Vancouver office.
During his law degree, Tyler participated in the Law Students’ Legal Advice Program and the UBC Law Review, and played intramural ice hockey for the UBC Law Legal Eagles. Tyler also… more »
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…
As we have addressed in previous Tax Alerts and our detailed blog post (found here), the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) was enacted on April 11, 2020. On April 21, the federal government announced further details on how…
Tyler is an Associate working in the Vancouver office.
During his law degree, Tyler participated in the Law Students’ Legal Advice Program and the UBC Law Review, and played intramural ice hockey for the UBC Law Legal Eagles. Tyler also… more »
On April 17, 2020 the Tax Court of Canada released a Practice Direction and Order advising that the Court remains closed until further notice and extending its previously announced suspension period, which was set to expire on May 1, 2020. …
On April 15, 2020 the Federal Court of Appeal released a Notice to the Parties and the Profession allowing certain cases to progress towards a determination on the merits despite the pandemic. The Notice can be found here.
The…
On April 11, 2020, Bill C-14 COVID-19 Emergency Response Act, No. 2, was released, passed all stages of reading and received Royal Assent. The legislation amends the Income Tax Act (Canada) to implement the CEWS and contains substantially greater…
Julia Ji is an associate practising in the firm’s Toronto office.
Julia’s practice includes corporate tax advisory, tax planning, business structuring and tax litigation. Prior to joining Thorsteinssons, Julia was a certified digital project manager specializing in enterprise information architecture… more »