Tax Alert Archives
UPDATE: Legislation implementing the CEWS was enacted into law on April 11, 2020. See our Tax Alert on that update here
On April 8, 2020 the federal government released additional and revised details on the Canada Emergency Wage…
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 »
On April 6, 2020, the B.C. government announced that the coming into force date for the new “transparency register” requirements will be delayed until October 1, 2020. Originally slated to be effective May 1, 2020, recently-enacted amendments to the Business…
On April 2, 2020 the Federal Court of Appeal released a Notice to the Parties and the Profession extending the suspension period, during which time the computation of time under both procedural rules and any direction or order of the…
UPDATE: Legislation implementing the CEWS was enacted into law on April 11, 2020. See our Tax Alert on that update here
UPDATE: Changes to the CEWS were announced on April 8, 2020. See our Tax Alert on those changes…
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 »
The Canada Revenue Agency again updated its website which sets forth the extended filing due dates for various entities as a result of COVID-19 (link). This time, the CRA extended to June 1, 2020 the deadline to file a…
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 »
As of March 30, 2020, the Canada Revenue Agency updated the website it maintains setting forth the extended filing due dates for individuals, corporations, trusts and charities (link). In doing so, the CRA explicitly extended the filing due date…
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 »
Despite the COVID-19 crisis, BC has refused to extend the deadline to complete the 2019 Speculation and Vacancy Tax (SVT) declaration, which remains due on March 31, 2020. Each registered owner of residential property in an affected area must complete…
Noah is a partner practising in the firm’s Toronto and Vancouver offices.
Noah’s practice focuses on all aspects of commodity tax, including Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax, provincial sales taxes and property or land transfer taxes, including Vancouver’s vacancy… more »
On March 27, 2020, the federal government announced that GST/HST remittances and customs duty payments will be deferred to June 30, 2020.[1] This follows similar announcements from the Provinces regarding provincial sales taxes.[2]
The extension applies…
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 »
After speedy passage through the House of Commons and Senate, Bill C-13 received royal assent on March 25, 2020.
Bill C-13 makes amendments to the wide range of federal Acts needed to implement the Department of Finance’s COVID-19 Economic Response…
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 »
On March 17 and 18, 2020, Quebec released Information Bulletins 2020-3 and 2020-4 announcing tax relief measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the measures is the postponement to June 1, 2020 of the personal income tax return filing…
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 »