Bill Gorman, Brenda Gosselin, and Stephen Pincus have co-authored The Canadian REIT Structure in the 10th edition of The Legal Industry Reviews Canada.

Last week, Brett York, an attorney adviser in the Treasury Office of International Tax Counsel confirmed that the U.S. Treasury is willing to accept Canada's recent guidance.

On March 18, 2020, the Federal Government announced the following measures to help employers deal with the economic disruption and uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.

Effective October 1, 2021, Manitoba's minimum wage will increase five (5) cents to $11.95 per hour.

This column considers whether changes to U.S. tax law made by the PATH Act are likely to increase investment by Canadian pension plans in U.S. infrastructure.

The British government announced that it would levy a new tax on oil companies’ profits (expected to result in £2 billion ($3.2 billion) in additional taxes) in order to shift the pain felt by many consumers as a result of triple-digit crude prices.

On October 18, 2016, Regional Managing Partner of BLG's Calgary office Alan Ross was intervewed on Bloomberg Canada TV in a segment titled Hurdles Ahead for Canada's Low-Carbon Future.

Many estate plans involve a "bare trust." This document allows one person to hold the legal title of a property in trust for another person who is the true beneficial owner.

As reported earlier this month in our blog, Finance Quebec announced, on May 17, 2019, measures to fight aggressive tax planning.

Here are five highlights you should be aware of.

The Federal Government of Canada tabled its 2017 Budget on March 22nd. The Budget was relatively thin compared to the last federal budget and did not contain significant tax changes across any sectors.

On March 13, 2019, the Ministry of Finance proposed changes to the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule ("SABS") under the Insurance Act

L'office de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada a annoncé une augmentation significative des taxes, dès le 1er janvier 2024. Cette décision survient dans un contexte de déficit structurel...

We recently reported on a case out of New York State, which dealt with the question of sales tax liability in the case of online sales.

A Justice of the Tax Court of Canada has concluded that a dairy farmer, who sold his land to a developer and then leased it back, did not have the benefit of the rollover provisions...

The Tax Court of Canada has dismissed the appeal of an economist and a naturopathic doctor who maintained that they had established a 10 acre Christmas tree farm on a quarter section near Calgary...

The Province has announced that as part of its package of relief for businesses it will reduce school tax rates for commercial properties by 50% for the 2020 tax year.

In this latest podcast episode, Kenneth Keung and Kim G C Moody describe the April 7, 2022, Canadian Federal Budget proposal that will introduce a new "Residential Property Flipping" income tax rule.

Real estate developers have argued that rising costs make it financially impossible to build rental apartments, which limits supply and drives up rents.

As the looming threat of cryptocurrency regulation in the area of securities continues to monopolize the public limelight, little attention by Canadian governmental authorities is being given to the taxation of transactions involving tokens.