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On May 4, 2026, the Department of Finance released updated draft legislation expanding the audit powers of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) in the income tax context.

While procedural in nature, limitations statutes are among the most important rules for litigators and litigants alike—take too long to bring your claim, and you may be barred from seeking relief.

The OSC's latest message is clear: "Take a bite out of the carrot we’re offering, or risk the sting of the stick we carry."

On September 18, 2018, the Auditor General of Canada released its audit report on the Canada Revenue Agency's tax compliance efforts.

Business owners and operators all want to optimize their performance while saving on operating costs. As a professional who has advised companies from various industries over the years, I have observed many cost-saving opportunities for businesses of all sizes. In this article, I outline my observations and provide my top six recommendations in this area.

As we have blogged here and here, the Canada Border Services Agency (the "CBSA") sets out its priority areas for compliance audits and verifications in its Trade Compliance Verification Priorities publication.

As market turbulence and uncertainty continue, estimating fair value will continue to be a significant challenge for many companies. In this memorandum, we provide key reminders about the fair value requirements of IAS 39, Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement and IFRS 7, Financial Instruments: Disclosures.

This bulletin looks at the specific challenges affecting Canadian importers as a result of Covid-19, and the Canada Border Services Agency's ("CBSA") response, if any, to those challenges.

As a result of COVID-19, vast sums of money are being distributed through various federal government financial aid programs.

As a response to a number of high profile corporate scandals in the United States, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX<B>) </B>mandated a series of corporate governance rules for US public companies. The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have followed suit through the introduction of a series of national instruments and policies (CSA Rules) that affect the governance of Canadian public companies. The CSA Rules are summarized below.

The BC government has introduced proposed changes to the Mines Act (the Act) in Bill 6 (Mines Amendment Act, 2020), which passed its First Reading in the Legislative

A few weeks ago, in R. c. Goldberg, 2020 QCCQ 4548, the Court of Québec (Criminal and Penal Division) granted the most drastic remedy by ordering a stay of the charges brought against Bouclair Inc., Peter Goldberg and Erwin Fligel, ...

Resolving Tax Disputes (3rd edition) studies tax disputes, conflict levels, and basic strategies. It helps accountants to limit early-stage mistakes and reduce liability.

In R v. Jarvis, the Supreme Court of Canada held that while tax authorities are granted a wide range of powers, including tax audit powers and criminal tax investigative powers, prior to crossing the "Rubicon" of converting a tax audit ...

Depending upon the outcome of any appeal, stock option benefits conferred on employees by taxpayers engaged in scientific research and experimental development (or SR&ED) activities in Canada may qualify for investment tax credits (or ITCs).

Civil tax disputes are primarily all about money. Occasionally, a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms issue finds its way into the process of challenging the government's taxpayer assessment...