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On March 18, 2020, the Government of Canada announced measures intended to relieve financial difficulties related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The auditor's comfort letter is a key component in an underwritten capital raise, providing the underwriters with certain assurances regarding the offering document's financial information.

The October 31, 2006 income trust taxation proposals indicated that "normal growth" of existing income trusts—but not undue expansion, such as the introduction of a disproportionately large amount of capital—would be permitted until the end of the transition period in 2011.

People still see value in information, but there has been a shift from information is valuable to the right information has value.

In previous newsletters we included articles on the need to register in other parts of Canada if carrying on business there.

Coming on the heels of the OBA Franchise Section's November 19, 2019 dinner program "If I Could Revise the Franchise Laws in Canada", the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services recently completed a public consultation process.

Most employers are now familiar with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 ("AODA").

Outsourcing and cloud computing service engagements are fraught with financial, security and other risks, especially if dealing with an unproven service provider.

We are delighted to announce that we have expanded and adapted our Employment Law expertise to offer three new services

Ali Spinner is a partner in the Crowe Soberman Tax Group, specializing in domestic and international tax services, estate planning, and due diligence.

Time and time again, we see executors who are not only surprised by their appointment but who are also overwhelmed and are not sure whether they should act.

Gowlings argued that s.61 of the Chartered Accountants Act 2010 does not operate retrospectively to discipline proceedings concluded before the Act.

On January 1, 2011, Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) will be replaced by the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as the financial reporting standard required for Canadian businesses that are "publicly accountable enterprises."

Poorly considered language in financing and other agreements could now expose unwitting organizations and supervisory employees to criminal liability for health and safety, environmental and other accidents. Fortunately, it’s relatively easy to develop appropriate language to mitigate that risk.

Among the proposed changes, the Government of Canada seeks to exempt spousal transfers of life insurance policies from the deemed fair market value rules under s. 248(35) of the Act.

Meet Mr. X. Don't judge him by his country of residence. It is not his fault. It wouldn't be fair. He was taken there as a child by his parents who were fleeing another country for a better life.

In response to a perceived increase in the use of offshore investment structures to avoid Canadian income tax, the Department of Finance first introduced complex tax legislation that governs the treatment of direct or indirect investments in certain foreign entities by Canadian taxpayers (the FIE Rules) in 2001.

The CRA no longer relies on blunt audit tactics to detect offshore non-compliance. It operates a layered system; data-driven, globally integrated, and increasingly predictive.