Corporations with multi national operations routinely undertake international tax planning to try to reduce their overall tax burden.

Individual Canadian immigrants are exempt from the requirements to file a T1135 information return for the year in which they first become Residents of Canada.

The Foreign Convention and Tour Incentive Program (FCTIP) offers a GST/HST refund to non-residents on eligible tourist packages.

If you submit a GST/HST that claims a refund because you exported your purchases or incurred a loss so that your input tax credits exceeded you GST/HST tax liability, your GST/HST tax return...

The Canada Revenue Agency has recently been actively monitoring and tax auditing real estate transactions in British Columbia, as it has been previously doing in the GTA (Toronto area).

After a delay of almost 5 years CRA has announced it's implementation of the Federal Court of Appeal decision in Bozzer v. Canada (2011 FCA 186).

As of July 1, 2017 all ride sharing drivers have to register for GST/HST and charge GST/HST on all rides provided even if they don't meet the normal threshold of $30,000 for GST/HST registration.

The files seized from an accountant can be used in tax prosecution against the accountant's client.

These medal payments are not an exception and will have to be reported on the athlete's 2016 tax returns when they are filed by April 30, 2017.

PayPal was served with a Federal Court of Canada order on November 10, 2017 requiring them to release to CRA details about PayPal Business account holders who sent or received a payment...

The Department of Finance announced 3 changes to the Canadian Income Tax Act on Tue July 18. The first one related to income sprinkling and is designed to reduce income splitting...

Changes to the Canadian Income Tax Act announced in the middle of the summer have attracted notice after Labour Day.

Tax changes are set to come into force on January 1, 2017 with respect to the income tax treatment of eligible capital property.

If you are reporting self employment your deadline for filing your 2016 T1 return is June 15, 2017.

Some Canadian small businesses may be eligible for a simplified method of filing their GST/HST returns. They be able to elect to use the quick method of GST/HST accounting when filing their GST/HST tax returns.

Rectification is an equitable doctrine that is applicable in situations where parties have agreed on terms of a contract that due to inadvertence is not reflected in their written agreement.

If all other tax appeal recourses have been exhausted, taxpayers faced with wrong tax assessments or large tax balances owing that consist largely of penalties and interest, have one last chance procedure available...

While merely holding bitcoin, dash, or other cryptocurrency does not give rise to tax, the sale will result in a capital gain or full income inclusion.

While CRA has not responded to any of the submissions about the proposed changes to the voluntary disclosure program we are advised by CRA employees that their systems are being updated...

Zero rated supplies are defined in the Excise Tax Act and include prescription drugs, medical assistive devices, feminine hygiene products, basic groceries, agriculture and fishing, exports, transportation services and financial services.