Yesterday, Canada's 23rd Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, and the new Liberal cabinet formally assumed its duties after being sworn in at Rideau Hall.

On May 8th, the Government of Quebec decided to appeal the judgement on the controversial issue of trade-mark displays in a language other than French.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced today that it has issued a Notice of Violation to Quebec-based business Compu-Finder for four alleged violations of Canada’s anti-spam legislation.

On December 11, 2013, Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, and TELUS released a new whitepaper applying the principles of Privacy by Design to employee owned devices in the workplace.

Today, June 18, 2015, Bill S-4, the Digital Privacy Act was passed by Canada's House of Commons vote. Bill S-4 was previously passed by Canada's Senate.

Conventional wisdom suggests that the agent gets its commission when you have an accepted offer and the deal is completed.

Tax authorities around the world continue to wrestle with the tax issues arising from the use and sale of Bitcoin currency.

As expected, the CRA has formally announced the details of its collaborative efforts with CPA Canada.

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tabled the Conservative government’s tenth full budget on February 11, 2014.

In a recent case, the Tax Court of Canada dismissed an application by Newfoundland Transshipment for an order to extend time to serve notices of objection for its 2002 to 2005 taxation years.

As expected, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has provided some guidance on the U.S. tax treatment of Bitcoin.

In Bakorp Management Ltd. v. The Queen, 2013 TCC 29, the Minister brought a motion to dismiss the corporation's tax appeal on the basis that it failed to comply with the Large Corporation Rules.

In Morton v. The Queen, the Tax Court of Canada upheld penalties imposed by the Minister of National Revenue under subsection 163(2) of the Income Tax Act.

We have previously blogged about litigation apps and the absence of Canadian litigation and tax litigation apps.

Under subsection 118.5(1) of the Income Tax Act, an individual taxpayer may claim a tax credit in respect of certain qualifying tuition fees.

The European Parliament voted through the new EU Data Protection reform package (621 in favour of the new Regulation and 10 against with 22 abstentions).

An Illinois business owner has been taken into custody after his business failed to correct serious trenching hazards and pay Occupational Safety and Health Administration penalties.

Because the employee fainted, OSHA determined that the fainting spell was work-related.

China’s State Administration of Taxation (“SAT”) has published a series of circulars on tax administration for non-resident enterprises (“NREs”).

You can't pick up the newspapers these days without reading about the difficulty that Russian companies are facing in raising capital.