Whether you are working on mergers and acquisitions or asset arrangements to optimize tax scenarios, professional diagrams are valuable communication tools.

Ahmar v. Canada, 2020 FCA 65 is an appeal from the Tax Court's decision to hold the taxpayer, who was the sole director and shareholder of a corporation, personally liable for the...

Taxpayers today are expecting more than ever from their tax lawyers.

As a legal technology company, we at Blue J are always excited about new advancements in AI technology like GPT-4. It has the potential to revolutionize the way we practice law, providing faster and more accurate research, analysis, and predictions.

For tax professionals, a major source of frustration is the amount of time spent creating complex entity-and-relationship diagrams in order to explain a client's tax scenario and the relationships between the bodies involved.

This month we follow up on the appeal of a Tax Court decision that we first examined in October 2021. In Aspro, the taxpayer challenged the IRS's determination that the "management fees"...

As a tax practice, how do you bring joy to your clients' lives.

Tax practitioners frequently struggle when providing advice on some cases in areas of tax law that have limited statutory guidance and a sizable body of case law.

Economic substance is part of a series of U.S. anti-abuse doctrines designed to combat tax shelters which comply with the letter of the rules contained in the IRC but violate the spirit of the Code.

Blue J Diagramming's Quick Start templates are pre-built structure charts that are ready for practitioners to customize.

This article looks at what Type "B" Reorganizations are and provides diagram examples that you can reference.

These days, client expectations are at an all-time high. Tax practitioners are expected to help their clients determine whether they are in compliance with the applicable tax rules while staying up to...

Economic substance is an anti-abuse doctrine that analyzes suspect business transactions for a motive other than the obtaining of a tax advantage.

David Chodikoff, a tax litigation lawyer at Miller Thomson LLP, spoke with Blue J about how innovation in the practice of law, such as adopting new technologies like Blue J Tax...

Following more than a month of mandated provincewide shutdowns to help stop the spread of COVID-19, the Ontario government announced that a phased reopening is set to begin on Wednesday, February 10th

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In this first installment of Blue J Predicts on Tax Notes for 2022, we take stock of this column's inaugural year of 2021. We review our predictions from the past year and reflect on the state of the technology of tax prediction.

Through a rigorous, human-driven research and development process, Blue J Legal is able to use the power of machine learning in order to synthesize the multitude of factors present in every case to...

Virtually every tax professional uses at least one of the dominant case law search engines, commercial or open-source, to find supporting authority for the position their client is...

Blue J partnered with Tax Analysts to assess the growth outlook for the tax advisory industry. The qualitative and quantitative approach provided significant insights into tax advisers' most important challenges, ...