As with a jigsaw puzzle, we need to look at the picture on the front of the box before we start putting the pieces together.

The government is desperate for money and is on the search for new sources of revenues to finance its deficits.

The TCC decision in Estate of the Late John Arthur Murphy (released January 13, 2015) took tax practitioners by surprise. The court concluded that the decedent's RRSP was taxable in the estate and not rolled to the spouse, despite a consent order that transferred the RRSP to the spouse.

Spring is the season to reflect on what we pay for through our taxes.

As we enter tax filing season next month, owners of businesses will need to finalize the amount and nature of their compensation.

Attorney General (and Minister of Justice) Jody Wilson-Raybould's resignation following the government's SNC-Lavalin debacle highlights how the "rule of law" applies to public prosecutions under inconvenient laws enacted by Parliament.

Millions of employees forced to work from home because of COVID-19 turned their bedrooms, basements, and kitchens into workspaces.

Taxpayer appeals to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) are the first step in resolving tax disputes following an assessment for taxes.

Canadian taxpayers can be excused for thinking that when the government proclaims a bill of rights that they actually have rights under it.

The SNC-Lavalin affair has dominated the Canadian news media for two months without complete revelation of what really happened.

In MNR v. RRSP Trust of Grenon, 2015 FC 1050, the Federal Court of Canada struck down an ex parte jeopardy order granted to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) on March 7, 2013.

The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is an agency of the US Department of Commerce and is governed by the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act.

Taxpayers can be excused for thinking the Canadian Taxpayer Bill of Rights gives them some actual rights.

Public Law no. 115-97 (2017 tax act)—the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed December 22, 2017—significantly changed the Code and negatively affects a US person in Canada holding shares in a closely held corporation.

Tax rules protect the Tax Collector. They are not intended to protect taxpayers. Taxpayers who do not comply with the rules lose all their rights. There is no Charter protection for taxpayers.

Ontario has introduced a Foreign Home Buyer Tax / Non-Resident Speculation Tax ("NRST") effective April 21, 2017.

The Canada Revenue Agency (the "CRA") has launched roughly 100 audits into taxpayers named in the Paradise Papers offshore tax leak, according to documents tabled in Parliament.

Financial services are generally an exempt supply for which no GST/HST would be charged.

Bobby Solhi of TaxChambers LLP was quoted by Bloomberg BNA International Tax Monitor on the recent Tax Court of Canada decision in Jayco, Inc. v. The Queen that addressed GST/HST...

The Crown, on behalf of the CRA, sued TD Bank to recover money that it received from one of its customers.