ArticleDirector's Briefing Notice of Board Meetings: Some Potential IssuesThere has been a recent development in the conduct of directors’ meetings that is worthy of note. CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawMinden Gross LLP
ArticleBack To School Tax TipsThe last few weeks of summer are usually all about back-to-school shopping: pencils, notebooks, and first-day-of-school outfit.CanadaTaxMinden Gross LLP
ArticleCommercial Leasing Bulletin: Impact Of Recent COVID-19 Restrictions On The Ontario Construction IndustryOn April 3, 2021, the Government of Ontario placed the entire province in the shutdown zone pursuant to the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020.CanadaReal Estate and ConstructionMinden Gross LLP
ArticleCOVID-19 Government Legislation And Other Relief BenefitsGiven the current circumstances, I thought it would be useful to set out a list of measures put into place by the Canadian and Ontario governments...CanadaStrategyMinden Gross LLP
Article21-Year Tax Issues And The Non-Specialist Advisor— Part 2Part 1 of this Series reviewed what the 21-year deemed disposition rules are and introduced three approaches to planning that appear to be most commonly used to manage the effects of the 21-year...CanadaTaxMinden Gross LLP
ArticleCreating And Maintaining Or Retaining CCPC StatusThe Income Tax Act (Canada) contains many incentives or preferences applicable to a taxpayer which is a Canadian-controlled private corporation ("CCPC").CanadaTaxMinden Gross LLP
ArticleLove And TaxesOne of the most common questions I get asked is: what strategies are available to get income into a low-tax rate spouse’s hands? CanadaTaxMinden Gross LLP
ArticleSelected Tax Issues And Traps Associated With Estate Freezes - Part 3A discussion on the issues and traps practitioners need to navigate to successfully implement and maintain an estate freeze.CanadaTaxMinden Gross LLP
ArticleTax Planning For The Non-Specialist Advisor - New Succession Planning Strategy For The Owner-Manager - Part 1As tax lawyers, owner-managers often ask us to assist them with effectively transitioning the ownership of their business to one or more of their family members. CanadaTaxMinden Gross LLP
ArticleBen Bloom Quoted In Autofocus On Dash Cams In CarsBusiness and technology law lawyer, Ben Bloom, was quoted in autofocus on the legalities of installing a dash cam in your car in "Everything you need to know about using a dash cam in Canada" published February 28, 2017.CanadaTransportMinden Gross LLP
ArticleNRT Tax Traps And The Non-Specialist Advisor - Part 3This article is the third instalment in a four-part series. The fourth and final instalment will appear in next month's issue of Tax Notes.CanadaTaxMinden Gross LLP
ArticleThe De Facto DirectorNo matter what a person may call himself or herself, if he or she acts as a director, the person may be deemed to be a director and is called a de facto director. CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawMinden Gross LLP
ArticleDoctors and Patients: The Line That Can't Be CrossedNo one can doubt that the College of Physicians and Surgeons plays an important role in supervising the behavior of doctors by, among other things, prosecuting doctors who commit professional misconduct by breaching the legislation that governs their behavior.CanadaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationMinden Gross LLP
ArticleTax Notes: NRT Tax Traps And The Non-Specialist Advisor- Part 2The second instalment of the Series will begin the arduous task of providing a high-level review of the Section 94 NRT Rules, including providing some context as to just how expansive these rules are.CanadaTaxMinden Gross LLP
ArticleU.S. Expats Still Need To File With IRS Canadian-resident U.S. Citizens Subject To U.S. TaxU.S. President Joe Biden is approaching a year in office. With U.S. multi-trillion-dollar debt and spending now right off the charts, the IRS will be hunting for all the tax revenue it can find.CanadaTaxMinden Gross LLP
ArticlePart 2: Shareholders Agreements, The Act, And The Non-Specialist Advisor: The Impact Of ControlThe following appeared originally in Wolters Kluwer's Tax Topics. Special thanks to Caroline Elias, associate at Minden Gross LLP, for her assistance in reviewing earlier versions of the SeriesCanadaCorporate/Commercial LawMinden Gross LLP
ArticleLeasing: Ontario And Canada Emergency Rent Assistance ProgramsAs part of the Government of Canada's COVID-19 Economic Response Plan, the federal government is partnering with the provinces and territories to implement the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) program.CanadaReal Estate and ConstructionMinden Gross LLP
ArticleCoast To Coast Provincial Cannabis Legislation UpdateWhile it is still early days with the Cannabis Act having only been tabled about two months ago...CanadaFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesMinden Gross LLP
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