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Alexander Marino is quoted in The Guardian article:“‘I don’t want to be part of a dictatorship’: the Americans queueing up to renounce their citizenship”, April 28, 2026.

 

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Alexander Marino was a guest on the “This is Ottawa” CBC podcast episode titled ‘I feel alienated from my U.S. identity’ on March 23, 2026.

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Alexander Marino was interviewed for the CBC news story “Dual citizens weigh Trump, taxes in decision to renounce US citizenship” on March 23, 2026.

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Kim GC Moody was a guest on The Current with Matt Galloway on CBC Radio, on September 22, 2025 discussing “Why can’t you get a CRA agent on the line?”

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Alexander Marino appeared on CONNECT With Sarah Crosbie on Corus Radio on September 16, 2025, to discuss “Are YOU an Accidental American?”

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US Immigration Alert – Changes to COVID Travel Ban NIE Eligibility

Very recently, amidst a reported increase in COVID-19 cases in the US and around the world, it has become increasingly more difficult for US companies to bring key personnel from certain countries to the US due to ongoing travel bans and narrowing exceptions to these travel bans.

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Tax Planning Arrangement – When Tax Treatment Collides with Accounting Treatment and How This is Like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

It is common when dealing with tax matters that an issue will arise that requires input from both accountants and lawyers, and the subject of this article is a great example.

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A Taxonomy of Tax Professionals

At this time of year, many tax professionals are inundated with tax questions and assumptions about how busy they may (or may not) be. The answer may be surprising.

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USCIS Announces End of Trump-Era Public Charge Final Rule

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the agency will no longer be applying former President Trump’s highly controversial August 2019 Public Charge Final Rule (Public Charge Rule)

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What’s the IRS’s Deal with the 2019 Return Processing Backlog?

US tax professionals are keenly aware of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and its processing of returns, payments, and other documents. The delay has been so severe that at the end of 2020, there were still many million pieces of unopened mail and well over a million unprocessed returns.

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President Biden’s US Citizenship Act of 2021 Introduced to Congress

On February 19, 2021, President Biden introduced his administration’s highly anticipated comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) bill, the “US Citizenship Act of 2021”, to both the Senate and the House.

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Alexander Marino is quoted in The Guardian article:“‘I don’t want to be part of a dictatorship’: the Americans queueing up to renounce their citizenship”, April 28, 2026.

 

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Alexander Marino was a guest on the “This is Ottawa” CBC podcast episode titled ‘I feel alienated from my U.S. identity’ on March 23, 2026.

***CLICK FOR ALL NEWS***

Alexander Marino was interviewed for the CBC news story “Dual citizens weigh Trump, taxes in decision to renounce US citizenship” on March 23, 2026.

***CLICK FOR ALL NEWS***

Kim GC Moody was a guest on The Current with Matt Galloway on CBC Radio, on September 22, 2025 discussing “Why can’t you get a CRA agent on the line?”

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Alexander Marino appeared on CONNECT With Sarah Crosbie on Corus Radio on September 16, 2025, to discuss “Are YOU an Accidental American?”