Alexander Marino recently appeared on the Global Investment Voice Podcast to discuss the benefits of renouncing US citizenship on March 14, 2024.
Alexander Marino guested on the Snowbirds US Expats Radio Podcast about the benefits of renouncing your US citizenship on January 17, 2024.
Kenneth Keung and Evan Crocker are quoted in Investment Executive article titled “CRAʼs 10% interest rate on overdue tax raises risks“, published on November 13, 2023.
Kenneth Keung quoted in Investment Executive article titled “Window closing on family business transfers using Bill C-208”, published on October 10, 2023.
Kim G C Moody is quoted in the Tax Notes article titled “Canada’s Supreme Court Upholds GAAR Application in Deans Knight”, May 30, 2023
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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s continued attack on the tax profession
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (“CBC”) just can’t seem to help itself. It really must think it has a good story given the fact that it is acting like the proverbial dog who has a tasty bone and won’t drop it. I’ve written about the CBC’s attacks on the tax profession before and you can read it here.
Alberta Investor Tax Credit program – even more bad news
On January 17, 2017, I published a blog about the new Alberta Investor Tax Credit programs. For those of you who read my original blog, you’ll know that I was and remain very critical about the new programs. Subsequent to the publishing of my article, some astute readers in the Alberta business and technology industry brought two potential deal killers for the Alberta Investor Tax Credit (AITC) to my attention. A third item, discovered on another read-through of the regulations enacted to implement the many prescribed rules related to the AITC, concerns overreaching Ministerial discretion which, in my view, too easily lends itself to politically motivated denial of the credit. Accordingly, the purpose of this follow-up article is to bring the two deal killer issues to your attention and raise the concern of the overreach that I have subsequently identified.
Trump’s NAFTA pledge threatens US expats in Canada
Donald Trump infamously called the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) “the single worst trade deal ever approved by [the United States]”[1] and vowed to withdraw from the deal once elected. This policy was such a core plank of his platform that as soon as it become abundantly clear that Trump would win the U.S. election, the value of Mexican Peso relative to U.S. dollar dropped precipitously under the expectation that the U.S. would likely withdraw from NAFTA.[2]
Since then, much has been written about the potential economic fallout caused by Trumps pledge. However, little has been written about what might happen to Americans who are working in Canada.
New Alberta Investment Tax Credits – Great for Business or Bureaucrats?
As the new Alberta Investor Tax Credit (“AITC”) and Capital Investment Tax Credit (“CITC”) were making their way through the Alberta Legislature I wrote an article for the Canadian Tax Foundation which appeared in the January 2017 issue of “Tax for the Owner Manager” and can be accessed here. Bill 30, which contains the two credits, became law on December 9, 2016. The draft legislation discussed in my article was only cosmetically changed with 4 amendments accepted at the end of November.
The 2017 tax crystal ball
Well, it’s that time of year when people start to wind down for the holidays and get ready to spend time with family. For me, I’m not immune to that. I’m very much looking forward to gathering my wife and kids around the fire and the Christmas tree to have a lively discussion about what 2017 might look like in the tax world. Accordingly, consider this short blog a preview of the riveting Moody family holiday discussions. And, yes, my family can’t wait!
The Twelve Days of Tax Christmas
On the first day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
an Income Tax Act! (In a Pear Tree)
On the second day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Two CRA Notice of Reassessments
and an Income Tax Act! (In a Pear Tree)
Alexander Marino recently appeared on the Global Investment Voice Podcast to discuss the benefits of renouncing US citizenship on March 14, 2024.
Alexander Marino guested on the Snowbirds US Expats Radio Podcast about the benefits of renouncing your US citizenship on January 17, 2024.
Kenneth Keung and Evan Crocker are quoted in Investment Executive article titled “CRAʼs 10% interest rate on overdue tax raises risks“, published on November 13, 2023.
Kenneth Keung quoted in Investment Executive article titled “Window closing on family business transfers using Bill C-208”, published on October 10, 2023.
Kim G C Moody is quoted in the Tax Notes article titled “Canada’s Supreme Court Upholds GAAR Application in Deans Knight”, May 30, 2023
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