Alexander Marino is quoted in an article titled “Trump bump: U.S. citizenship renunciation inquiries surge in Canada, lawyers say” on CBC News, January 28, 2025.
Alexander Marino is quoted in an article titled “‘Scary’: Why US expats are tossing their citizenships – and it’s not just Trump” in The Sydney Morning Herald, November 1, 2024
Kenneth Keung is quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “Quirk in capital gains tax rules raises risks for incorporated clients,” published on July 24, 2024.
Kenneth Keung is quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “How should trusts flow out capital gains to beneficiaries in 2024?”, July 5, 2024.
Kim G C Moody, Kenneth Keung, and Christopher Ellett are quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “When is the latest clients can sell assets prior to June 25?”, published on May 17, 2024.
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Renouncing US Citizenship Or Giving Up A Green Card: Why And How To Consider It
Israel and the United States share a strong bond, and U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status allows access to the largest economy in the world. Why would a dual Israeli-U.S. citizen, or an Israeli who has been granted a U.S. “green card,” ever consider giving that up? Increasingly, the answer is one word: tax.
Unique among global powers, the United States taxes the worldwide income of its citizens and permanent resident status holders no matter where they live. Additionally, the requirement that an Israeli-U.S. citizen or green card holder file an annual U.S. income tax return is not waived by the fact that the United States grants a credit for taxes paid to Israel. In fact, many U.S. citizens living abroad do not actually owe U.S. tax, but they can face very stiff monetary penalties for failing to file required disclosures about non-U.S. assets in a timely manner.
The 2017 federal budget: what’s changed, what hasn’t
On March 22, 2017, the federal Liberal government released their 2nd budget. This blog provides an executive summary, in-depth analysis, and commentary on the tax measures announced by the federal government that will impact taxpayers.
Renouncing your US citizenship: Failed amendment may signal that now is the time to get out!
If you are one of the many U.S. citizens contemplating renouncing your U.S. citizenship, Congress has sent fairly clear messages that now, as opposed to later, may be the right time to get out of the club. On June 12, 2013, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) attempted to add yet another hurdle to the ongoing saga for those individuals looking to renounce their U.S. citizenship when they filed an amendment to an immigration reform bill…
Challenges Canadians face when transferring US retirement plans to an RRSP
Canada and the US share many similarities including the longest international border between two countries. Due to the proximity of the two countries, many Canadians find themselves living and working in the US and contributing pre-tax dollars into employer-sponsored retirement plans such as the 401(k) and Individual Retirement Account or IRA (collectively, US-based retirement plans). Once their US employment ends, many Canadian workers returning to their home country must eventually undertake the task of determining what to do with their US-based retirement plans as retirement age draws near (the Canadian retirees).
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.
Alexander Marino is quoted in an article titled “Trump bump: U.S. citizenship renunciation inquiries surge in Canada, lawyers say” on CBC News, January 28, 2025.
Alexander Marino is quoted in an article titled “‘Scary’: Why US expats are tossing their citizenships – and it’s not just Trump” in The Sydney Morning Herald, November 1, 2024
Kenneth Keung is quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “Quirk in capital gains tax rules raises risks for incorporated clients,” published on July 24, 2024.
Kenneth Keung is quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “How should trusts flow out capital gains to beneficiaries in 2024?”, July 5, 2024.
Kim G C Moody, Kenneth Keung, and Christopher Ellett are quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “When is the latest clients can sell assets prior to June 25?”, published on May 17, 2024.
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