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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The attack on the collaborative relationship between tax professionals and tax administrators
For those of you who know me, you’ll know that I’m not shy about expressing my views. While some may not agree with them, I’m okay with that. I enjoy healthy, respectful debate on issues of tax administration and tax policy. However, the media, particularly the CBC, has recently been taking aim at the tax profession with “investigative reports” suggesting “inappropriate planning” is being done by certain professionals. While the “investigations” might make for good media for the average viewer, such “investigations” are, in many cases, simply wrong or misleading and sweep in organizations and individuals that have nothing to do with the particular case. These reports further exaggerate the situation with provocative language to embellish the reporter’s story.
2016 federal budget summary and comments
The new Liberal government introduced its first federal budget (the budget) today. This blog provides an executive summary, in-depth analysis, and commentary on the tax measures announced by the federal government that will significantly impact taxpayers.
The end of the tax return?
Could the end of tax return preparation — or so-called “tax season” for accountants — really happen? Or to paraphrase Mark Twain, is the demise of the income tax return greatly exaggerated? Technology is an amazing thing. As governments continue to expand data collection and improve their use of technology, it is not beyond the realm of possibility that the tax return could evolve into something very different than it is today. So, while the income tax return certainly isn’t dead yet, its demise may be in the not-so-distant future.
Twelve Canada-US tax tips for 2016
By now the 2015 holiday season is a distant memory, as are most of those well-meaning 2016 resolutions. For those individuals with both Canada and US tax issues, tax filing season is a few months away; however, there are several steps you can take that will ease your burden in the next few months… or at least ease it next year.
2016 Canadian federal budget predictions
In what’s becoming our firm’s annual tradition, the purpose of this blog is to gaze into the crystal ball to predict what the tax goodies might look like when the 2016 federal budget is released. The timing of such a release is anyone’s guess, but some prognosticators are suggesting the third week of March 2016. We certainly can’t add any credibility to that guess since the timing of the budget release is usually a carefully guarded secret – and rightly so.
With the above in mind, here are our predictions and a bit of a wish list.
New legislative proposals for trusts – dealing with the subsection 104(13.4) problem
On Nov. 16, 2015, I wrote about the ongoing saga regarding subsection 104(13.4) and some good news that was released by the Department of Finance. Today, the Department of Finance released legislative proposals as a follow-up and are seeking comments on such proposals no later than Feb. 15, 2016. While we are still absorbing some of the material, here are the very quick observations.
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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