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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.

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Kenneth Keung is quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “How should trusts flow out capital gains to beneficiaries in 2024?”, July 5, 2024.

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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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Alexander Marino recently appeared on the Global Investment Voice Podcast to discuss the benefits of renouncing US citizenship on March 14, 2024.

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Alexander Marino guested on the Snowbirds US Expats Radio Podcast about the benefits of renouncing your US citizenship on January 17, 2024.

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Recent GAAR Decision – Collins

By Marissa L Halil  LLB, BCL

A new case on the General Anti-Avoidance Rule (“GAAR”), Collins & Aikman Products Co. v. The Queen (“Collins“), was released by the Tax Court of Canada on June 3, 2009. The issue in Collins was whether the GAAR should apply to a reorganization which increased the paid-up capital (“PUC”) of shares.

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New chair of STEP Canada

Well, I arrived home this week after attending The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners’ (“STEP”) 11th National Conference.  The conference contained many leading edge technical topics that dealt with tax and estate planning for the private client.  Membership in STEP, for me personally, has proved to be invaluable over the years given the tremendous worldwide membership that STEP has and the depth of knowledge of such members. 

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Tax conferences

Well … ’tis the season for professional development and education.  Every year, around this time, the professional tax conference season begins in earnest.  I had the pleasure of recently co-chairing the Canadian Tax Foundation Prairie Provinces Tax Conference which was held in Calgary on May 25 and 26, 2009.  What an outstanding group of tax professionals that gathered to listen to prominent speakers on relevant current tax topics.

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Eligible dividends – Methods of notification by corporations other than public corporations

As many readers know, “eligible dividends” received by Canadian resident individuals are taxed preferentially as compared to non-eligible dividends. First introduced in 2006, the legislation dealing with eligible dividends is complex and detailed.

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Prevost Car Inc. v. The Queen

By Nicolas Baas, LL.B., LL.M. (Tax)

On May 12, 2008 we posted a blog entry commenting on the Tax Court decision of Prevost Car Inc. v. The Queen TCC 231.  On February 26, 2009 the Federal Court of Appeal released its appeal decision in this case.The FCA endorsed the Tax Court’s decision in its entirety.  The facts of this case are straightforward and can be found in our May 12, 2008 blog.

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Opportunities in challenging economic times

Notwithstanding that financial markets and the economy continue to take a beating, there are significant tax planning opportunities that have not existed for quite some time.

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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.

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Kenneth Keung is quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “How should trusts flow out capital gains to beneficiaries in 2024?”, July 5, 2024.

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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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Alexander Marino recently appeared on the Global Investment Voice Podcast to discuss the benefits of renouncing US citizenship on March 14, 2024.

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Alexander Marino guested on the Snowbirds US Expats Radio Podcast about the benefits of renouncing your US citizenship on January 17, 2024.