March 16, 2015: For the millionth week in a row Dale Barrett’s book is featured on Amazon’s bestsellers list. No other Canadian tax lawyer’s book appears in the top 100! Tax Survival for Canadians: Stand up to the CRA, which was published in March 2013, ranks 7th in tax, 7th in taxation, and 68th in […]

Have you ever phoned the Canada Revenue Agency seeking advice or clarification about an important tax matter? Have you ever wondered whether you are getting correct advice? Well a recent internal survey (conducting by the government itself) asking that very question provides some shocking new information as to the accuracy of the information taxpayers are […]

February 23, 2015: Gail Johnson from Yahoo Finance wrote a useful article on “What Happens when your tax return gets audited” According to Barrett Tax Law, the CRA performed more than 370,360 audit and review actions in the 2008-09 tax season. During that period, it conducted 1,439 international tax audits and 34,111 tax shelter audits. Of those […]

March 2, 2015: Tom McFeat, from CBC News, wrote a very informative article on how to attract a CRA auditor’s attention. The tax department “has tools to investigate and gather information about your industry,” says Barrett Tax Law. “If your numbers don’t fit the typical profile, then chances are greater that you will be audited.” […]