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Estate Freezes: A Silver Lining of COVID-19 (Originally On The Lawyer’s Daily)

April 9, 2020
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With the world in flux and an unprecedented shutdown of the world’s economy, those who were planning to transfer businesses to the next generation have been given what is (hopefully) a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to defer additional taxes for many years. As valuations of investments and businesses — both public and private — have reduced sharply, […]

November 22, 2019
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My law firm cannot make the claim that we have won all of our cases in the Tax Court of Canada, but what we can tell you is that every single case we have won in tax court — either in trial or a settlement — was lost at the CRA objection stage. And in […]

November 22, 2019
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In part one of this series, I considered the situation of a hypothetical wealthy client who was involved in the KPMG tax scheme promoted by a big accounting firm. In the end, the taxpayer signed a settlement with the CRA. Part two relates the story of a typical client of the Fiscal Arbitrators tax scheme […]

October 10, 2019
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Sometimes a taxpayer is randomly selected for an audit. It’s like winning the worst lottery in the world, and there’s nothing you can do to change that. But apart from a random tax audit, the odds of being targeted for an audit are dependent on a variety of risk factors. In short, the odds of […]

October 8, 2019
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By Dale Barrett – Managing Partner at Barrett Tax Law, Founder of Lawyers & Lattes Legal Cafe, Author of Tax Survival for Canadians: Stand up to the CRA, Editor of the Family Law and Tax Handbook, and Tax Columnist at the Lawyer’s Daily. Originally published by The Lawyer’s Daily. Unlike a superior court, which can make an […]

April 9, 2019
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By Dale Barrett – Managing Lawyer at Barrett Tax Law and Tax Columnist at the Lawyer’s Daily. Originally published by the Lawyer’s Daily. In my first article in this series, I expressed the opinion that the entire Harmonized Sales Tax system and its legal framework are fundamentally flawed. I outlined four of the nine problems […]

April 9, 2019
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By Dale Barrett – Managing Lawyer at Barrett Tax Law and Tax Columnist at the Lawyer’s Daily. Originally published by the Lawyer’s Daily. According to the 2008 federal budget, the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) was claimed by the federal government to be “the single most important step provinces with retail sales taxes could take to […]

April 8, 2019
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By Dale Barrett – Managing Lawyer at Barrett Tax Law and Tax Columnist at the Lawyer’s Daily. Originally published by the Lawyer’s Daily. In any self-reporting or honour system like we have in Canadian taxation, there must be a means by which the state can verify the correctness of information provided. Enter the tax audit […]

April 8, 2019
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Dale Barrett – Managing Partner of Barrett Tax Law This article was originally published by The Lawyer’s Daily, part of LexisNexis Canada Inc. Although not an actual law as it is in the United States, the Taxpayer “Bill of Rights” sets out sixteen rights, eight of which are within the mandate of the Taxpayers’ Ombudsman’s […]

April 8, 2016
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For most understanding tax matters can be a brain-numbing experience. With the recent stories of the Panama papers, it may be a challenge to truly comprehend what this international tax scandal is really about, why it affects Canada, and how the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) is getting involved. Here’s some background: The Panama Papers were […]

Estate Freezes: A Silver Lining of COVID-19 (Originally On The Lawyer’s Daily)

I Lost My Battle with the CRA, but I Won the War (originally on The Lawyer’s Daily)

A Tale of Two Taxpayers: The Fiscal Arbitrators Client (originally on The Lawyer’s Daily)

A Tale of Two Taxpayers: the Wealthy Client (originally on The Lawyer’s Daily)

More Reasons to Abandon the HST (originally on Lawyer’s Daily)

HST Hurts Economy and Should be Abandoned (originally on Lawyer’s Daily)

CRA Auditors Less Concerned with Correctness than with the Size of Reassessments (originally on Lawyer’s Daily)

Ombudsman Not Protecting Rights of Taxpayers (originally on Lawyer’s Daily)

Hey Mr. Putin and Mr. Signumdur … We can help you with your Panama Papers tax problems

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