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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, […]

March 30, 2020
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Here is what we know so far about Canada’s Emergency Wage Subsidy, a government program helping businesses avoid having to lay-off their employees during the Covid-19 Pandemic. We will be updating this article as new details are released. The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy is for businesses small and large – there is no minimum […]

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 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 […]

May 21, 2019
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As seen on GlobalNews.ca, Dale Barrett, Managing Partner at Barrett Tax Law, answers your pressing tax questions: THE QUESTION: I don’t understand the implications of adding my adult child as a joint tenant on my home. I know that there can be capital gains tax implications but don’t really understand how it works. […]

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 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 […]

August 3, 2018
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Beware The Net Worth Audit (re-published from TheGaap.net) August 1, 2018 Dale Barrett Managing Partner Barrett Tax Law Arguably, the cheapest, fastest, and dirtiest way in which the CRA can audit a taxpayer is by employing the “net worth” method. It throws all principals of good audit practice to the wind and allows the […]

June 18, 2018
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June 18, 2018 By Vivian Esper Tax Lawyer Barrett Tax Law 1-866-278-8424 416-907-8429 TAXATION OF A PARTNERSHIP – THE BASICS The Canadian common law of all provinces defines a partnership as the relation that subsists between or amongst persons carrying on a business in common with a view of profit. Subsection 102(1) of the Income […]

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

Wondering about Canada’s 75% Emergency Wage Subsidy?

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)

Dale Barrett Answers Your Pressing Tax Questions (originally on Global News)

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

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

Beware The Net Worth Audit

Taxation of a Partnership – The Basics

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