People aren’t as averse to paying taxes as they once were. “Twenty years ago both the government and the public as a whole took the attitude that aggressive tax avoidance was fine if it passed muster legally,” David Harvey, chief executive of STEP Worldwide told Advisor.ca during the association’s Toronto conference.
Advisor.ca continues to live-tweet from the 15th annual STEP Conference today via @advisorca.
Advisor.ca is tweeting live from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) 15th national Canadian conference. Jamie Golombek, managing director of tax and estate planning for CIBC Private Wealth Management, gives insight on tax-efficient investments.
Forget tax havens. There’s now a new way to escape the taxman.
anada's Taxpayers' Ombudsman J. Paul Dube has joined the twitter verse.
If you have self-employed clients, make sure to tell them their June 15 tax filing deadline has been extended.
When a client dies, any property he owned is automatically deemed sold at fair market value, which could lead to capital gains or losses. But what if that property includes stock certificates from companies that no longer exist?
The IRS is under fire for spending $4.1 million on an Anaheim conference in 2010, says a new report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
The federal privacy commissioner is investigating the Canada Revenue Agency.
Controversies between companies and Canada's tax authorities are increasing.