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Ontario Man Accused of Tax Fraud After Alleged Child Tax Credit Scheme
An Ontario man is facing allegations of tax fraud after allegedly claiming more than $60,000 in child tax credits for more than forty fictitious children. What Happened? The 39-year old man is facing four charges under the Income Tax Act. According to the Canada Revenue Agency, the man unlawfully claimed child tax benefits by “making, participating in, assenting to, or acquiescing in the making of a false or deceptive statement” to obtain Canada Child… Read More
Corporate Tax Planning
Uber Canada Reaches Settlement with the CRA in Sales-Tax Dispute
Earlier this year we blogged about a notice of appeal filed by Uber Canada Inc., the Canadian arm of Uber Technologies Inc., in which the company asked the Tax Court of Canada to vacate reassessments made against it by the CRA. Now, Uber Canada Inc. says that it has resolved their “administrative issue” with the CRA, consenting to a judgment on a without costs basis which would permit the company… Read More
Corporate Tax Planning
CRA Report: Canadian Companies Avoided Billions in Taxes
According to a report recently released by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian corporations avoided around $11 billion in corporate taxes in 2014 (between $2.7 billion and $3.5 billion for small companies, and between $6.7 billion and $7.9 billion for bigger companies). The report marks another measure in a series of actions taken by the CRA to look into tax avoidance by corporate and personal tax-payers in Canada, as we’ve previously written about. Read More
Corporate Tax Planning
The Taxpayer First Act: IRS Reform Legislation Passed by Senate
After initially being introduced more than a year ago, the Taxpayer First Act has been passed by the House and Senate. The legislation includes a variety of provisions intended to modernize the Internal Revenue Service across a wide range of critical areas including information technology, identity theft protection, and customer service. While it remains to be seen what happens next, it is widely believed that President Trump will sign the bill… Read More
Personal Tax Planning
CRA Collects More than $1 Billion After Cracking Down on Real Estate Tax Evaders
We’ve often blogged about tax issues pertaining to real estate, including the fact that fewer home buyers are purchasing homes in Toronto, Vancouver and other hot markets after the introduction of Foreign Buyers’ Taxes and other measures, how buying property from a non-resident of Canada can have significant tax implications, as well as the tax consequences of owning a cottage, among others. Now, the Star is reporting that… Read More