An employee housing loan refers to any loan that you can get from your employer to buy a home. This is quite convenient, considering employers offer housing loans at incredibly low-interest rates. Applying for a housing loan not only allows you to buy a...
If you are curious about using a shareholder loan and want to know the potential fallout that it could have for you in terms of taxes in Canada, it is important to educate yourself about these issues well in advance of facing a problem....
Winston Churchill is reputed to have said, “We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” While that calls to mind a humourous...
Tax planning is very difficult and stressful to handle on your own and it is not at all easy to achieve the tax planning technique which perfectly fits the case at the first go, so in case of tax errors a rectification order provides...
Tax law is complex and it is unwise to proceed without proper guidance. The extensive powers granted by the Canadian Income Tax Act to the CRA to collect tax creates additional problems, thus certain limitations are imposed on the CRA Collection abilities. These limitations...
Even before a tax debtor has time to react or engage a tax expert his bank accounts can be seized and money taken without a court order. This is because the Canadian Income Tax Act grants extensive powers to the CRA collection officers which...
Tackling tax problems is difficult enough and to add to that if you are dealing with CRA auditors or CRA tax collectors, professional representation from our team of the best Canadian tax lawyers is an absolute necessity. CRA’s tax auditors and tax collectors not...
Tax evasion is an offence under the Income Tax Act and the Excise Tax Act (for GST/HST) but notably it is not a criminal code offence. Over the years CRA has come up with many policies to actively deter Canadian taxpayers from tax evasion...
We are a specialized Canadian tax law firm with 30 years of experience and have seen it all, so our experience tells us that nothing creates as much fear, confusion and stress as a tax audit. Starting from business owners who contact us less...
Any problem related to tax and tax audit is difficult and stressful to manage on your own .In the Canadian income tax system it is up to every taxpayer to properly report their annual income on their income tax return, since the Canadian tax...
Canada’s Tax Act gives sweeping powers to the Canada Revenue Agency and by extension its tax collection officers, to collect the tax debts of taxpayers. In many cases, taxpayers are taken by surprise when their bank accounts are frozen, assets liened or seized and...