Archive for Category: Tax Law Canada

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A Canadian Tax Lawyer’s Guide to Tax Obligations for Foreign Home Buyers in Canada: Bakhtiari v British Columbia (Minister of Finance), 2023 BCSC 1260

Introduction: Restrictions on Foreign Home Buyers Via Taxes Canada has had the reputation of being welcoming towards immigrants at least for the past decades. However, there has also been a series of federal and provincial tax policies implemented in an attempt to restrict foreign non-resident of Canada home buyers...

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Determining Eligibility of The Canada Recovery Benefit: A Canadian Tax Lawyer Examines and Explains Existing Case Law

Introduction: Canada Recovery Benefit and The Canada Recovery Benefits Act The Canada Recovery Benefits Act came into effect on October 2, 2020, and established the Canada Recovery Benefit (“CRB”), aiming to provide income support to employed and self-employed Canadians who were directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and were...

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