OTTAWA TAKES STEPS TO SIMPLIFY UNDERUSED HOUSING TAX COMPLIANCE As discussed in our April 2023 Tax Newsletter, the Underused Housing Tax (UHT) regime was introduced last year to try to combat the underuse of residential property, particularly property owned by non-residents. The regime imposes an annual tax of 1 per cent of the relevant property’s […]
The Canada Revenue Agency has introduced significant changes to trust reporting rules. The new rules apply to trusts with taxation years ending after December 30th, 2023. Specifically, all trusts—except where specific conditions are met—must now file an annual T3 return, along with additional beneficial ownership information (completed in Schedule 15 of the annual T3 return). […]
END-OF-YEAR TAX CONSIDERATIONS With the end of the year fast approaching, the window for taking steps to claim certain deductions, and for planning to minimize your 2023 tax liability, is closing. There are several things that can be done before January 1 to help control your ultimate tax payment, or maximize your tax refund, in April 2024. […]
Most Torontonians were planning to ring in 2024 with champagne and resolutions. Accounting for a spate of tax increases on some properties were not on their New Year’s agenda—although that is the costly reality. The City of Toronto is introducing new Municipal Land Transfer Tax rate thresholds for higher value residential properties. The new rates […]
MOVING EXPENSES—AN OVERLOOKED TAX EXPENSE? Moving expenses can generate a vast array of deductible items that one can use to offset against new employment location income. People often will neglect a portion of moving expense claims, simply because they are unaware of the long list that constitutes possible moving expenses. This is a very useful […]
YOU CAN BE LIABLE FOR A FAMILY MEMBER’S TAX DEBTS! There Beware of getting money, gifts or transfers of property from a family member, including your spouse, if that person owes (or might possibly owe) any money to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), for either income tax or GST/HST. The CRA has the ability to […]
The Canada Revenue Agency prescribed rate will remain unchanged at 5 per cent for the fourth quarter of 2023 (for the period from October 1st through December 31st). After increasing steadily in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rate has remained static for several consecutive quarters. The prescribed rate is based on the three-month […]
SHAREHOLDER REMUNERATION: AN OVERVIEW There are many ways a corporation can get corporate funds into a shareholder’s hands. The inevitable question is what is the most tax-efficient way of achieving this? The answer to this question will differ from corporation to corporation, depending on the source of the corporate funds, the relationship of the shareholder […]
THE FAMILY BUSINESS AND THE CAPITAL GAINS EXEMPTION People wishing to pass on a family business to the next generation have, up until recently, been met with a tax problem – the availability (or more accurately non-availability) of the lifetime capital gains exemption. The lifetime capital gains exemption currently allows for up to $971,190 per […]
AGGRESSIVE TAX PLANNING GETS MORE RISKY The government has been taking more and more measures in recent years to go after “aggressive tax planning” — that is, the use of tax shelters and other schemes to avoid tax in ways not intended by the designers of the tax system. New rules will make it […]
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