Tax

  • September 12, 2025

    Trade tribunal launches final probe into dumped, subsidized Chinese thermal paper

    The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has launched a final inquiry into thermal paper imports from China after the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) made a preliminary finding that the product is being subsidized and dumped in Canada.

  • September 12, 2025

    Business succession: Laughing about death, taxes and other sad stuff

    My wife, Maureen McKay, is the love of my life, so it is only natural that I want to be sure that she will be well taken care of when I pop off. And since I am now 70 years old and she is quite a bit younger than I am, it only makes sense that I would try to put some things in order to make it easier for her to go shopping when I nod off for the last time.

  • September 10, 2025

    New OBA president hopes to bring ‘more conversational experience’ to position

    The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) has a new leader at its helm. Katy Commisso took over the top job from former president Kathryn Manning at the beginning of September after serving a term as the first vice-president of the OBA, which is the professional association for Ontario's lawyers, judges and law students. She will serve for the 2025-26 term. Commisso, a native of Burlington, Ont., said she did not grow up wanting to be a lawyer.

  • September 08, 2025

    Atlantic Canada to receive $80 million from tariff response program

    Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that $80 million from the Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI) will be dedicated to businesses in Atlantic Canada, including the seafood, manufacturing and steel sectors.

  • September 08, 2025

    Court orders CRA to redetermine taxes for U.S. citizen living in Canada

    The Federal Court has remitted a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) decision for redetermination in a case where the employer of a U.S. citizen living in Canada withheld taxes from her pay for U.S. governments.

  • September 05, 2025

    Carney pauses 2026 EV mandate amid tariff stress, announces comprehensive Buy Canadian policy

    Prime Minister Mark Carney has paused the 2026 electric vehicle (EV) mandate target for automakers and auto importers as part of a strategy to support sectors impacted by U.S.-imposed tariffs. The automobile sector in Canada has been one of the hardest hit by the imposition of U.S. tariffs, with Canadian cars facing 25 per cent tariffs in the U.S. Carney said that protectionist measures put in place by the U.S. were fundamentally reshaping all its trading relationships but noted that Canada currently has the best deal of any U.S. trading partner, with 85 per cent of trade between the two countries being tariff-free.

  • September 05, 2025

    Tax compliance considerations for notional cash pooling

    Cash pooling arrangements are used by multinational organizations to centralize cash management and reduce financing costs. Cash pooling arrangements are primarily split between physical and notional cash pooling arrangements.

  • September 05, 2025

    Adina Georgescu joins BLG as partner in EMER group

    Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) has announced that Adina Georgescu has joined the firm at its Montreal office as partner in its environmental, municipal, expropriation and regulatory (EMER) group.

  • September 04, 2025

    Determining an individual’s Canadian tax residency

    Determining whether an individual is a resident of Canada for tax purposes is a critical first step in ensuring compliance with Canadian tax laws and optimizing their tax position. The taxpayer’s residency status influences what they must report and how they are taxed — on worldwide income as a resident, or generally only on Canadian‑source income as a non‑resident.

  • September 04, 2025

    Can foreign nationals work remotely in the U.S.?

    While people have wanted to and sometimes enjoyed the opportunity to work while they are spending time outside of their home country, this practice became much more prevalent and common since the COVID-19 pandemic. With remote work far more normalized in the pandemic’s wake, it is now easier and sometimes necessary to work from wherever you are — regardless of physical boundaries or limitations.