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May 11, 2022

Tax Implications of a Real Estate Assignment: a Tax Exposure Calculator

Tax Implications of a Real Estate Assignment: a Tax Exposure Calculator This article provides an overview of GST/HST and Income Tax rules...

Sep 10, 2021

True or False? Political Rumours Around Taxing Gain on Principal Residence: The 2021 Edition

As the Canadian voters prepare to go to the polls, we at Advotax Law traditionally share a summary of political...

Jul 13, 2021

Real estate agents' commission rebates can be taxable to clients

There are nearly 40,000 real estate agents in Toronto; that is one agent for every 140 Torontonians! In Vancouver, the numbers are even...

Jun 8, 2021

Dispute Resolution and CRA Audit Measures in 2021 Federal Budget

Sharing a copy of the presentation tax lawyer Anna Malazhavaya with the help of articling student Alexandra Ilchuk made on April 27, 2021...

May 26, 2021

CRA Can Now Compel Oral Interviews

I never met anyone who said they enjoyed being interviewed by an auditor with the Canada Revenue Agency. For sure, CRA audits can be...

Sep 17, 2020

This taxpayer bought and sold 5 houses in 6 years. The Tax Court decided on his tax liability.

While I avoided detailed case commentaries on my blog to date, the recent Tax Court of Canada's decision in Hansen is too interesting to...

Sep 17, 2019

Do the Liberals really plan to change the principal residence exemption?

I have seen the picture of this letter from Andrew Scheer shared multiple times on my Facebook feed. In the last week, I have had several...

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