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The videos are 10-minute rapid-fire discussions of select recent developments in the wonderful world of Canadian tax
presented by the Video Tax News
Team, for Canadian Tax and Financial Professionals.
November 28, 2019
Sources:
Investment Management Fees
Rental Property – Source of Income
- Crocket v. The Queen 2019 TCC 203
Penalty – Repeated Failure to Report Income
- Greenstreet v. The Queen 2019 TCC 237
Agency Relationship
- Lohas Farm Inc. v. The Queen 2019 TCC 197
Represent a Client Updates – Deceased Taxpayers
- CRA Digital Services Update - downloadable Power Point presentation - no
longer available
Transparency of Corporate Ownership:
- Tracking
of Corporate Ownership Information - Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA)
- Beneficial
Ownership Disclosure - Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA)
- United
Kingdom - Companies House - Search for corporate information
October 25, 2019
Sources:
- Mobile Home/RV Park – Specified Investment Business
- 1717398 Ontario Inc. (Lost Forest Park) v. The Queen
- Travel Expenses – Shareholder-Employees
- CRA re Shareholder-employees: Here's what you need to know about claiming
employment expenses.
- Payroll Audits
- TI 2019-0798351C6 STEP 2019 - Q15 - CPP/EI Rulings
- Charitable Registration Process – Online Only
- Excluded Business – Large Dividends
- TI 2019-0799911C6 STEP 2019 Q4 - TOSI & Meaning of Excluded Business
- U.S. Expatriates – New Relief Procedures
- IRS announcement
TaxTips.ca Articles:
- Specified
Investment Business (SIB)
- Employment
Expenses Line 229
September 26, 2019
Sources:
- Denial of Employment Insurance Benefits – Misconduct
- Nelson v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 FCA 222
- Property Flipping – Income or Capital
- Wall v. The Queen, 2019 TCC 168
- Employment Expenses – Commuting?
- MacDonald v. The Queen, 2019 TCC 169
- Shared-Custody Parents – Equal or Near Equal
- Dept of Finance August 29, 2019
TaxTips.ca Articles:
- Real Estate Sales - Are
They Taxable? What about my Principal Residence?
- Employee
Motor Vehicle Travel Expenses
- Government
Child and Family Benefit Programs
August 29, 2019
Sources:
- Director’s Personal Liability for Negligence
- Hall v Stewart, 2019 ABCA 98 (CanLII)
- TFSA Overcontribution
- Technical
Interpretation 2017-0732391E5 Income on TFSA over-contributions
- Gekas v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 FC 1031
- Overdrawn Shareholder Loans -
Mazzaferro v. The Queen, 2019 TCC 147
- Transfer of Life Insurance from a Corporation -
Technical Interpretation 2019-0799051C6 2019 CLHIA Roundtable - ITA s. 148(7)
questions
- Represent a Client – New Format for Individual Accounts
- IRS Compliance Campaign – Former Participants of U.S. Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program
TaxTips.ca Articles:
- Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs)
- Shareholder
Loans and their Tax Implications
August 6, 2019
Sources:
- Taxable Benefit – Parking Pass
- Smith v. Canada, 2019 FCA 173
- Stock Option Taxation Changes
- Department of Finance June 17, 2019
- Condo Sale – Income or Capital?
- Bygrave v. The Queen, 2019 TCC 138
- First-Time Home Buyer Incentive
(FHBI)
- Taxpayer Relief – T1135
- Moore v. The Queen, 2019 TCC 141
TaxTips.ca Articles:
- Employee
Parking Provided by Employer
- Federal
2019 Budget - Employee Stock Options
- Real Estate Sales - Are
They Taxable? What About My Principal Residence?
- First-Time
Home Buyer Incentive
- Foreign Asset Reporting - Form T1135 Foreign Income Verification Statement
June 26, 2019
Sources:
- Virtual Currency – Taxable Supply?
- Disability Tax Credit – Fee Restrictions
- Canada
Gazette Part 1 June 1, 2019
- Canada
Revenue Agency - Disability Advisory Committee
- Interest Deductibility
- Income Tax Folio S3-F6-C1
- Unnamed Persons Request – Construction Industry
- Canada (National Revenue) v. Roofmart Ontario Inc., 2019 FC 506
- New Housing Rebate – Primary Place Residence
- L'Écuyer v. the Queen, 2019 TCC 41
- CRA Service Standards 2019-2020
TaxTips.ca Articles:
- Barter and BitCoin Transactions Can Result in Taxable Income, and PST and
GST/HST Payable
-
Disability
Tax Credit (DTC) Promoters Restrictions Act Regulations
- Interest Expense on Money Borrowed to Purchase Investments - Can I Write it Off?
- including Disappearing Source rules
- GST/HST Rebate for New Housing Purchases and
Substantial Renovations
May 30, 2019
Sources:
- Zero-Emission Vehicle Purchase Incentive
- Transport
Canada Zero-emission Vehicles
- Transport
Canada - List of eligible vehicles under the iZEV Program
- Health Spending Accounts – CRA Cautions
- Taxable Benefits – Clothing
Reimbursement - TI2018-0775391E5
- Administrative Updates from CRA
- Donation of Credit Card Loyalty Rebates
- TI2017-0704951E5
Rebate Donation Program
- TI2018-0761161E5
Reward Donation Program
TaxTips.ca Articles:
- Zero-Emission
Vehicle Incentive Program
- Private Health Services Plan or Health Spending Account
- Employment
Expenses - Employee Clothing and Footwear
April 29, 2019
Sources:
- Project Bitcoin Investors
- Forbes:
Bitcoin investors targeted with audits by CRA
- CRA
Information for crypto-asset users and tax professionals
- Rebate
Incentive Income - Mikhail v. The Queen, 2019 TCC 49
- Taxpayer
Request - Reassessment for Statute-Barred Period - Revera Long Term Care Inc. v. Canada (National Revenue), 2019 FC 239
- Data
Breaches - Was Your Information Compromised?
- Taxpayer
Relief - Financial Hardship - Pathak v. Canada (National Revenue), 2019 FC 252
TaxTips.ca Articles:
- Barter and BitCoin Transactions
- can result in taxable income and PST and GST/HST payable
- Taxpayer
Relief Provisions (Fairness provisions)
March 29, 2019
Sources:
- Zero-Emission Vehicles – Budget 2019
- T4A Slips
- RC4157
Deducting income tax on pension and other income, and filing the T4A slip and
summary
- CRA
T4A webinar (not yet available as of March 29, 2019)
- Nominal Consideration -
TI2018-0773301E5
- Repairs and Maintenance
- Capital
Purchase vs Repair
- Folio
S3-F4-C1, General Discussion of Capital Cost Allowance
- Housing Measures – Budget 2019
- Shared Equity Mortgages
(SEM)
- Canada Training Credit – Budget 2019
TaxTips.ca Articles:
- Federal 2019 Budget
- Capital
Cost Allowance for Zero Emission Vehicles - includes link to Budget 2019
information on the federal purchase incentive for zero emission vehicles
- First-Time
Home Buyer Incentive
- Canada
Training Credit
- Gifts and
Inheritances - When are they taxable?
- Property
Rental - Capital vs Expense
February 27, 2019
Sources:
- Carbon Tax and Climate Action Incentive Payment
- Canada Revenue Agency Line 45110 (line 449 prior to 2019)
- Allowances or Expense Reimbursements
- TI 2017-0682891E5 Taxable Benefits
- Valuation – Normal Reassessment Period
- Lewin Estate v. The Queen 2019 TCC 21
- OAS Deferral – Retroactive Application
- Pike v. Canada (Attorney General) 2019 FC 135
- Dedicated Telephone Service
for Income Tax Service Providers
- GST/HST New Housing Rebate
- Sozio
v. The Queen 2018 TCC 258 re GST/HST New Housing Rebate
- Poirier
v. The Queen 2019 TCC 8 re GST/HST New Rental Property Rebate
TaxTips.ca Articles:
- Climate
Action Incentive and other provincial measures
- Employment
Expenses
- Tax-Free
Motor Vehicle Allowances
- Old Age Security Pension
and OAS Clawback
- GST/HST Rebate for
New Housing and Substantial Renovations
January 29, 2019
Sources:
- Principal Residence Exemption – Large Lots:
Makosz v. The Queen, 2018 TCC 250
- Maximum Deductible Automobile Allowances –
2019
- Incentive Payment for Travel to Pick-up Site:
McEachern v. The Queen, 2018 TCC 232
- T5018 Forms (construction industry) – Penalties Being Assessed:
Apex City Homes Limited Partnership v. The Queen, 2018 TCC 247
- Shared Custody – Canada Child Benefit:
Lavallee v. The Queen, 2018 TCC 213
- CPA Canada – Full Tax System Review Needed
TaxTips.ca Articles:
- Principal
Residence Exemption
- Automobiles,
Passenger Vehicles and Motor Vehicles - Tax Issues
- Tax-Free (or Reduced Tax) Employee Benefits
December 28, 2018
Sources:
- TFSA – Contributions by Third Parties:
- Technical
Interpretation 2018-0739761E5 TFSA contributions
- Technical
Interpretation 2017-0731541E5 TFSA contributions
- Expenses After Business Income Ceases:
Tournier v. The Queen, 2018 TCC 229
- Tax on Split Income
(TOSI): Technical Interpretation 2018-0771851E5 TOSI: Meaning of Reasonable
Return
- Passive Investment Income – Small Business Deduction Clawback:
Bill C-74 Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1
- Tracking of Corporate Ownership Information – Canada Business Corporations Act:
Bill C-86 Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2
TaxTips.ca Articles:
- Tax-Free Savings
Account - 2019 contribution limit $6,000
- What Expenses Can I Write Off Against My Business Income?
- 2018
Federal Budget
- Records Retention - What Books and Records Must be Kept by an Individual or a Business?
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