Monthly Archives: October 2007

Reminder from Mom

The CRA’s news releases sometimes read like a reminder from your mother to brush your teeth every day. The latest release reminds taxpayers that “the income you earn online is taxable.” But the CRA is a scary mom, the kind … Continue reading

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Classes of shares

As readers of this blog know, the Ontario Business Corporations Act was amended late last year to provide that The articles [of a Corporation] may provide that two or more classes of shares or two or more series within a … Continue reading

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Requirements

At some point, I will write a longer piece on requirements to pay, but for now I will rest content with pointing to Encan Construction Ltd v. The Queen, 2007 TCC 579, as an example of the heavy burden they … Continue reading

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Soccer appeal denied

In its latest decision on the subject of registered charities, the Supreme Court has denied the appeal of the charity in A.Y.S.A. Amateur Youth Soccer Association v. Canada (Revenue Agency), 2007 SCC 42.

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Disability plans

Yesterday, Finance released draft legislation for the new registered disability savings plans.

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Donation shelters—the plot thickens

The Toronto Star is reporting that the CRA has reassessed or will reassess more than 100,000 taxpayers for about $1.4 billion in taxes, interest and penalties because they participated in donation tax shelters. I posted previously about another story in … Continue reading

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