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Workplace parties: worth the risk?
At Baker Tilly, we know our people are integral to our business excellence. Our people solutions strategies support this success by providing healthy workplace cultures for our employees and leaders who treat them as people, not simply human capital.
Jul 25, 2019
People Solutions Alert
Valuations Tax advisory
Shareholders agreements, exit provisions and the impact of control
Control is an important concept for applying certain income tax rules and valuation issues (amongst others) when dealing with corporations...
Steven Frye Jul 23, 2019
Publications-All about estates
Business advisory services Tax advisory
The life of pipeline transactions: The beat goes on
The use of a pipeline is often justified as avoiding "double-tax" in the sense that there has been tax imposed as a capital gain on the death of a shareholder followed by further tax in the form of a dividend realized when the assets are distributed.
Steven Frye Jul 10, 2019
Publications-All about estates
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Business advisory services Audit and accounting Private enterprise Tax advisory
Grinding through the small business limit
In 2018, amendments to the Income Tax Act were enacted to limit the $500,000 federal small business limit where a Canadian Controlled Private Corporation (CCPC) earns investment income.
Sarah Netley Jun 27, 2019
Dark stormy waters with a big whitecap.
Business advisory services Dispute, mediation and conflict resolution Audit and accounting Private enterprise Tax advisory Succession and estate planning
Farm succession: sharing the land in partnership
A growing number of farm clients come to my office to discuss succession planning. In many cases, there is a single farming child that has stayed behind to help run the operation, and this child will be the successor. Often, there are other children in the family who have left the farm and have blazed their own paths in life.
Jun 26, 2019
Green farm land with varying grass lengths creating an interesting organic pattern.
Business advisory services Audit and accounting Private enterprise
The CRA statement regarding oral interviews and the Cameco decision
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) released a statement on May 31, 2019 following the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) decision in National Revenue v. Cameco Corporation (2019 FCA 67). At the heart of this case is the breadth of the CRA’s audit powers and its ability to compel employees to participate in oral interviews during a general audit. Both the Federal Court and the FCA sided with the taxpayer, preventing the CRA from conducting the requested employee oral interviews.
Jun 5, 2019
A close-up of a blue gemstone.
Advisory Audit and assurance Succession and estate planning Farming and agriculture
Successful farm succession planning
For family farm operations to prosper into the future, it is important to have successful transfers from one generation to the next. Many tax and non-tax issues must be considered to implement a successful farm succession plan.
Thomas Blonde May 31, 2019
Green farm land with varying grass lengths creating an interesting organic pattern.
Business advisory services Tax advisory
Individual pension plans revisited (again) - What about pension transfers?
There exists the possibility of using the pension payout to fund an IPP. Under the right circumstances, this may permit the full commuted value (the full payment) to be transferred to the IPP.
Steven Frye May 7, 2019
Publications-All about estates
Business advisory services Cybersecurity solutions
Make every minute count
To thrive in the legal profession, you need to maximize the value of your time and efforts. The latest Lawyers Alert aims to help you do precisely that – offering fresh perspectives on four important topics: cybersecurity, non-billable hours, social selling and collaborating with clients.
Apr 30, 2019
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Business advisory services Audit and accounting Private enterprise Tax advisory
The T4A: Navigating the web of confusion
Every year, Canadians report copious amounts of information to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) by way of tax returns, election forms, information returns and other reporting forms. Along with the seemingly endless number of prescribed returns and forms come the numerous volumes of guides, interpretations and bulletins to assist in the reporting process.
Apr 24, 2019
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Valuations
Significant tax re-assessment due to an estate valuation gone wrong
I have been writing about valuations for estate plan agreements, highlighting that they should be based on fair and reasonable methods, prepared in good faith, properly supported and documented at the time of valuation.
Steven Frye Apr 23, 2019
Publications-All about estates
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