Many Canadian businesses have closed the books on their 2020 fiscal year, having faced an unprecedented economic shock wrought by the pandemic. 2020 fiscal year results will undoubtedly be affected, in many cases to the...more
The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program is by now well-known. It was introduced by the federal government on March 15, 2020, and pays a qualifying employer adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic up to 75 percent...more
One of the criticisms of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS), as originally implemented, was that employers which acquired revenue-generating assets between the qualifying period and the historical comparison period...more
The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) was enacted, as amendments to the Income Tax Act (Canada) (ITA), on April 11, 2020, for the purposes of assisting employers in financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic and of...more
The application portal for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS), which pays employers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic up to 75 percent of an eligible employee's remuneration for 12 weeks (to a maximum of $847 per week),...more