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Budget 2025-2026 du Québec : Points saillants en matière de fiscalité

Le 25 mars 2025, le ministre des Finances du Québec, Eric Girard, a déposé le budget 2025-2026 du Québec (le « budget 2025-2026 »). Intitulé Pour un Québec fort, ce budget est axé sur des investissements ayant pour but...more

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Turning Losses Into Gains: Private Equity Tax Strategies With Distressed Businesses

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Private equity (PE) firms play a critical role in revitalizing struggling businesses by providing, among other things, financial support and operational expertise. PE transactions are often driven by a combination of...more

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Bennett Jones Leading the Way in Employee Ownership Trusts

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Effective January 1, 2024, Canada introduced detailed rules into the Income Tax Act (Canada) to facilitate and encourage employee ownership of small and medium sized Canadian businesses through the creation of employee...more

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Selected US Tax Developments

Canadians who emigrate to the United States or elsewhere face many decisions and considerations associated with departure, but careful tax planning should not be an afterthought. When an individual ceases to be resident in...more

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Tax Update: Proposed Increase to Capital Gains Inclusion Rate Deferred to 2026

On January 31, 2025, the Minister of Finance (Canada) announced that the proposed increase in the capital gains inclusion rate from one-half to two-thirds, previously intended to be effective for dispositions occurring on or...more

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Prorogation of Parliament and the Proposed Capital Gains Inclusion Rate Increase

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On January 6, 2025, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as prime minister and the prorogation of Parliament until March 24, 2025. At the federal level, prorogation is an act by the Governor General,...more

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Understanding Canada’s New Digital Services Tax

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Canada’s Digital Services Tax Act was enacted on June 20, 2024 and came into effect by Order in Council on June 28, 2024. The new legislation imposes a digital services tax of 3% on digital services revenue exceeding...more

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Incentivizing Employees: Avoiding a Salary Deferral Arrangement

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Incentivizing employees is a critical component of most business strategies. Employers may implement arrangements for deferred cash bonuses, often subject to the satisfaction of certain criteria. From a tax perspective, the...more

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Fiscalité internationale : Décisions de la Cour suprême du Canada

La Cour suprême du Canada (la « CSC ») a récemment rendu d’importantes décisions dans deux différends qui portaient sur des questions de fiscalité internationale. Dans l’affaire Canada c. Alta Energy Luxembourg S.A.R.L., 2021...more

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International Tax Issues at the Supreme Court of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently released two important decisions relating to international tax issues. The SCC provided meaningful guidance on the interpretation of one of Canada’s bilateral tax treaties and the...more

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Income Tax Update from the Supreme Court of Canada: The GAAR Does Not Apply to Treaty Shopping

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The Duke of Westminster Principle Still Lives On for Tax Planning - On November 26, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision and reasons in Her Majesty the Queen and Alta Energy Luxembourg S.A.R.L., 2021 SCC...more

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Taxpayers Must Pay Interest on Non-Existent Tax Debts

In The Bank of Nova Scotia v The Queen, the Tax Court of Canada (TCC) considered how to calculate arrears interest on an audit adjustment that is offset by a loss carryback. ...more

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Bill C-208: Intergenerational Business Transfers

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On June 29, 2021, Bill C-208 was granted Royal Assent and became law in Canada.  Bill C-208 amended the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “Act”) to provide tax relief to families wishing to transfer shares of small business...more

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Spanish Supreme Court opens the door to refunds of withholding taxes borne by non-EU pension funds

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The Spanish Supreme Court has recently issued a judgment concluding that a Canadian pension qualifies for the same tax treatment as Spanish pension funds and is therefore entitled to obtain the refund of the withholding tax...more

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Énoncé économique de l’automne de 2020 – Présentation de certaines mesures fiscales

En raison de la situation sans précédent causée par la pandémie mondiale cette année, le gouvernement fédéral a reporté la présentation du budget qui devait avoir lieu en mars 2020. Le gouvernement a plutôt consacré, à juste...more

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Fall Economic Statement 2020 - Selected Tax Measures

With the onset of this year’s unprecedented global pandemic, the federal government postponed the budget previously scheduled for March 2020. The government’s attention understandably shifted to the enactment of emergency...more

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