On March 13, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in MacDonald v. The Queen 2020 SCC 6, which outlines a new framework…
The British Columbia Court of Appeal (the “BCCA”) reversed (the “Decision”) a landmark decision (the “Lower Court Decision”) that had awarded a B.C. couple (the…
Please see David Piccolo’s latest article for the September issue of the Tax Advocate titled, “A Review of Rectification in a Post-Fairmont World,” where he discusses…
Please see the latest article by Vern Krishna of TaxChambers LLP, Supreme Court protects professional secrecy, in the Financial Post.
Education and Tuition Tax Credits Revisited by Tax Court By: David M. Piccolo and Michael Thomson The Tax Court of Canada released its decision in…
Revisiting Intent in Employee/Independent Contractor Determination By: Michael Thomson and David Piccolo On January 14, 2014, the Tax Court of Canada released their decision…
In a recent case from the Tax Court of Canada in Reynolds v The Queen 2013 TCC 288, the Court provided a simple reminder that…
Recently, the Alberta Court of Appeal released their decisions in Husky Energy Inc. v Alberta and Canada Safeway Limited v Alberta. The appeals addressed the…
In Hine v The Queen (2012 TCC 295), the application of the gross negligence penalty for the 2006 taxation year was the sole tax issue…
Supreme Court Releases Decision in Craig On August 1, 2012, the Supreme Court released a unanimous decision written by Justice Rothstein in Canada v. Craig, 2012 SCC 43. …
On December 16, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada released the long-awaited decision in the Copthorne Holdings Ltd case. For the benefit of our colleagues,…
In Walsh, 2011 TCC 341 the Tax Court deal with a fundamental issue: when preparatory activities undertaken by a taxpayer towards establishing a business become…
SCC cites TaxChambers LLP lawyers in leading decision on hedging transactions
On March 13, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in MacDonald v. The Queen 2020 SCC 6, which outlines a new framework…