Publications

Taxpayer Bill of Rights won’t speed up dispute process

Vern Krishna of TaxChambers LLP discusses the Taxpayer Bill of Rights and the principal steps to resolving income tax disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency in this featured article…

Deadlines to File Application for an Extension of Time

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…

Objection Rules May Change

In an article published in the November 23, 2010 edition of the Toronto Star, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty pledged to widen the ability of a taxpayer…

Ombudsman Wants Explanations

The Taxpayer’s Ombudsman recently released a report entitled “The Right To Know” in which he condemned the CRA’s practice of not always fully explaining the decisions…

Content of Tax Appeals

In an interesting article on March 13, 2010, Jamie Golombek wrote about a recent decision in the Tax Court of Canada. The issue before the Tax…

Deadlines to Appeal Tax Matters

The appeal process for income tax and GST matters begin with a notice of objection. A notice of objection filed by a taxpayer states that…

CRA and the Stripper – An example of the Net Worth Assessment

 On August 10, 2009, the Tax Court of Canada ruled against the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) who issued net worth assessments in excess of $1…