PwC Tax Exchange

2013 Federal and Provincial Budgets - Opportunities Lost or Deferred?

PwC's Tax Exchange administrator — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:40:19 -0400

By: Nick Pantaleo We are almost through the late winter / early spring ritual of federal and provincial governments bringing down their annual budgets – actually, Quebec’s budget was in November following the election of the PQ minority government – except for Ontario, which will be releasing their budget on...

PwC Canada's Budget Memo

PwC's Tax Exchange administrator — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:56:19 -0400

On March 21, 2013, the Federal Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty, presented the majority government’s budget. This Tax memo discusses the tax initiatives proposed in the budget.

Giving Canadians Their Say

Gemma Paynter — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:14:04 -0500

By: Nick Pantaleo The Harper Government has made much of its pre-budget consultations sessions in prior years and 2013 is no exception. Having not participated in one before, I have been curious as to how productive the sessions are. Not so much from the perspective of how many actual budget...

Aggressive Tax Planning on a global scale

PwC's Tax Exchange administrator — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:34:15 -0500

While corporations face increasing pressure to be more profitable and move risk, functions and assets to different locations around the world in order to gain tax efficiencies and be more competitive, tax administrations are looking to raise revenues. As a result, governments around the world are becoming more aggressive with...

The risks of cross-border travel

Gemma Paynter — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:17:20 -0500

Why not listen to the third episode of our Tax Tracks series looking at “Frequent Business Traveller Issues”. In this episode Brandi Scales gives employers and employees insight into what risks they may face through frequent cross-border travel, how these risks can be reduced through procedure and policies and what...

Compliance Issues Facing your International Workforce

Gemma Paynter — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:06:29 -0500

Check out the second episode in our Tax Tracks series looking at “Frequent Business Traveller Issues”. Shabnam Malik looks more deeply into the compliance issues which surround frequent business travellers and what that means for employers and employees alike.

Looking at Frequent Business Traveller Issues

Gemma Paynter — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:27:57 -0500

Have a listen to the first episode in our new Tax Tracks series which examines “Frequent Business Traveller Issues”. Chris Chan, part of our HRS Tax team, outlines the tax obligations of employers and employees regarding non-permanent residents providing services in Canada.

Tax Policy and Carpentry Have much in Common

Gemma Paynter — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:24:34 -0500

By: Nick Pantaleo In October, the Department of Finance released almost 2000 pages of draft legislation and technical notes affecting many areas of the Income Tax Act, but principally the foreign affiliate area. Most reflect technical changes – some are relieving and simplifying but many tighten existing provisions. Others, most...

Bringing back the income trust with PwC's Foreign Asset Investment Trust (PwC FAIT)

Gemma Paynter — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:17:18 -0500

The number of Initial Public Offerings (or IPOs) in the last while has been quite low. And, as such, there might be some capital in the public market just waiting to be tapped into. In the video below, I talk about how the original income trust structure that was used...

Dispelling Myths and Moving Forward

Gemma Paynter — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:30:04 -0400

By: Nick Pantaleo In August, the federal government launched consultations on the impact of contingency fees on the effectiveness of Canada’s scientific research and experimental development (SR&ED) tax incentive program. For those unfamiliar with the practice, a contingency fee is a charge, in this case, for services to help companies...