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Steven Flynn comments on BC’s new speculation and vacancy tax and the impact on foreign nationals who own Canadian real estate

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 02/26/2019

Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is poised to receive significant data from the BC government that will help tie home ownership to income declarations. While BC’s speculation and vacancy tax is a measure to address the housing crisis in major urban centers in BC, it can ...

British Columbia Speculation and Vacancy Tax

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 01/28/2019

Owners of BC residential property need to be aware of the new 2018 British Columbia Speculation and Vacancy Tax affects and how to apply for exemptions. To prevent housing speculation in British Columbia and help turn vacant homes into rentals in its overheated market, the ...

U.S. Transition Tax – Update Number Five

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 06/07/2018

As they did before the April 15th tax filing deadline, the IRS once again issued guidance on the U.S. transition tax right before a tax filing deadline. This time, the filing deadline is June 15, the extended filing deadline for U.S. taxpayers abroad, the very ...

U.S. Transition Tax – A Fourth Update

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 04/14/2018

In mid-April, there is usually a race against time by taxpayers and accountants to meet U.S. tax filing deadlines. The normal U.S. tax filing deadline for the 2017 year for individuals and certain U.S. entities is Tuesday, April 17th (a few days later than the ...

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U.S. Transition Tax – Next Update

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 04/03/2018

On April 2nd, the IRS and U.S. Treasury issued more guidance on the U.S. Transition Tax enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) in December 2017. As the U.S. moves to a territorial tax system for profits earned outside the U.S., this provision ...

U.S. Transition Tax – Update

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 03/14/2018

On March 13th, the Internal Revenue Service provided further guidance on how U.S. taxpayers should report activity subject to the U.S. Transition Tax on their 2017 US income tax returns. Our previous blog describing the tax and its impact to U.S. taxpayers can be found ...

U.S. Transition Tax

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 02/27/2018

In December 2017, the U.S. enacted The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”). Amongst many changes to U.S. tax law is a move to a territorial tax system where US corporate shareholders of non-U.S. corporations can repatriate profits earned outside the U.S. without additional U.S. ...

U.S. Tax Reform – Getting Closer to the End

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 12/16/2017

Quite the week for tax professionals in Canada and the U.S. On Wednesday, Finance Minister Bill Morneau provided guidance on how Canada’s income splitting rules will apply to private corporations. You can read more about it here: https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/programs/about-canada-revenue-agency-cra/federal-government-budgets/income-sprinkling.html On Friday, the House and Senate reached ...

Canadian Tax – Federal Liberal Tax Changes on Private Corporations

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 09/22/2017

Over the last few months, much has been written about the proposed Canadian tax changes to private corporations. I am concerned about the speed at which the Department of Finance is moving to enact these significant and wide reaching tax changes. The proposals were introduced ...

Update on IRS Tax Amnesty Programs

Steven Flynn, CPA, CA, CPA (Washington) 02/05/2016

For the last eight years, the Internal Revenue Service has offered a number of tax amnesty programs to allow taxpayers to come forward and declare unreported non-U.S. source income and assets. Using these programs reduces penalties and can prevent criminal prosecution. We have previously written ...

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