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Canada Revenue Agency Extends The 2013 Personal Tax Return Filing Deadline
Recently the Canadian federal government’s website and computers were hit by the Heartbleed bug. The computer virus took down Canada Revenue Agency’s online filing services and also prompted the government to shut down access to client information sites such as Represent a Client, Netfile, My Business Account and My Account. Canada Revenue Agency acknowledged that […]
Online Poker Winnings – Taxable in Canada or the U.S.?
February 14, 2014A recent Canadian tax court case confirmed that an online poker player’s winnings were not subject to Canadian income tax. In Radonjic V. The Queen, 2013 FCC 916, Peter Radonjic, a Coquitlam BC resident, paused his career as a lawyer to play online poker on a full time basis. The case centered on whether his […]
Death and Taxes – U.S. Citizens Living in Canada
October 23, 2013U.S. citizens who die while resident in Canada face taxation issues from two countries: Canadian income tax on unrealized gains and certain tax deferred assets and U.S. federal estate tax on the fair market value of all assets. This blog briefly summarizes the tax issues and offers some suggestions on how to minimize U.S. federal […]
Cross-border Gifts – Application of Article XIII – Gains
June 11, 2013Last month, we described a situation where a Canadian resident, nonresident alien of the US used the Canada – US Income Tax Convention (“Treaty”) to reduce their overall tax liability on employment income earned in the U.S. The second part of our Treaty example concerns the use of Article XIII to treat gains similar for […]