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Ontario Fall Economic Statement Tax Updates 2024-2025

...5.7 cents per litre and the fuel tax (diesel) rate by 5.3 cents per litre. Presently, both gasoline and fuel taxes stand at 9 cents…

B.C. Provincial Budget Tax Updates 2025-2026

...that will influence the provincial tax environment in the coming years. Personal Income Taxes Measures The budget introduces no change to the personal income tax…

Canada U.S. Tax Treaty – US Nonresident Alien Using “Married Filing Joint” Tax Rates

...to U.S. federal income tax, state income tax, US Social Security and Medicare taxes. Under Canadian tax law and the Treaty, all of these taxes…

Increase in Canadian Capital Gains Tax – Cross-Border Tax Impact

...capital gains taxes can be claimed as a foreign tax credit to reduce or eliminate this US federal capital gains tax. The US Net Investment…

Canadian COVID-19 Guidelines – International Tax

...are waiting for a U.S. tax refund, or CRA will grant a foreign tax credit for the U.S. tax reported on the U.S. tax return…

How Do I Move to Canada – Tax Edition

...for U.S. citizens resident in Canada: No Joint Tax Returns – Each spouse is required to file their own Canadian income tax return which can…

Canadians Selling U.S. Vacation Property

...selling price of the U.S. real property. This tax is not the final U.S. tax.  It is credited against the final U.S. federal tax liability.…

Blog Alert: Taxes for U.S. Citizens Resident in Canada

...unattractive result of reducing the amount of Canadian tax that can be claimed as a foreign tax credit for U.S. tax purposes. Because U.S. tax…

Blog – U.S. and Canadian Capital Gains

...their value is principally attributed to real property. While foreign tax credits are helpful to reduce double taxation, they do not eliminate double taxation in…

Alberta Provincial Budget Tax Updates 2024

...income taxes due to high basic personal and spousal amounts, alongside high tax bracket thresholds. Additionally, Alberta consistently adjusts income tax bracket thresholds and tax…

2023 Canadian Federal Fall Economic Statement (“FES”) and Bill C-59 “Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023”

...the Canadian Income Tax Act[1] (“ITA”) and the Excise Tax Act[2] (“ETA”), where the CRA will have the authority to share all necessary information of…

Review and comparison of the Federal & Quebec Mandatory Disclosure Rules

...of the acquiree, such as non-capital losses. This targets any use of tax benefits from another taxpayer unless both parties were related prior to the…

Expatriate employee tax policy

...may be exposed to significant corporate payroll, corporate tax and individual tax liabilities and penalties. The tax implications may also adversely affect the company’s business…

Alert for Parents: Education Savings Plans and U.S. Tax Issues

...Canadian tax purposes they are taxed to the beneficiary. Because the tax in the two countries are paid by different persons they cannot offset each…

Americans Moving to Canada

...and the U.S. when it comes to taxes. Who is Taxable? Canada only taxes its residents on their worldwide income. Canadian tax residency does not…

Alberta Provincial Budget Tax Updates 2025-2026

...the new tax system. The income tax rates for the 2025 taxation year, based on your taxable income, are as follow: Taxable income Old Rate…

U.S. citizens resident in Canada and FATCA

...tax systems. Offsetting foreign tax credits and double taxation Even where the same income is taxable in both countries, the availability of offsetting foreign tax…

The impact of Canada’s new Digital Services Tax Act on businesses

...non-income taxes (similar to property taxes and payroll taxes), any DST liability payments would be considered a deductible outlay for tax purposes if such expense…

U.S. Transition Tax

...income tax on past profits remaining in certain non-U.S. corporations commonly referred to as Transition Tax (or Repatriation Tax). The Transition Tax will affect many…

US Tax Confusion for US Persons in Canada

...also owe no US tax. Nothing prevents an individual from preparing their own U.S. tax return. Our firm and others do prepare U.S. tax returns.…