Category: Tax

Most successful family-owned small to medium sized businesses will run reasonably well and will continue to be reasonably profitable as long as the founder is directly involved. However, very few

On October 22, 2010, the Canadian Department of Finance announced that it is entering negotiations towards Tax Information Exchange Agreements with Vanuatu and the Cook Islands.

Canada currently has signed

Fatme Charafeddine’s children were abducted by her former spouse in Lebanon in 2004.  Fatme stayed in Beirut and fought to get them back for over one year.  In September of

Two recent Tax Court of Canada cases are extremely relevant to the use of trusts in estate and tax planning.  Combined with recent audit activity of the Canada Revenue Agency,