Tax Alerts

B.C. Introduces Harmonized Sales Tax

On July 23, 2009, Premier Gordon Campbell announced that effective July 2010 B.C. is set to move to a 12 per cent Harmonized Sales Tax (HST).
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CRA Clarifies Views on Planning for Canada-US Tax Treaty Changes

At the Canada Revenue Agency Roundtable at the Canadian Tax Foundation conference, CRA clarified its views on certain issues arising from the Fifth Protocol to the Canada-U.S. Income Tax Convention.
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CRA Guidance on IFRS Startup and Tax Reporting

On June 4, 2010, the CRA issued new guidance on how the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) will affect tax reporting.
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New ZR Subaccounts for CRA Reporting

Beginning January 2010 (effective for 2009 calendar year), everyone who issues T5, TFSA, SAFER, T5007, T5008, T5013, T5018** or RRSP slips must have an RZ account set up.
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Government Commits to 10 percent HST

The Province is committing to bold, responsive, and balanced changes to the Harmonized Sales Tax to make British Columbia families better off while ensuring government can meet its commitment to balanced budgets, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon announced today.
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Highlights of the QST Harmonization

On Friday, the Federal and Quebec Governments signed a tax-harmonization deal that will give the province more than $2 billion.
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