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Federal Construction Contracts

  • May 04, 2018

The CBA comments on the expert review of prompt payment and adjudication of federal construction contracts and recommends a modest, workable system.

Business Law, Construction and Infrastructure Law, Taxation Law

Practical Guide to Efficiencies Analysis in Merger Reviews

  • May 03, 2018

The CBA cautions that parts of the Competition Bureau's Draft Guide to Efficiencies Analysis in Merger Reviews takes positions not supported by jurisprudence and gives perspectives on complex issues that have not been adjudicated.

Administrative Law, Air & Space Law, Business Law and 8 more..., Civil Litigation, Commodity Tax, Customs and Trade, Competition Law, Construction and Infrastructure Law, Environmental, Energy and Resources Law, International Law, Labour & Employment, Taxation Law

Model Rules on Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing — Amendments

  • April 03, 2018

The CBA comments on proposed amendments to the Federation of Law Societies of Canada model rules on anti-money laundering (cash transactions, client identification and verification) and on a proposed new rule (trust accounts).

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Eligible Dependent Tax Credit

  • March 08, 2018

The CBA urges changes to facilitate sharing of the eligible dependent tax credit in shared custody situations.

Family Law, Taxation Law

Coalition for Small Business Tax Fairness feedback on revised tax proposals

  • February 22, 2018

The Coalition for Small Business Tax Fairness remains concerned with changes to income splitting rules and upcoming changes to passive investments. The Coalition continues to recommend a comprehensive review of Canada's income tax system.

Aboriginal Law, Administrative Law, Air & Space Law and 38 more..., Alternative Dispute Resolution, Insolvency Law, Business Law, CCCA, Charities & Not-for-Profit Law, Civil Litigation, Commodity Tax, Customs and Trade, Competition Law, Constitutional & Human Rights, Construction and Infrastructure Law, Criminal Justice, Elder Law, Environmental, Energy and Resources Law, Equity, Family Law, French Speaking Lawyers, Health Law, Immigration Law, Insolvency Law, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, Labour & Employment, Law Practice Management, Well-Being, Maritime Law, Entertainment, Media and Communications Law, Military Law, Municipal Law, Pensions and Benefits Law, Privacy and Access, Real Property Law, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Sole Practitioners, Taxation Law, Wills, Estates and Trusts, Women Lawyers, Young Lawyers

Retroactive Change to Taxable Benefits

  • February 06, 2018

The CBA entreats the Canada Revenue Agency not to retroactively apply changes to administrative policies for the calculation of a taxable benefit.

Administrative Law, Commodity Tax, Customs and Trade, Taxation Law

Income Tax Act — Subsection 55(2) Amendments

  • January 19, 2018

The Joint Canadian Bar Association/Canadian Professional Accountants of Canada Taxation Committee asks about changes to Income Tax Act s 55(2), addressing undue reduction of corporate capital gains that otherwise arise on a planned sale of property.

Business Law, CCCA, Taxation Law