OTTAWA, Ontario – January 30, 2018 – HazloLaw Tax Litigation Lawyer Dean Blachford’s recent article providing information regarding the tax system and the powers of the Canada Revenue Agency has been published in the Canada China News, an Ottawa-based publication serving the Canadian Chinese Community. Given the number of Chinese entrepreneurs contributing to Canadian society, HazloLaw […]
Dean Blachford, Tax Litigation Lawyer Brittany Rossler, Law Student The Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) recovered $291.7 million as a result of audit activities related to real estate in Ontario from April 2015 to June 2017.[1] Individuals must now report the sale (or deemed sale) of their principal residence on their annual tax return.[2] With the CRA’s […]
Dean Blachford, Tax Litigation Lawyer Isabelle St-Hillaire, Law Student Clients facing financial difficulties may be tempted to transfer property to a related party in an attempt to shelter their assets from creditors. Professionals working in the field of bankruptcy and insolvency know, however, that in the context of tax debts section 160 of the Income […]
Dean Blachford, Tax Litigation Lawyer Valentine Gurfinkel, Law Student This article explains how tax evasion is prosecuted under the ITA and why criminal defence lawyers should consider partnering with a tax lawyer to help them successfully defend their clients against tax evasion charges. WHAT IS TAX EVASION Broadly speaking, “tax evasion” is the wilful non-compliance […]
Background on OHADA The Organisation pour l’harmonisation en Afrique du droit des affaires (“OHADA”) is an intergovernmental organization established in 1993, with a mission to harmonize business law in Africa in order to improve legal and judicial security for investors in Africa. Currently, OHADA comprises 17 African Member States: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African […]
According to conventional wisdom, a party should always push to have its local laws govern its contract. True, applying your own country’s law to a contract can provide certain advantages such as more certainty in the legal process and costs. However, in certain cases, it may be advantageous for a party to have a foreign […]