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Estate Planning During Major Milestones: What to Know When Remarrying
Ontario’s estate laws have significantly changed in the last few years, making it much more important to review your will after serious life events like a re-marriage or separation. While ...
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Zeifmans Quarterly 3 – Examining top considerations for non-residents selling a Canadian property
Zeifmans Quarterly 3 is back for a second round, and we are examining top considerations for non-residents selling a Canadian property. Join our partners Ahmad Aslam and David Posner, where they ...
Succession planning and tax planning: two of a kind
Small business owners have a lot on their plates. A smaller team means in many cases that the owners have to wear multiple hats, playing several different roles at once. ...
Israel becomes major global medical cannabis player after green lighting cannabis exports
After several years of deliberation, last month Israel approved the export of medical cannabis cultivated within its borders. The Israeli Knesset unanimously gave the green light to the law[1], which ...
AI accounting – exploring the future of Artificial Intelligence
By now, you’ve likely heard the buzz about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the profound impact it’s predicted to make on just about every industry across the globe. In the one-year ...
Increased compliance burden for US expatriates who own CFCs
The IRS has released new forms required for US citizens who own foreign (e.g. Canadian) corporations which are treated as Controlled Foreign Corporations (CFCs) for US tax purposes. The penalties ...
Are you thinking of selling your family farm?
According to 2016 Census of Agriculture, there are 193,492 farms operating in Canada. While the total number of farm operators is declining, the average age of a Canadian farmer is increasing, with ...
2019 Federal Budget Commentary
Finance Minister Bill Morneau released his 2019 Federal Budget on March 19, 2019. The Budget forecasts a deficit of $14.9 billion for the 2018-2019 fiscal year, but is expected to ...
Relief Provided from GILTI tax for US Expatriates
As part of the US tax reform in late 2017, US citizens who owned Canadian corporations which are CFCs were subject to a repatriation tax on an amount approximating the ...
Online cannabis retail: Is Ontario failing small businesses?
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has recently announced that legal cannabis stores in the province will not be able to offer online retail services to their consumers[1]. ...