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Are Tax Rate Differentials Giving Some NHL Teams an Edge?
Hockey is about skill, strategy, and teamwork—but in today’s NHL, tax policies might play a surprising role in shaping team success. Teams based in U.S. states with no state income ...
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Investing in Real Estate
The right structure to achieve your real estate investment goals Investing in real estate can be a sound business move, especially for those looking to diversify their holdings or optimize ...
The building blocks of success(ion planning)
Many entrepreneurs and business owners avoid succession planning because they think of it as something that will happen far off in the future, or as an indication of the end ...
Significant U.S. tax exposures for Canadian family trusts with U.S. beneficiaries or U.S. Settlors/Grantors
As most are aware, the IRS has undertaken an initiative to identify unreported foreign income of U.S. taxpayers. While most of the attention has been focused on U.S. expatriate citizens ...
Own land in an Ontario corporation? Learn the new rules that apply
If an Ontario corporation owns land in Ontario, it is now required to prepare and maintain registers of ownership interests in the land at it’s registered office. The register must ...
Highlights of the proposed Trump Tax Plan
President Donald Trump has released a brief document outlining what his administration is calling “the biggest tax cut in U.S. history”. Canadians should not assume the proposed Trump Tax Plan ...
Top Ten Real Estate Financial Management Tips for in 2017
Real estate has been one of the hottest investment vehicles across Canada in recent years, and 2017 is shaping up to be no different. To make sure your real estate ...
2017 Federal Budget Commentary
March 22 marked the release of the 2017 federal budget (Budget) of the Justin Trudeau Liberal Government. The Budget was clearly impacted by the shift in policies of the recently ...
Zeifmans Sponsors 2017 LandPro Conference
On March 7th, 2017, 600 land professional delegates attended the 2017 LandPro Conference at the Paramount Conference Centre in Woodbridge, Ontario. Zeifmans LLP was a platinum sponsor and hosted a ...
Capital Gains and the 2017 Federal Budget
The tax hit on capital gains has not changed much in Canada over the last sixteen years. That might change, however, when the Canadian government releases its upcoming budget. Nathan ...