Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Canada Revenue Agency accidentally sent a database full of confidential taxpayer info to the CBC

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From the Toronto Star:  CRA blames human error for disclosing confidential tax data to CBC The Canada Revenue Agency confirmed late Tuesda...

Questions on the Canada-US FATCA Agreement

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MP Ted Hsu has presented an order paper question ( OPQ 816 ) on the topic of the unusual process surrounding Canada's adoption of an int...
Monday, November 17, 2014

Today at McGill: Dietsch on Catching Capital

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Peter Dietsch , Professor of Philosophy at the Université de Montreal, joins us today as the final speaker in the  Spiegel Sohmer Tax Policy...
Monday, November 10, 2014

Today at McGill Law: Martin O'Neill on Corporations, Tax, and Social Justice

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Martin O'Neill , Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of York, joins us as today's speaker in the Spiegel Sohmer Tax Policy...
Sunday, November 9, 2014

On Paperwork and Punishment: It's Time to Fix FBAR

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I published this last month but neglected to post it: my latest column in Tax Notes International takes a look at the foreign bank account r...
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Canadian government unveils Re-election Tax Credit

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The Canadian government announced a new package of "family" tax cuts/credits last week, with an income splitting scheme and modif...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Litigation over new US citizenship renunciation fee

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The grassroots group that is challenging the validity of Canada's implementation of FATCA with respect to Canadian citizens and residen...
Monday, October 27, 2014

Today at McGill Law: Patrick Turmel on The Reasons for Taxation

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We continue the Spiegel Sohmer Tax Policy Colloquium at McGill Law today with a presentation by Patrick Turmel , Professor of Philosophy, U...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Daurer and Krever on Tax Treaties; one line summary: Them that's got shall have, them that's not shall lose

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Veronika Daurer and Rick Krever recently posted  Choosing between the UN and OECD Tax Policy Models: An African Case Study  on SSRN, of inte...
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

The Importance of Corporation Tax Policy in the Location Choices of Multinational Firms

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The Irish Department of Finance released this report yesterday in connection with its 2015 budget. The report considers data on newly establ...
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Monday, October 20, 2014

BEPS Monitoring Group Scorecard

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T he BEPS Monitoring Group, a consortium of tax justice folks who are watching the OECD as it works through its ambitious reconfiguration of...

Today at McGill Law: Joseph Heath on Taxation as Collective Consumption

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Professor  Joseph Heath , Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto, joins us today as the second speaker in the McGill University Spei...
Sunday, October 19, 2014

Peers complain banks treat them 'like pariahs'

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From the BBC : "Members of the House of Lords have complained they are treated like "deposed dictators or political pariahs"...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Fixing Global Tax Disorder: Multilateralism vs. U.S.-Led Effort

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Tax Analysts has a write-up [ gated ] of the international panel from last week's conference on Reforming Entity Taxation, in Boston. E...
Thursday, October 9, 2014

Will media scrutiny for tax dodging ultimately create director liability to shareholders?

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It's been a busy couple of weeks in Europe for some of America's biggest multinationals. Google’s tax setup challenged by France ...

Dawn of the Delta: Taming International Derivatives Tax Abuse

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I recently contributed to the Columbia Tax Journal's Tax Matters Series , on Congress' attempt to constrain a particular form of int...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Reforming Entity Taxation

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Boston College is hosting a conference on Reforming Entity Taxation this Friday; I'll be on the international panel where I'll be g...

Destination: Silicon Valley North

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I took part in the latest McGill Law Journal Podcast , this time to talk about tax incentives and innovation. Have a listen.
Sunday, October 5, 2014

Tomorrow at McGill Law: Apple's Tax Planning, through a Philosopher's Lens

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Tomorrow at McGill: Wayne Norman , Mike & Ruth Mackowski Professor of Ethics at Duke University, will be here to present the inaugural l...
Monday, September 15, 2014

Leaving money on the table to avoid extra paperwork

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Economist Youssef C. Benzarti has recently posted an article on SSRN, How Taxing is Tax Filing? Leaving Money on the Table Because of Compli...