Tax shelters – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Wed, 06 Nov 2019 21:29:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Tax shelters – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 CRA revokes registration of Canadian Friends of Pearl Children https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/cra-revokes-registration-of-canadian-friends-of-pearl-children/ Fri, 17 Jul 2015 20:10:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/cra-revokes-registration-of-canadian-friends-of-pearl-children/ The organization was functioning primarily as part of a tax shelter donation arrangement

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CRA revokes registration of computer literacy charity https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/cra-revokes-registration-of-computer-literacy-charity/ Mon, 23 Feb 2015 14:25:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/cra-revokes-registration-of-computer-literacy-charity/ Audit finds organization acted as a tax shelter

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RCMP arrest six in multimillion dollar investment fraud https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/rcmp-arrest-six-in-multimillion-dollar-investment-fraud/ Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:40:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/rcmp-arrest-six-in-multimillion-dollar-investment-fraud/ Alleged tax shelter scheme cost the federal government more than $200 million in tax revenues

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CRA urged to improve awareness of abuse tax donation schemes https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/cra-urged-to-improve-awareness-of-abuse-tax-donation-schemes/ Wed, 19 Mar 2014 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/cra-urged-to-improve-awareness-of-abuse-tax-donation-schemes/ Report from the Taxpayers’ Ombudsman aims to stop taxpayers from becoming victims

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Gifting tax shelter claims stopped until after audits: CRA https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/gifting-tax-shelter-claims-stopped-until-after-audits-cra/ Fri, 10 Jan 2014 17:50:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/gifting-tax-shelter-claims-stopped-until-after-audits-cra/ The CRA has denied more than $5.9 billion in donation claims from taxpayers who participated in gifting tax shelters

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CRA must play by the rules https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/cra-must-play-by-the-rules/ Mon, 27 May 2013 20:15:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/cra-must-play-by-the-rules/ A recent test case from the Federal Court says the CRA can’t use delayed assessments to discourage the use of tax shelters it doesn’t like

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CRA revokes charitable registration https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/cra-revokes-charitable-registration/ Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:30:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/cra-revokes-charitable-registration/ Agency says Toronto-based Marketplace Ministries International promoted tax shelter scheme

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CRA gets tough on gifting tax shelters https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/news-newspaper/cra-gets-tough-on-gifting-tax-shelters/ Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/cra-gets-tough-on-gifting-tax-shelters/ Federal agency is placing holds on tax returns of clients who are claiming deductions under gifting schemes

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CRA moves on gifting tax shelter schemes https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/cra-moves-on-gifting-tax-shelter-schemes/ Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:20:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/cra-moves-on-gifting-tax-shelter-schemes/ CRA says it will put the returns of taxpayers claiming a credit from a gifting tax shelter scheme on hold to avoid the issuance of invalid refunds

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Using personal holding companies https://www.investmentexecutive.com/in-depth_/special-reports/using-personal-holding-companies/ Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/using-personal-holding-companies/ These structures may have fewer tax advantages than they did in the past, but they can still be useful to shelter wealth

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