Canadian Charter – Citizenship Taxation

October 29, 2017 Canadian FATCA IGA Legislation Litigation Update: Government delay in obtaining their expert witnesses

cross-posted from the Isaac Brock Society by Stephen J. Kish OCTOBER 29, 2017 CANADIAN FATCA IGA LITIGATION UPDATE: Our trial on Canada’s FATCA IGA legislation in Federal Court will now be delayed further because Mr. Justin Trudeau’s lawyers are having problems obtaining their expert witnesses (our side’s experts have already filed affidavits). The problem isContinue reading “October 29, 2017 Canadian FATCA IGA Legislation Litigation Update: Government delay in obtaining their expert witnesses”

October 24, 2017 Canadian and United States (RO) FATCA IGA/FATCA Litigation Update

cross-posted from the Isaac Brock Society October 24, 2017 Canadian and United States (RO) FATCA IGA/FATCA Litigation Update by Stephen J Kish October 24, 2017 Canadian (ADCS-ADSC) & United States (RO) FATCA IGA/FATCA Litigation Update https://t.co/0mkZDSM815 #FATCA #CBTax #RBT #TTFI — Patricia Moon (@nobledreamer16) October 24, 2017 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js OCTOBER 24, 2017 FATCA IGA legislation/FATCA litigationContinue reading “October 24, 2017 Canadian and United States (RO) FATCA IGA/FATCA Litigation Update”

The Canada U.S. tax treaty does NOT protect Canadians from U.S. tax liability but does mean that Canada will NOT assist the U.S. in collection!

cross posted from citizenship solutions Can the common law “revenue rule” be used to stop the enforcement of U.S. “citizenship taxation” on non-U.S. residents? What the United States calls “citizenship taxation” is actually U.S. taxation of certain citizens and residents of other countries. The U.S. claims the right to impose full U.S. taxation on theContinue reading “The Canada U.S. tax treaty does NOT protect Canadians from U.S. tax liability but does mean that Canada will NOT assist the U.S. in collection!”

#FATCA and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

The initial reaction of the Canadian government to FATCA can best be described by a letter then-Finance Minister, the late Jim Flaherty wrote, intended to be placed in major American newspapers.Virtually no one believed there would be any reason for the U.S. to impose this given Canada is a higher tax jurisdiction and owingContinue reading “#FATCA and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms”