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Close Encounters with the CRA
March 2010 - David Louis

Tax-Free Savings Accounts
March 2010 - David Louis and Matthew Getzler

RRSP Tips for last minute contributors
February 2010 - Samantha Prasad

10 Years After – Tax in the New Millennium
February 2010 - David Louis

Pay- per-View: When do you have to pay for the use of Intellectual Property during the CCAA
December 2009 - David Ullmann and Melissa McCready

The Trouble with Trusts
December 2009 - David Louis

The New Harmonized Sales Tax Part II: The Ontario Transitional Rules and how they will affect your real estate
December 2009 - Samantha Prasad, Adam Perzow and Jodey Therriault

The age of majority
November 2009 - Samantha Prasad
This article was originally published in The Tax Letter Vol. 27, No. 11

Trigger a loss
November 2009 - Samantha Prasad
This article was originally published in The Money Letter Vol. 33, No. 22

CITG/Estate Planner: New Case Stresses Family-Business Corporate Governance
December 2009 - David Louis

Caisse Populaire: Solidifying Crown priorities in Bankruptcy
November 2009 - Eleonore Morris

Tax and Family Business Succession Planning – What’s New
November 2009 - David Louis

Tax-free retreat
October 2009 - Samantha Prasad
This article was originally published in The Tax Letter Vol. 27, No. 10

New Rules Of Civil Procedure: New Way To Litigate
October 2009 - Rachel Moses

Ontario Harmonized Sales Tax Implications for Commercial Landlords
October 2009 - Adam Perzow and Samantha Prasad

Voting By Proxy Is Not For Directors’ Meetings
September 2009 - Hartley R. Nathan Q.C.

Succession Planning - Intergenerational Cash Outs
September 2009 - David Louis

Control Premium – CRA Changes Policy on Freezes
September 2009 - David Louis

Back-to-school federal tax savings and deductions
September 2009 - Samantha Prasad

Spouse Trusts
September 2009 - David Louis

Some Thoughts on Estate Plans
August 2009 - David Louis

REFREEZES
July 2009 - David Louis

The refreeze
July 2009 - Samantha Prasad

Tax and Family Business Succession Planning – What’s New
June 2009 - David Louis

A silver lining - the estate freeze
June 2009 - Samantha Prasad

Directors Briefing - Directors Duty to Oversee
May 2009 - Hartley R. Nathan Q.C.

Some Preliminary Considerations when Contemplating the Restructuring of a Business
May 2009 - Timothy Dunn and Eleonore Morris

Corporate Deferral Strategies, Dalton McGuinty and Joe the Plumber
May 2009 - David Louis and Michael Goldberg

Severance and the tax man
May 2009 - Samantha Prasad

Tax Planning in a Downturn (Part II)
April 2009 - David Louis

Adding up the new sales tax
April 2009 - Samantha Prasad

Beat late filing penalties
April 2009 - Samantha Prasad

Tax-Free Savings Accounts
April 2009 - David Louis

Negotiating a Waiver of Distraint: A Landlord’s Primer
April 2009 - Lisa Roscoe

Personal Tax Planning - Spousal Flips and Income-Splitting Loans
February 2009 - David Louis

Nominee Directors - Need to Exercise Caution
January 2009 - Hartley R. Nathan Q.C.

My Holiday Tax Reading
January 2009 - David Louis

Economic Woe is Me: The Landlord and Tenant Relationship in the Slowing Economy
December 2008 - Lisa Roscoe

Next Time Maybe An Announcement?
August 2008 - Michael Goldberg

Kill Bill: Is C-10 on the Ropes?
August 2008 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Tax and Family Business Succession Planning – A Checklist
June 2008 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Eligible Dividends – A Prediction
May 2008 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Stranger Than Fiction:
The Bizarre New World of Share Sales

April 2008 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Parallel Universe:
La Survivance and the Capital Gains Exemption

April 2008 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Repealing Section 46(3) of the
Ontario Personal Property Security Act

April 2008 - Glen Lewis

Private Corporations and Their Shareholders
– Brave New Tax World

March 2008 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

The Capital Gains Exemption: Keeping it Pure
February 2008 - Michael Goldberg

New Statutory Holiday - Family Day - February 18
February 2008 - Tracy A. Kay

Can’t Always Get What You Want: 2007 Tax Cases
January 2008 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Navigating the Litigation Landscape in Canada:
Obtaining Evidence from Canadian Witnesses and Enforcing Judgments Against Canadian Parties
January 2008 - Stephen C. Nadler

Recent Ontario Business Law Changes and Related Tax Considerations (PDF)
November 2007 - Joan E. Jung

Wills for the Owner-Manager – Some Special Considerations
November 2007 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A. and Samantha A. Prasad

The Economic Statement: Some Comments
November 2007 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Alter Ego and Joint Partner Trusts: Some Issues - Part II
October 2007 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Tax Consequences of Different Types of Transfers and Different Business Transactions
September 2007 - Joan Jung

Alter Ego and Joint Partner Trusts: Some Issues - Part I
August 2007 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Mr. Flaherty, Tear Down These Rules
August 2007 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Heavy Case Load
July 2007 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Clear and Present Danger - The Saga Continues
June 2007 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Aging Baby Boomers up the Estate Planning Ante - Part II
May 2007 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Eligible Dividend Legislation
April 2007 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

The Federal Budget’s Interest Restrictions
– Clear and Present Danger?

April 2007 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

2007 Federal Budget
March 2007 - Samantha Prasad

Dividend Taxation - Ontario Alone
March 2007 - Michael A. Goldberg

Aging Boomers up the Estate Planning Ante - Part I
March 2007 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Going Global
February 2007 - Canadian Lawyer

Revealed: New Tax and Estate Planning Issues
February 2007 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Civil Penalties - A Half-Dozen Years On
January 2007 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Hidden Agendas - A Month in the Life
December 2006 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Life is a Highway: Another Update
November 2006 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Anniversary Waltz
October 2006 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Reality Bites:  Tax News from the Summer
September 2006 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Tax Notes: Eligible Dividends
- the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

August 2006 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Eligible Dividend Legislation:  Some Comments
August 2006 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Tax Notes: Uncertain Times
June 2006 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Walk the Line - Lipson v. The Queen
May 2006 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

The New (or not so new) Conservative Budget
May 2006 - Samantha Prasad with comments by David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

The Budget and Ontario's Economy - Marked for Death?
April 2006 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Three Dog Night
March 2006 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Post Mortem Planning - a primer and case study -
(Powerpoint presentation) January 2006 - Joan E. Jung

What's News
January 2006 - David Louis, B. Com.,
J.D., C.A.

Dividend Proposals – A New Ballgame for Private Companies?
December 2005 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Shareholders Agreements: Selected Tax Issues
December 2005 - Joan E. Jung

A Selection of Income Tax Issues in the Downsizing and Restructuring of an Insolvent Company
December 2005 - Joan E. Jung

Magical Mystery Tour – The Supreme Court’s GAAR Cases
November 2005 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

Heartbreak Hotel – Foreign Estates and the FIE Rules
September 2005 - David Louis

Purchase and Sale of a Small Business - Recent Developments
September 2005 - Michael A. Goldberg

Change of Trustees = Tax Disaster?
June 2005 - David Louis, J.D., C.A.

UPDATE: Non-Professionals as Shareholders
of Ontario Professional Corporations

June 2005 - Michael A. Goldberg

Banana Republic
June 2005 - David Louis, J.D., C.A.

LANDLORD AS CREDITOR: What Remedies Are Available?
May 2005 - Timothy R. Dunn and Glenn O. Lewis

Understanding the Plight of the Landlord on the Insolvency of a Tenant
May 2005 - Timothy R. Dunn

FIE-ASCO 2005
May 2005 - David Louis, J.D., C.A.

Buckaroo Bureaucracy
May 2005 - David Louis, J.D., C.A.

Federal Budget 2005
March 2005 - Samantha Prasad and David Louis

Eligible Capital - Some Big Changes - Part II
March 2005 - David Louis, J.D., C.A.

Eligible Capital - Some Big Changes - Part I
February 2005 - David Louis, J.D., C.A.

Recent Significant Amendments to the TSX Company Manual
February 2005 - Jack Tannerya

Stupid Tax Tricks
January  2005 - David Louis, J.D., C.A.

Spam and Canadian Law - PowerPoint Presentation
November 26, 2004 - David Ullmann and Ignatius Navascues

Tax Notes: NRT Rules: Harsher Than You Think
November 2004 - David Louis with Michael Goldberg & Joan Jung

Recent Supreme Court Judgment on Directors' Liability
November 2004 - Catherine Francis

Single-Purpose Reprieve
October 2004 - David Louis

Corporate Tax Rates - How They (Now) Work
September 2004 - David Louis

Preparing for Financing
August 2004 - Daniel Rothberg

Technology Companies - The Decision to go Public
August 2004 - Daniel Rothberg

Life Insurance: Exploring the Corporate Edge, Part II
June 2004 - David Louis and Michael Goldberg

Life Insurance: Exploring the Corporate Edge, Part I
May 2004 - David Louis and Michael Goldberg

Sunset, Sunrise - The Strange Rules of U.S. Estate Tax
May 2004 - David Louis

Snowbirds: U.S. Tax Issues You Won't Be Able To Fly Away From
May 2004 - Samantha Prasad

The Implications of the New Privacy Act on Property Management
(Powerpoint presentation)
March 2004 - Jack B. Tannerya and David T. Ullmann

Federal Budget 2004
March 2004 - Samantha Prasad and David Louis

"The Rule of Law" - A Thing of the Past?
March 2004 - David Louis

FLASH! - the CRA Can Reallocate to a Non-compete
March 2004 - David Louis

Corporate Governance - The New Rules
February 2004 - Phillip G. Bevans

Corporate Governance - The New Investor Confidence Rules
February 2004 - Phillip G. Bevans

Hard to Kill - Donation Deals Live On
January 2004 - David Louis

 

What's New


Reuben M. Rosenblatt, Q.C., and Jules N. Berman Q.C., received a Life Membership to the Law Society of Upper Canada for providing 50 years of legal service.

Martin Maierovits was re-elected to serve a second term as Chairman of the Board of Kashruth Council of Canada, the premier kashruth supervising and certifying agency in Canada. Kashruth Council of Canada supervises and certifies over 700 industrial food production plants producing thousands of "COR" certified kosher food products in Canada and the U.S. In addition, Kashruth Council supervises and certifies over 50 retail food establishments in the GTA and beyond.

Minden Gross is pleased to announce that "Nathan's Company Meetings including Rules of Order 8th edition", edited by Hartley R. Nathan, Q.C. will be published by CCH Canadian Limited in November, 2009. A webinar respecting the publication will be held in December and Hartley R. Nathan Q.C. and Phillip G. Bevans will participate in same.

Minden Gross is pleased to announce that "Tax & Family Business Succession Planning, 3rd ed." by David Louis, Samantha A. Prasad and Michael A. Goldberg will be published by CCH Canadian Limited this Fall.

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