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Current issues – a selection of legislative and administrative developments of interest to the owner-manager. Originally published by the Canadian Tax Foundation – 2011 Ontario Tax Conference
February 2012 - Joan E. Jung

Copthorne – What's that smell?
January 2012 - Michael Goldberg

Tax Planning Your Will
November 2011 - Matthew Getzler and Rachel Goldman

My Final Answer (For Now)
August 2011 - David Louis

Highway to Hell: The CRA’s High Net Worth Initiative
July 2011 - David Louis

Freeze Structures - Under Attack
May 2011 - David Louis

Federal Budget “Targets” Planning Involving Minors
April 2011 - David Louis and Michael Goldberg

Price Adjustment Clauses Under Attack?
April 2011 - Joan Jung

Welcome to my Nightmare – More Nasty Tax Traps
April 2011 - David Louis

Welcome to My Nightmare - Nasty Tax Traps
March 2011 - David Louis

Will Family Case Affect Freeze Strategies?
January 2011 - David Louis

New Tax Commentary is Food for Thought
December 2010 - David Louis

The Braydon Asset-Protection Case – A Tax Drone’s Perspective
November 2010 - David Louis

Tax Grazing: Questionnaires, Wills and Leaky Pipelines
October 2010 - David Louis

New Offshore Trust Case is Relevant to Tax Preparers
September 2010 - David Louis

Family Trust Update
August 2010 - Matthew Getzler

Restrictive Covenants: Last of the Unholy Trinity
August 2010 - David Louis

Tax strategy
July/August 2010 - Samantha Prasad

Estate Cases Raise Taxing Issues
July 2010 - David Louis

Is a Family Trust Vulnerable to the CRA? Some Warning Signs
May 2010 - David Louis

Estate Planning. Leave your loved ones a greater estate
May 2010 - Samantha Prasad

You've had second thoughts about your return…now what?
April 2010 - Samantha Prasad

Neglect Is Not Just Unreported Income
April 2010 - Joan Jung

Closer Encounters with the CRA
April 2010 - David Louis

Prescribed rate break
March 2010 - Samantha Prasad

Estate Planning 101
March 2010 - Matthew Getzler

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Parallel Universe:
La Survivance and the Capital Gains Exemption
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April 2008 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Federal Budget’s Interest Restrictions
– Clear and Present Danger?
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April 2007 - David Louis, B. Com., J.D., C.A.

2007 Federal Budget
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March 2007 - Samantha Prasad

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

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

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

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

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

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

What's New

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Start Me Up by Minden was released in 2011.

Kenneth L. Kallish has been appointed a Vice Chair of Meritas, and will Chair a Governance Task Force. The role of the Task Force is to examine the governance structure of Meritas, and present its findings and make recommendations to the Board of Directors.

Howard S. Black received the Adjunct Faculty Distinguished Service Award from Osgoode Hall Law School. This award is granted to adjunct faculty in recognition of their valued contribution as adjunct faculty members at Osgoode Hall Law School for more than 20 years.

Stephen Posen, Stephen J. Messinger and Christina C. Kobi recently co-authored the Property Leasing article published in the 2011 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada.