Canada News

Mexico Ratifies New North American Free Trade Deal

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Thursday, August 8, 2019

Mexico has completed its domestic ratification procedures in respect of the new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, with the US and Canada. Read Full Story

Canada To Legislate For Budget Tax Reforms

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Thursday, August 8, 2019

The Canadian Government is consulting on draft legislative proposals to implement a number of tax measures announced in the 2019 Budget. Read Full Story

G7 Backs OECD In Push For Global Digital Tax Response

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, July 25, 2019

G7 finance ministers have said that there is an urgent need to address the tax challenges posed by the digitalization of the economy. Read Full Story

Canada Ratifies BEPS MLI

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Friday, July 5, 2019

On June 21, 2019, Canada ratified the BEPS multilateral convention, to introduce amendments to its network of tax treaties to prevent abuse. Read Full Story

Canada's 2019 Budget Focuses On Real Estate Tax Compliance

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau has made tax non-compliance in the real-estate market a major focus of his 2019 Budget. Read Full Story

Canada Launches Tax Filing Season

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

On February 19, the Canada Revenue Agency officially opened the 2019 tax filing season. Read Full Story

Canadian Tax Regime To Be Enhanced From 2019

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Friday, December 28, 2018

Canada's small business tax rate will be reduced from 10 percent to nine percent from January 1, 2019, as part of a suite of new year tax changes. Read Full Story

OECD States Tapped VAT, CIT To Achieve Record Revenues In 2017

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, December 7, 2018

Last year, the tax burden in OECD countries reached its highest level recorded, at 34.2 percent of gross domestic product, up 20 basis points on 2016, largely due to increasing taxes on personal consumption and companies. Read Full Story

Canada To Push Ahead With Carbon Tax Plans

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Monday, October 29, 2018

Canada's federal Government has announced that it will impose a carbon price in Ontario, New Brunswick, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan in 2019. Read Full Story

Switzerland Begins Sharing Tax Data Internationally

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, October 12, 2018

Switzerland has made its first exchanges under the new international automatic exchange of information framework, the Common Reporting Standard. Read Full Story

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