menu_open
Allan Lanthier

Allan Lanthier

Financial Post

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

If your tax plan goes awry, maybe your adviser ends up footing the CRA bill

The KPMG logo at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech, in Paris on May 16, 2019. CHARLES PLATIAU/Reuters Allan...

08.04.2024 6

The Globe and Mail

Allan Lanthier

Opinion: Canadians will ignore the new trust reporting rules. So will the Canada Revenue Agency

The law is an ass, a Dickens character proclaimed. Ottawa's new rules on trusts confirm that. They should be withdrawn and forgotten You can save this...

28.03.2024 30

Financial Post

Allan Lanthier

Opinion: New CRA reporting rules for trusts are a disaster

Intended to catch trust cheats, rules create offence of failing to file, which thousands of innocent trustees will likely do By Allan Lanthier ...

14.03.2024 9

Financial Post

Allan Lanthier

Allan Lanthier: Canadians want the Stanley Cup back in Canada. The CRA? Not so much

Recent tax cases concerning signing bonuses and RCAs will make life even harder for Canadian teams The more you look at the Canada Revenue Agency’s...

27.02.2024 7

Financial Post

Allan Lanthier

Allan Lanthier: CRA losing Tavares case wouldn’t help bring the cup home

The problem isn't how we tax signing bonuses, it's our world-leading top marginal rates on regular income that repels star free agents It’s been...

13.02.2024 30

Financial Post

Allan Lanthier

Opinion: Dithering by Canada Revenue Agency leads to million-dollar loss

If your deadline for submitting paperwork is a holiday, the law gives you a day's grace. But not so for the CRA, the courts say By Allan Lanthier ...

02.02.2024 30

Financial Post

Allan Lanthier

Opinion: Revenue Canada should audit Trudeau's free vacations

Benefits don't have to be paid by a person's employer to be taxable By Allan Lanthier As has been widely reported, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

17.01.2024 20

Financial Post

Allan Lanthier

Opinion: We’re not being taxed to death — it just feels that way

Canadians' tax burden isn't actually that high. But it tilts toward income taxes levied at steep rates. Using the GST more would help By Allan...

25.10.2023 6

Financial Post

Allan Lanthier

Opinion: Charities are struggling and Ottawa wants to tax donations more

Ottawa's new tax will increase the cost of giving and drive donations even lower Canadian charities are struggling. Fewer Canadians are making...

04.10.2023 7

Financial Post

Allan Lanthier

025a062d0538320c2cd130584e30bde2