Canadian Tax Podcast 013: Contractor vs Employee; US Real Estate; T1135

Canadian Tax Podcast for the week of 07 June 2021. This week we cover:

  • TI 2020-086579 CEWS/Shareholder problem;
  • CRA is “outgunned”
  • CRA decreases volume of public company audits;
  • G7 agrees to global minimum tax;
  • Listener question: Taking a contract job vs staying employee;
  • Listener question: Sale of US real estate;
  • Listener question: T1135 and cost basis to use;

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Canadian Tax Podcast 012: PSB’s, W-8BEN-E, and Dual US/CAN Citizen.

Canadian Tax Podcast for the week of May 10th, 2021. This week we cover:

  • No post-tax season filing extensions;
  • Represent A Client broke;
  • Covid benefits tied to 2020 T1 filing;
  • Personal Services Business (PSB) myths;
  • Contractors: How to fill out the W8-BEN-E form;
  • Dual Citzen (US/CAN) filings;

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Sec 85 / US Contracting / RRSP vs TFSA (TSP#2)

Continuing with our 2020 Tax Season Special, where Canadian Tax Podcast answers random questions related to the 2020 tax filing season.

This episode covers:

  • Section 85 Rollover / PSB issues;
  • Doing contract work for a US company;
  • Quick commentary Jamie Golombek’s article here covering RRSP’s vs TFSA;

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