Davies’ leadership in the area of tax law has been recognized by International Tax Review with the 2017 award for Americas Real Estate Tax Deal of the Year. This award recognizes our innovative tax work representing Ivanhoé Cambridge in its joint effort with Hines to develop Bay Park Centre, an integrated multi-tower office complex/public transit hub development straddling both sides of Toronto’s Union Station rail corridor. Davies shares this recognition with four other firms.
ITR’s annual Americas Tax Awards were presented on September 14, 2017, at the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Based on size, innovation, complexity and impact, the awards recognize transactions, planning or cases by North and South American firms and in-house teams that break new ground, set market precedents and have a cross-border element.
Federal Court of Appeal Confirms CRA Can Collect Arrears Interest Despite Absence of a Tax Debt
Dec. 04, 2024 - The Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) recently dismissed the Bank of Nova Scotia’s (BNS) appeal and upheld the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) practice of charging arrears interest on a non-existent tax debt where audit adjustments increase taxable income that is offset by the carryback of a loss...
U.S. Supreme Court Upends 40 Years of Judicial Deference to Regulations
July 25, 2024 - In a historical opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, released at the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the “Chevron” doctrine, which for so long had controlled judicial review of U.S. federal regulations. Chevron, decided in...
