Michael Kandev has been appointed president of the Canadian branch of the International Fiscal Association (IFA).
The IFA’s Canadian branch is comprised of over 650 members, including taxpayers, advisers, government officials, members of the judiciary and university professors. It is the only non-governmental and non-sectoral international organization that deals with fiscal matters.
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...
Canada Finally Enacts the Digital Services Tax (Maybe)
July 09, 2024 - The new Digital Services Tax Act came into force with an order-in-council on June 28, 2024, imposing a 3% digital services tax (DST) on certain Canadian-source digital services revenue of large entities. The DST would first be payable in 2025, with the initial payments retroactively...
