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COVID-19:  Cross country update (April 16, 2020)

April 16, 2020

Labour and Employment Communiqué

Federal The Government of Canada announced the following measures: Additional Supports for Small Businesses Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new measures to support small businesses: The expansion of the Canada Emergency Business Account to businesses that paid between $20,000 and […]

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Rent deferral during pandemic may not reduce GST/HST payable on rent

April 16, 2020 | Ron Choudhury, Colleen Ma, Marie-Hélène Tremblay

Tax Notes

The COVID-19 pandemic has created unique dilemmas or opportunities for all aspects of society. While select businesses are proving to be uniquely successful during the economic downturn, most businesses are in need of assistance in order to continue to exist. […]

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Pension plan regulatory relief and COVID-19 – additional measures announced

April 16, 2020 | Kim Ozubko

A.M. Pension Blog

In our most recent posts, we highlighted some of the  regulatory relief available to administrators of Ontario registered pension plans and plans registered in jurisdictions other than Ontario as a result of COVID-19. In this post, we highlight additional relief […]

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Rebates on invoices: how to deal with GST and QST?

April 16, 2020 | Marie-Hélène Tremblay

Tax Notes

The current economic circumstances straining the liquidity of Canadian businesses will no doubt result in suppliers being required to grant rebates to recipients. This leads to the question as to whether suppliers are required to issue a credit note to […]

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The perils of will kits during the Coronavirus pandemic

April 16, 2020 | Jacklynn Pivovar

Wealth Matters

During the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID–19) many people may be doing a Google search on “do-it-yourself” will kits to try to get their financial and family affairs in order.  You might believe these will kits are an inexpensive and easy way […]

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Agreement with creditors: Beware

April 16, 2020 | Stéphanie Pépin

Tax Notes

The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant financial impact on many Canadian businesses regardless of their size. A business experiencing financial difficulties may attempt to negotiate a full or partial reduction in amounts owed to its creditors. In such […]

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Temporary layoff of employees: Tax obligations arising from contributions to a supplementary unemployment benefit plan

April 16, 2020 | Amina Boudiffa

Tax Notes

Employers that are contemplating or have established a supplementary unemployment benefit plan to assist their employees who are collecting benefits further to a temporary or indefinite layoff due to COVID-19 will have to keep in mind the tax consequences of […]

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COVID-19:  Cross country update (April 15, 2020)

April 15, 2020

Labour and Employment Communiqué

Federal The Government of Canada announced the following measures: Expanding Access to the Canada Emergency Response Benefit The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) provides $2,000 every four weeks for up to four months to workers who lose their income as […]

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(Another) Update on COVID-19 pandemic economic and tax measures for charities and not-for-profits

April 15, 2020 | Robert B. Hayhoe, Gwenyth Stadig

Social Impact Newsletter

This topics in this article are changing rapidly as the COVID-19 crisis unfolds. As such, we encourage you to check with Miller Thomson LLP’s Social Impact group for timely updates. Canada’s federal government continues to announce new economic measures and […]

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Government amends Regulation suspending limitation periods to allow for release of holdback under Ontario’s Construction Act

April 15, 2020 | Dražen F. Bulat

Financial Services & Restructuring Communiqué

On April 1, 2020 we wrote about O.Reg. 73/20 which suspended limitation periods imposed by any Ontario law retroactive to March 16, 2020. We noted that if the effect of O. Reg. 73/20 applies to suspend the time for liens […]

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