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Israel’s Anticipated, Pilot Voluntary Disclosures Program Gets a Rocky Start -- and Lessons from Canada’s Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP)

Introduction: Israel’s Pilot Program for a Modern Crypto-Centric Voluntary Disclosures Program for Taxes Gets a Rocky Start Generally speaking, voluntary disclosure programs are administrative programs […]
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When CRA Reassesses an Accepted Voluntary Disclosure Application: The Tax Case of Milgram Foundation v Canada (Attorney General), 2024, FC 1405

Introduction: Key Criteria Of A Successful Voluntary Disclosure Application Include Completeness, Voluntariness, 1-Year Or 1-Reporting-Period Overdue, Potential Penalties, and Payments. A Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP) […]
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Canadian Tax Lawyer Analyzes Tax Voluntary Disclosure Programs Around The World – Part V: Canada Versus The E.U. Countries

This article series on the tax voluntary disclosure program includes 5 parts: Part I introduces the OECD framework and structures for voluntary disclosure programs around […]
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Canadian Tax Lawyer Analyzes Tax Voluntary Disclosure Programs Around The World – Part IV: Canada Versus The U.S.A.

This article series on the tax voluntary disclosure program includes 5 parts: Part I introduces the OECD framework and structures for tax voluntary disclosure programs […]
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Canadian Tax Lawyer Analyzes Tax Voluntary Disclosure Programs Around The World – Part III: Canada Versus The UK

This article series on the tax voluntary disclosure program includes 5 parts: Part I introduces the OECD framework and structures for tax voluntary disclosure programs […]
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Canadian Tax Lawyer Analyzes Tax Voluntary Disclosure Programs Around The World – Part II: The Canadian Voluntary Disclosure Program

This article series on the tax voluntary disclosure program includes 5 parts: Part I introduces the OECD framework and structures for voluntary disclosure programs around […]
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Canadian Tax Lawyer Analyzes Voluntary Disclosure Programs Around The World – Part I: OECD Report on Voluntary Disclosure Program

This article series on tax voluntary disclosure programs includes 5 parts: Part I introduces the OECD framework and structures for tax voluntary disclosure programs around […]
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Canadian Shopify Sellers: Get Ready for the Arrival of the Canada Revenue Agency

Introduction: As per the CRA's request, Shopify must identify all Canadian merchants and make their sales records available If Canadian e-commerce businesses have been utilizing […]
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The Israeli Tax Authority, Israel’s Falafel Industry and the Canada Revenue Agency’s Powers to Investigate Unreported Cash Sales: A Canadian Tax Lawyer’s Analysis

Introduction – The Israeli Government Conducts Wide-Reaching Audits of Falafel Vendors for Suspected Unreported Cash Sales The Israeli Tax Authority has begun raising red flags […]
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Malaysian and Canadian Tax Authorities Have Adopted Voluntary Disclosure Systems to Curb Tax Evasion & to Reintegrate Non-compliant Taxpayers Into the Tax System

Voluntary Disclosure Systems (VDS) have become viable tax compliance tools by tax authorities to curb evasion globally. The creation of allowances in tax and anti-money-laundering […]
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"These articles provide information of a general nature only. It is only current at the posting date. It is not updated and it may no longer be current. It does not provide legal advice nor can it or should it be relied upon. All tax situations are specific to their facts and will differ from the situations in the articles. If you have specific legal questions you should consult a lawyer."
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