This year the Blachford Tax Law Charity Game raised $10,500 for the Ottawa Food Bank and the Canadian Council of the Blind. Thanks to our sponsors, TAG HR, DC Foresight Financial, Accountancy Insurance, and Exponent. Thanks also to the fans who came to cheer us on.

Welcome to the Summer edition of The Blachford Brief, where we provide content to help your clients avoid tax disputes and keep you updated on our professional community.

Sara Mojtehedzadeh, the journalist who went undercover into a Fiera Foods factory to investigate the working conditions after the death of a refugee worker, recently published an article about the company’s Tax Court case. She quotes Dean in her analysis.

For the 5-year anniversary of our softball initiative, we’re inviting accounting firms to send fans to watch the game and attend the after party. Check-out our exciting highlight video, read a short history of the event, and block off August 16th in your calendar.

Welcome to the Spring edition of The Blachford Brief. Each quarter we share content to help your clients avoid tax disputes and catch you up on news from our professional community.

CRA is increasingly using Net Worth Audits (NWAs) to identify potential unreported income. This audit method compares a taxpayer's assets, liabilities, and personal expenditures to their reported income to identify any discrepancies.

CPA Ottawa's Tax Update 2023 is going to provide you with a ton of valuable information for advising your clients.

This virtual event is on March 7th from 1:30 - 3pm EST and we've lined up top speakers on critical topics:

This is the most personal article Dean has ever shared. But he suspects his musings may resonate with the high achievers who read this column each quarter.

On January 25th, Dean was a guest speaker to Ottawa’s Advocacy Club, which provides training to junior lawyers. Dean’s presentation was titled “Attracting your Ideal Clients by Sharing your Expertise”. Dean is passionate about this topic because when lawyers share their expertise, through webinars, articles, and other channels, it helps clients find the lawyers that specialize in the issues they are facing and can even help clients avoid the legal issue in the first place.

Welcome to the Winter edition of The Blachford Brief. Each quarter we share content to help your clients avoid tax disputes and catch you up on news from our professional community.

On Nov. 1st, 387 professionals attended our 6th annual Tax Dispute Update to learn how to help their clients avoid a bad ITC audit. Here are the webinar recording, presentation slides, and bloopers from Tax Dispute Update 2022.

The CRA’s broad powers to compel accounting firms to turn over information and documentation pertaining to their clients were recently on display in the case of Zeifmans LLP v. Canada (National Revenue). In this article, we summarize Zeifmans and recommend four actions your firm can take to mitigate the potential damage of a Requirement for Information.

Welcome to the Fall edition of The Blachford Brief. Each quarter we provide content to help your clients avoid tax disputes and catch you up on news from our professional community.

We see many cases on section 160. So we published this article with the Canadian Tax Foundation on whether two 50/50 shareholders are acting at arm’s length from their corporation when claiming a dividend.

Attend our free, one-hour webinar on November 1 to ensure your clients’ Input Tax Credits are accepted by CRA. Tax experts and generalists alike will derive critical information from this event, which was attended by over 350 professionals last year.

Accountants from 17 firms played softball for charity on August 18, raising $11,000 for Girls on the Run Ottawa and The Dementia Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County. Click here to see photos.

The Blachford Tax Law Charity Game 2022 came down to the wire. We had a wonderful day and raised $11,000 for this year’s charities, Girls on the Run Ottawa and The Dementia Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County.

Welcome to the Spring edition of The Blachford Brief. Each quarter we provide content to help your clients avoid tax disputes and catch you up on news from our professional community.