On March 2, 2020, the IRS released Revenue Procedure 2020-17 which has broad implications to US citizens in Canada who maintain Registered Education Savings Plans (“RESPs”) and possibly, Tax-free savings ...
Americans investing in Canadian real estate
Canadian real estate may not be cheap[1], but there are several reasons why the True North has become an attractive option for American investors seeking rental income. Firstly, the favourable ...
Strategies for managing US interest expenses disallowance rules in real estate partnerships and LLC’s
As part of the US’s 2017 Tax Reform Package, rules were passed to preclude certain US partnerships from deducting all or a portion of their US interest expenses. Below we ...
Increased compliance burden for US expatriates who own CFCs
The IRS has released new forms required for US citizens who own foreign (e.g. Canadian) corporations which are treated as Controlled Foreign Corporations (CFCs) for US tax purposes. The penalties ...
Relief Provided from GILTI tax for US Expatriates
As part of the US tax reform in late 2017, US citizens who owned Canadian corporations which are CFCs were subject to a repatriation tax on an amount approximating the ...
Taxation of cannabis businesses in the US: the do’s and don’ts
While a number of US states have legalized marijuana and cannabis based products for medical and/or recreational use, the US federal tax rules take a harsh perspective on the deductibility ...
Potential protective refund opportunity for US citizens impacted by repatriation tax
Our US citizen client base had been significantly and adversely impacted by the repatriation tax imposed on the retained earnings of their Canadian corporations. An opportunity may exist to file ...
Canadian cannabis investors should exercise caution when entering US
While immigration law is clearly not an area in which we practice, at Zeifmans we are concerned for our clients and contacts active in the cannabis space in light of ...
Top 10 reasons why cannabis companies need accounting leadership: Part 2
In Part 2 of this series, we continue to examine why cannabis companies need accounting leadership and the biggest challenges they face. It’s a positive problem: A start-up grows so ...