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Tax Insights

Stay up to date on recent tax developments with our thought leadership collection.

Our Tax group recaps key developments and provides practical guidance in our recent publications and seminars. Highlighted in these insights are notable changes in both the tax advisory and controversy spaces, along with potential implications for your business.

Featured Tax Insights

Five Under 5s

Proposed Expansion of CRA Audit Powers: The Latest
Five Under 5

Learn about the five key aspects of the latest draft legislation expanding CRA audit powers.

Key Transfer Pricing Takeaways From ExxonMobil
Five Under 5

Explore five key transfer pricing takeaways from the Tax Court of Canada’s ExxonMobil decision.

The First Five FCA Tax Decisions of 2026
Five Under 5

Discover five recent, notable tax decisions from the Federal Court of Appeal shaping Canadian tax law.

Bulletins

Expanding Alberta’s Energy and Digital Infrastructure: Select Tax Considerations for Major Projects
Bulletins

Explore the tax implications of Canada and Alberta’s implementation agreement.

Canada Looks to Broaden Hybrid Mismatch Rules to Address Hybrid Entities
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Review Canada’s proposed broadened hybrid mismatch rules applying to hybrid entity arrangements.

Canada Revenue Agency to Expand GST/HST to Mutual Fund Trailing Commissions as of July 2026
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Learn more about the CRA’s new GST/HST policy on mutual fund trailing commissions, applying July 1, 2026.

2025 Tax Controversy Year in Review: A New Government and a Taxing Authority With More Power
Bulletins

Explore the tax policy shifts, expanded CRA audit powers and key court cases that shaped Canadian tax in 2025.

Seminars

Canada’s New Transfer Pricing Rules: What You Need to Know Now
Seminar Videos - CPD/CLE
Navigating Indirect Tax Audits: Key Insights and Resolution Strategies
Seminar Videos - CPD/CLE

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Consistently recognized as having one of the leading Tax practices in Canada, and operating as a unified group in all major Canadian markets, the Blakes Tax group provides exceptionally thoughtful, practical and sophisticated advice on all aspects of Canadian tax law, tax planning and tax controversy.  We advise on many of the most significant and complex public and private transactions across Canada, and have extensive experience working with foreign strategic and financial clients. 

Our lawyers are proud to be recognized as Band 1 in both the Chambers Canada Legal Guide and Chambers Global Legal Guide, and as a Tier 1 firm for Canada in International Tax Review’s World Tax.

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For more information, please contact the team members below or any other member of our Tax, Tax Controversy & Litigation, Sales & Commodity Taxes and Transfer Pricing groups.

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