Ron Choudhury

Jul 30, 2024 | millerthomson.com | Ron Choudhury

Ron Choudhury co-chairs the LSO’s Taxation Issues for Real Estate Lawyers 2024 on November 19, 2024.

Oct 4, 2023 | mondaq.com | Ron Choudhury |Thomas Ghag

With the release of the 2022 Fall Economic Statement, the Federal Government proposed a new tax on repurchases of equity by certain entities (the "Buyback Tax"). The draft legislative proposals and explanatory notes published by the Department of Finance on August 4, 2023 shed additional light on the Buyback Tax. If enacted in its current form, the legislation would apply to transactions that occur on or after January 1, 2024.

Feb 28, 2023 | lexology.com | Colleen Ma |Ron Choudhury

When designing or negotiating a securitization structure, while commercial and non-sales tax issues may take precedence, GST/HST issues should be at the forefront of the structuring discussions in order to avoid tax leakage as a result of sales tax exposure. GST/HST – basic overviewGST/HST is charged on each taxable supply made in Canada. One of the first steps in a GST/HST analysis is to identify the different supplies being made in a particular transaction.