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Source: Canada US Link: Have Independent Contractors in California? You May Need to Rethink That For more about the impact of AB-5, see https://www.msk.com/newsroom-alerts-2744  

Source: Canada US Link: Life Beside the China Tariffs Originally published by the Journal of Commerce in September 2019 As we continue to be engulfed by the ever changing landscape of the China 301 tariffs, a bit of fresh air – meaning other topics – were actually discussed as a recent trade event. The Foreign Trade Association hosted a

Source: Tax Law Link: Whose Income is It? In 1966, the Carter Commission recommended that the income tax system should consider the family (spouse and minor children) as the basic unit for determining tax liability. Canada did not accept the recommendation for various political reasons. As a result, the general rule in Canadian income tax law is th

Source: Canada US Link: Tariff Turmoil Gets Hotter! As has been widely reported, on Friday, first President Trump announced and then USTR Lighthizer confirmed the 301 tariffs on goods out of China will increase. Specifically, the tariffs on the goods on Lists 1, 2 and 3 will rise from 25% to 30% starting October 1, 2019, while the tariffs on the Li

Source: Canada US Link: The Canadian International Trade Tribunal Has Posted Expiry Review Dates for Existing AD/CVD Orders The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (“CITT”) has changed their website and have added a page listing all the target dates for expiry reviews (5 year sunset reviews) of existing antidumping and countervailing