Canada - US Service Desk

With trade that passes through the Michigan / Ontario border alone surpassing trade between the United States and Mexico, having financial, strategic and operational advisors on both sides of the country line, working collaboratively on your behalf, is critical to achieve success and value in cross border initiatives.

Collins Barrow and U.S. accounting firm Baker Tilly are pleased to announce our Canadian-US Country Service Desk. While both firms are independent members of Baker Tilly International, our joint-country service desk model provides companies operating between Canada and the U.S. seamless cross-border professional services and deep country-specific market knowledge.

Our professionals approach the Canadian and U.S. markets from a financial, strategic and operational perspective and offer a complete range of services specific to the needs of the Canadian-U.S. companies.

• Assurance and related compliance services
• State and provincial tax planning
• Cross border financing initiatives
• Globalization through mergers and acquisitions
• International tax consulting

Recent Insights for Canadian/US Businesses

• Canada tax: New reporting requirements for some tax planning schemes
  Canada has now followed the lead of some other jurisdictions with a proposal in the 2010 Budget to require corporations to disclose to the federal tax authorities details of their more aggressive tax planning arrangements.
• Canadian tax planning: Looking back to 2010 & forward to 2011
  Read more about the challenges and opportunities of some of the most pressing Canadian tax-related issues from Baker Tilly International member firm Collins Barrow.
• Taxation: Another year of change for HST/GST in Canada
  There are a lot of changes that are on the way with regards to the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) and the Goods and Services Tax (GST).