Liberals push back against eliminating deferred-tax provision, but say Morneau open to change

Critics say the proposed budget measure would prevent lawyers from serving clients who can't pay upfront.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau, left, pictured with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, tabled the federal budget on March 22 in which he proposed to eliminate billed-basis accounting for certain professions.
The elimination of work-in-progress tax deferrals in the last federal budget will not only be a detriment to lawyers but also impede Canadians’ access to justice, say some Liberal MPs and the Canadian Bar Association who are pushing back against the policy. Yet members of the Liberal caucus say F...

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