Unpublished Newswire

Toronto Maple Leafs star centre John Tavares is set to take the witness stand in a Toronto courtroom Tuesday, in a trial over the taxation of his signing bonus for leaving the New York Islanders to join his hometown team in 2018. At stake for Tavares is $8 million the Canada Revenue Agency says he owes as tax on a “signing bonus” of $15 million, which it regards as employment income, taxable at over 50 per cent. Tavares says it should be regarded as an “inducement” to sign with the Leafs, and therefore taxed in the U.S. at just 15 per cent, which he has already paid. But for the NHL...