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Month: December 2024

Taxpayer obligated to produce documents

Posted on: December 30, 2024 Last updated on: December 19, 2024 Written by: John Loukidelis
In Robillard v R, 2024 TCC 90, the taxpayer-appellant, based on a decision of the Alberta District Court from 1974, argued that he was not required to produce documents to the CRA under sections 231.1 and 231.2. The Tax Court…
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Loss carry back and interest

Posted on: December 23, 2024 Last updated on: December 19, 2024 Written by: John Loukidelis
In Bank of Nova Scotia v R, 2024 FCA 192, the Court held that interest on a taxpayer balance owing should be calculated from the balance due date for a year to the date of a loss carry back request.…
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Sale of shares on income account

Posted on: December 19, 2024 Last updated on: December 19, 2024 Written by: John Loukidelis
In Rudolph v R, 2024 TCC 148, the Tax Court held that the taxpayer had not disposed of shares in 2007 as alleged by the CRA. Instead, the taxpayer had received a loan from the purchaser in 2007 that was…
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Directors of a dissolved corporation

In 2008, I wrote an article for the Hamilton Law Association Journal that, among other things, addressed the status of directors of a corporation that has been dissolved. I referred to Leger v R, 2007 TCC 322, which held that,…
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DAC Investment

The authors discuss R v DAC Investment Holdings Inc., 2026 FCA 35, rev’g 2024 TCC 63. They conclude that, in a GAAR analysis, an overly-broad characterization of a provision or a mere description of its effect will not correctly express its object, spirit and purpose…
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Limits on CRA demands for information

In Canada (National Revenue) v Cohen, 2025 FC 2012, the Court dismissed a Crown application for a compliance order because the taxpayer had demonstrated, on a balance of probabilities, that he had done everything reasonably possible to obtain the documents…
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Post-mortem bumps and grandchildren

The bump under ITA paragraph 88(1)(d) could be denied if a “specified shareholder” receives bumped property unless the shareholder was also a “specified person” as defined in paragraph 88(1)(c.2). Grandchildren who receive bumped property could taint the bump if they…
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Post-mortem bumps and capital dividends paid from life insurance

Bump room is determined by the ACB of the target corporation’s shares minus the net tax cost of the underlying assets and the amounts in ITA subparagraph 88(1)(d)(i.1), which include taxable dividends and capital dividends. Accordingly, a target corporation that…
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Directors of a dissolved corporation

In 2008, I wrote an article for the Hamilton Law Association Journal that, among other things, addressed the status of directors of a corporation that has been dissolved. I referred to Leger v R, 2007 TCC 322, which held that,…
Continue reading “Directors of a dissolved corporation”…

DAC Investment

The authors discuss R v DAC Investment Holdings Inc., 2026 FCA 35, rev’g 2024 TCC 63. They conclude that, in a GAAR analysis, an overly-broad characterization of a provision or a mere description of its effect will not correctly express its object, spirit and purpose…
Continue reading “DAC Investment”…

Limits on CRA demands for information

In Canada (National Revenue) v Cohen, 2025 FC 2012, the Court dismissed a Crown application for a compliance order because the taxpayer had demonstrated, on a balance of probabilities, that he had done everything reasonably possible to obtain the documents…
Continue reading “Limits on CRA demands for information”…

Post-mortem bumps and grandchildren

The bump under ITA paragraph 88(1)(d) could be denied if a “specified shareholder” receives bumped property unless the shareholder was also a “specified person” as defined in paragraph 88(1)(c.2). Grandchildren who receive bumped property could taint the bump if they…
Continue reading “Post-mortem bumps and grandchildren”…

Post-mortem bumps and capital dividends paid from life insurance

Bump room is determined by the ACB of the target corporation’s shares minus the net tax cost of the underlying assets and the amounts in ITA subparagraph 88(1)(d)(i.1), which include taxable dividends and capital dividends. Accordingly, a target corporation that…
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Directors of a dissolved corporation

In 2008, I wrote an article for the Hamilton Law Association Journal that, among other things, addressed the status of directors of a corporation that has been dissolved. I referred to Leger v R, 2007 TCC 322, which held that,…
Continue reading “Directors of a dissolved corporation”…

DAC Investment

The authors discuss R v DAC Investment Holdings Inc., 2026 FCA 35, rev’g 2024 TCC 63. They conclude that, in a GAAR analysis, an overly-broad characterization of a provision or a mere description of its effect will not correctly express its object, spirit and purpose…
Continue reading “DAC Investment”…

Limits on CRA demands for information

In Canada (National Revenue) v Cohen, 2025 FC 2012, the Court dismissed a Crown application for a compliance order because the taxpayer had demonstrated, on a balance of probabilities, that he had done everything reasonably possible to obtain the documents…
Continue reading “Limits on CRA demands for information”…

Post-mortem bumps and grandchildren

The bump under ITA paragraph 88(1)(d) could be denied if a “specified shareholder” receives bumped property unless the shareholder was also a “specified person” as defined in paragraph 88(1)(c.2). Grandchildren who receive bumped property could taint the bump if they…
Continue reading “Post-mortem bumps and grandchildren”…

Post-mortem bumps and capital dividends paid from life insurance

Bump room is determined by the ACB of the target corporation’s shares minus the net tax cost of the underlying assets and the amounts in ITA subparagraph 88(1)(d)(i.1), which include taxable dividends and capital dividends. Accordingly, a target corporation that…
Continue reading “Post-mortem bumps and capital dividends paid from life insurance”…

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