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Category: Avoidance

Substantive CCPCs

Posted on: December 7, 2022 Last updated on: December 7, 2022 Written by: John Loukidelis
A definition of “substantive CCPC” will be added to subsection 248(1). A private corporation (other than a CCPC) will be a substantive CCPC if it is controlled, directly or indirectly in any manner whatever, by one or more Canadian resident…
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Meaning of “tax shelter”

Posted on: October 27, 2021 Last updated on: October 27, 2021 Written by: John Loukidelis
Krumm v Canada, 2021 FCA 78, is significant because it appears to take the tax shelter rules one step further than many professionals expected. It reflects a broad interpretation of the definition of “tax shelter” in which both publicly marketed…
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No obligation to correct past errors

The CRA believes that a tax adviser should takes steps to ensure their clients correct past errors (I01-1R2 (February 17, 2026), paras. 116-117), but neither the Income Tax Act nor the Excise Tax Act impose such a duty. Other statutes…
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Timing of receipt of dividend on redemption

Under subsection 84(3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “Act”), where a corporation resident in Canada has redeemed, acquired or cancelled in any manner whatever … any of the shares of any class of its capital stock, (a) the…
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GLGI appeals to be struck?

In Kelly v R, 2026 TCC 53, Justice Graham has given multiple taxpayers until April 24, 2026, to provide written submissions on why their appeals should not be struck without a hearing “for abusing this Court’s process”. The taxpayers were…
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Capital gain exemption fail

I wrote the following article for the Hamilton Law Association Journal on Ehresman v R, 2025 TCC 78. For another summary of the case, see Colin Bartlett “Are Excess Cash Reserves an Active Business Asset?” 25:4 Tax for the Owner-Manager…
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Relevant group entities

A relevant group entity (RGE) of a corporation (per subaparagraphs 84.1(2.31)(c)(iii) and 84.1(2.32)(c)(iii) in the intergenerational transfer (IGT) rules) is any entity carrying on an active business that is relevant to whether the corporation’s shares are qualified small business corporation…
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No obligation to correct past errors

The CRA believes that a tax adviser should takes steps to ensure their clients correct past errors (I01-1R2 (February 17, 2026), paras. 116-117), but neither the Income Tax Act nor the Excise Tax Act impose such a duty. Other statutes…
Continue reading “No obligation to correct past errors”…

Timing of receipt of dividend on redemption

Under subsection 84(3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “Act”), where a corporation resident in Canada has redeemed, acquired or cancelled in any manner whatever … any of the shares of any class of its capital stock, (a) the…
Continue reading “Timing of receipt of dividend on redemption”…

GLGI appeals to be struck?

In Kelly v R, 2026 TCC 53, Justice Graham has given multiple taxpayers until April 24, 2026, to provide written submissions on why their appeals should not be struck without a hearing “for abusing this Court’s process”. The taxpayers were…
Continue reading “GLGI appeals to be struck?”…

Capital gain exemption fail

I wrote the following article for the Hamilton Law Association Journal on Ehresman v R, 2025 TCC 78. For another summary of the case, see Colin Bartlett “Are Excess Cash Reserves an Active Business Asset?” 25:4 Tax for the Owner-Manager…
Continue reading “Capital gain exemption fail”…

Relevant group entities

A relevant group entity (RGE) of a corporation (per subaparagraphs 84.1(2.31)(c)(iii) and 84.1(2.32)(c)(iii) in the intergenerational transfer (IGT) rules) is any entity carrying on an active business that is relevant to whether the corporation’s shares are qualified small business corporation…
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No obligation to correct past errors

The CRA believes that a tax adviser should takes steps to ensure their clients correct past errors (I01-1R2 (February 17, 2026), paras. 116-117), but neither the Income Tax Act nor the Excise Tax Act impose such a duty. Other statutes…
Continue reading “No obligation to correct past errors”…

Timing of receipt of dividend on redemption

Under subsection 84(3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “Act”), where a corporation resident in Canada has redeemed, acquired or cancelled in any manner whatever … any of the shares of any class of its capital stock, (a) the…
Continue reading “Timing of receipt of dividend on redemption”…

GLGI appeals to be struck?

In Kelly v R, 2026 TCC 53, Justice Graham has given multiple taxpayers until April 24, 2026, to provide written submissions on why their appeals should not be struck without a hearing “for abusing this Court’s process”. The taxpayers were…
Continue reading “GLGI appeals to be struck?”…

Capital gain exemption fail

I wrote the following article for the Hamilton Law Association Journal on Ehresman v R, 2025 TCC 78. For another summary of the case, see Colin Bartlett “Are Excess Cash Reserves an Active Business Asset?” 25:4 Tax for the Owner-Manager…
Continue reading “Capital gain exemption fail”…

Relevant group entities

A relevant group entity (RGE) of a corporation (per subaparagraphs 84.1(2.31)(c)(iii) and 84.1(2.32)(c)(iii) in the intergenerational transfer (IGT) rules) is any entity carrying on an active business that is relevant to whether the corporation’s shares are qualified small business corporation…
Continue reading “Relevant group entities”…

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