On March 21, 2014, the Quebec Court of Appeal in the case of Canada (AG) and the Canada Revenue Agency v. Chambre des notaires du Quebec declared that subsection 231.2(1), section 231.7 and the definition of “solicitor-client privilege” in subsection…
Under s. 98(3), a partnership may be dissolved on a tax-deferred basis generally if the partners receive an undivided interest in the partnership’s property and an election is timely filed with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). In 2014-0540611E5, the…
In The Estate of the Edward S. Rogers v. The Queen, 2014 TCC 348, the Tax Court of Canada (TCC) held that the surrender of stock options in 2007 to a non-arm’s length corporate employer, in exchange for a cash…
In 2014-0534841C6, the CRA commented on the definition of majority-interest beneficiary in subsection 251.1(3) of the Income Tax Act. The CRA is of the view that a person does not have to be a beneficiary of a trust to…
In 2013-0499121E5, the CRA considered a simple case where an upstream loan was made to a Canadian parent (Canco) by a second tier foreign affiliate (FA 2), and was effectively sheltered by Canco’s exempt surplus in respect of FA…
In 2014-0536581I7, the CRA was asked why the so-called fresh start rule for foreign affiliates (s. 95(2)(k) & (k.1)) applies only to income from a foreign affiliate’s business and not to the affiliate’s income from property. In response, the…
The recent decision of Hauser v. R. 2014 TCC 328 is an illustration of the principles to be applied when determining whether moving expenses are deductible. The taxpayer moved in order to have a shorter commute to her new job. The…
On February 11, 2014, the federal government announced that it intended to repeal the so-called “immigrant trust” exception found in section 94 of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “ITA”). Due to the limited transitional rules provided (and no grandfathering),…
In 2013-0506551E5, the CRA confirmed its view that a loan made after March 28, 2012 cannot benefit from the new regime for a “pertinent loan or indebtedness” (PLOI, s. 15(2.11)) if such loan were part of a “series of…
In 2014-0531441E5, the CRA confirmed that payments to a US resident under an unfunded long-term disability (LTD) plan by a Canadian employer would be considered salary. As such, the payment would be subject to employment-related withholdings in Canada (under…