On Friday, in the face of mounting pressure – including a court application launched by Thorsteinssons LLP – the Department of Finance (Finance) announced that the implementation date for the proposed capital gains inclusion rate changes would be…
Yesterday, Thorsteinssons LLP (Canada’s largest tax law firm) launched a comprehensive challenge in Federal Court to the Canada Revenue Agency’s proposed enforcement of the capital gains tax hike. Led by David Davies, Alexander Demner, Florence Sauve, and…
Tax and industry professionals have been waiting for the Federal Court of Appeal (the “FCA”) to issue its decision in Glencore Canada Corporation v R for several months. The decision under appeal (2021 TCC 63) sparked many discussions, and the…
A recent decision from the British Columbia Supreme Court (“BCSC”), AF2G Investments Inc. v. Minister of Finance (BC), 2023 BCSC 2133, provided guidance on when a communication constitutes an objection under section 19 of the Property Transfer Tax Act,…
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court of Canada heard two tax appeals that may help clarify the jurisdictional boundaries between the Tax Court of Canada and Federal Court: Dow Chemical Canada ULC v His Majesty the King (SCC File No.…
When is an allocation of costs amongst supplies “fair and reasonable” for calculating input tax credits (“ITCs”)? In Marine Atlantic Inc. v The King (2023 TCC 95), the Tax Court confirmed that a “fair and reasonable” allocation:
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The application of British Columbia’s provincial sales tax (“BC PST”) to digital services is controversial. A main issue has been whether the services should be taxed as “software”. The British Columbia Supreme Court in Hootsuite Inc. v British Columbia (Finance),…
In Ahamed v. The King (“Ahamed”), the Tax Court of Canada held that a tax-free savings account (“TFSA”), despite its moniker, is capable of carrying on a business of trading securities and any income earned from that business is fully…
Bousfield v. The King, 2022 TCC 169, is a recent decision of the Tax Court of Canada that addresses “alternative assessment techniques”. The decision serves as a helpful guide to both the legal bases for such techniques and the…
The Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) recently invalidated a provision derived from the EU Directive informally known as DAC6 which requires lawyers to report their involvement in certain cross-border tax-planning arrangements to third parties. The provisions analyzed…