BC has announced a PST rebate for most incorporated businesses on select machinery and equipment purchased or leased between September 17, 2020 and September 30, 2021. This is a temporary program intended to help incorporated businesses recover from the…
The recent decision of Bishara c. Agence du revenu du Québec[1] is a win for a taxpayer on the sale of three condominiums in quick succession. This decision is unusual because the Quebec Court of Appeal (“QCA”) reversed the decision…
The CRA is expected to soon commence audit activities to review payments made pursuant to three of Canada’s COVID-19 relief programs: the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (“CEWS”), the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (“CERB”), and the Canada Emergency Student Benefit (“CESB”).…
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On July 27, 2020, Bill c-20 An Act respecting further COVID-19 measures was enacted. This legislation includes the Time Limits and Other Periods Act…
At the end of March, the BC Supreme Court released its decision in Chemainus Gardens RV Resort Ltd. v The Queen, 2020 BCSC 478. The decision is potentially of great assistance to contractors in BC who install goods that become…
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On July 27, 2020, Parliament enacted Bill C-20 which made sweeping amendments to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (the “CEWS”). The…
Chief Justice Rossiter of the Tax Court of Canada has now outlined multiple aspects of the Court’s process for reopening, following its lengthy closure due to COVID-19, by issuing a Practice Direction and Order and Notice to the…
On June 23, 2020, the CRA released its National Business Resumption Plan (the “NBRP”) for CRA employees. This follows the CRA’s previous announcement that it would be transitioning from a critical services mode to a business resumption mode on June…
Saskatchewan has introduced retroactive changes to their Provincial Sales Tax Act (“PSTA”) to require marketplace facilitators and operators of online accommodation platforms to register and collect Saskatchewan’s Provincial Sales Tax. The changes, which were announced on June 15th, are retroactive…
On May 19, 2020 the CRA published administrative relief (found here) for taxpayers who might otherwise be facing Canadian tax residency or cross-border issues as a result of travel restrictions imposed in light of the COVID-19 crisis. Certain potential tax…