In Lapointe v. Canada (2014 TCC 356), the Tax Court of Canada indicated that it had every reason to believe that the taxpayer and her spouse actually incurred certain expenses for charitable purposes. Nonetheless, the court held that since no…
Becky Potter is a partner practicing in the firm’s Toronto office.
Becky focuses her practice on all aspects of taxpayer representation and tax litigation. She has successfully represented clients at every level of court both provincially (in Ontario) and federally,… more »
In 2014-0550441C6, the Canada Revenue Agency set out how the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision in the Lehigh Cement case affects the CRA’s interpretation of subsection 95(6)(b) of the Income Tax Act (Canada). “CRA accepts that 95(6)(b) is generally…
Becky Potter is a partner practicing in the firm’s Toronto office.
Becky focuses her practice on all aspects of taxpayer representation and tax litigation. She has successfully represented clients at every level of court both provincially (in Ontario) and federally,… more »
The Canada Revenue Agency recently updated the prescribed interest rates for the leasing rules in section 16.1 of the Income Tax Act (Canada). The rates for January and February, 2015 are now available and can be found on the CRA’s…
Becky Potter is a partner practicing in the firm’s Toronto office.
Becky focuses her practice on all aspects of taxpayer representation and tax litigation. She has successfully represented clients at every level of court both provincially (in Ontario) and federally,… more »
In the recent decision in Simard v. Canada (2015 TCC 2), the Tax Court of Canada made a rare award of costs on solicitor-client basis due to the fact that the Crown had made a number of unfounded allegations of…
Becky Potter is a partner practicing in the firm’s Toronto office.
Becky focuses her practice on all aspects of taxpayer representation and tax litigation. She has successfully represented clients at every level of court both provincially (in Ontario) and federally,… more »
On Monday, January 5th, 2015, the Canada Revenue Agency released the 2014 meal and vehicle rates used for calculating travel expenses. The rates can be found on the CRA’s website here: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/travelcosts/
Becky Potter is a partner practicing in the firm’s Toronto office.
Becky focuses her practice on all aspects of taxpayer representation and tax litigation. She has successfully represented clients at every level of court both provincially (in Ontario) and federally,… more »
In the recent decision in Invesco Canada Ltd. v. Canada (2014 TCC 375), the Tax Court of Canada held that certain management fee reductions paid on a monthly or quarterly basis by way of special distributions from various mutual fund…
Becky Potter is a partner practicing in the firm’s Toronto office.
Becky focuses her practice on all aspects of taxpayer representation and tax litigation. She has successfully represented clients at every level of court both provincially (in Ontario) and federally,… more »