SCC Grants Leave to Appeal Guindon Decision on Advisor Penalties

This morning the Supreme Court of Canada granted the application for leave to appeal, with costs, from the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision last summer in The Queen v. Guindon regarding the nature of advisor penalties under section 163.2 of the Income Tax Act (Canada): http://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/news/en/item/4548/index.do.   A copy of the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision is available online at: http://decisions.fca-caf.gc.ca/fca-caf/decisions/en/item/37806/index.do.

Prepared by: Noah Sarna

Noah is a partner practising in the firm’s Toronto office. Noah’s practice focuses on all aspects of commodity tax, including Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax, land transfer taxes, foreign buyer taxes and vacancy or underuse taxes. Noah assists his… more »

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