Income Tax Severed Letters - 2015-09-30

Technical Interpretation - External

CRA Tags:

9 September 2015 External T.I. 2014-0563611E5 F - Call Centre - Location of the services performed -- attach -- Subsection 105(1)

non-resident call centre not rendering services in Canada

A Canadian company outsourced some of its activities to a non-resident enterprise, so that the non-resident now operates a call centre which...

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Principal Issues: Whether subsection 105(1) of the Regulations applies to a payment made to a non-resident in respect of call centre services performed outside Canada?

Position: Question of fact, but generally no.

Reasons: Telecommunication system appears to be used as a means of transmission

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10 August 2015 External T.I. 2015-0602751E5 - Capital gains deduction and section 84.1 -- attach -- Paragraph 84.1(2)(a.1)

statement of purpose and simple examples of s. 84.1 application

The taxpayer and his wife acquire all the shares, qualifying as qualified small business corporation shares, of a corporation (the "Corporation")...

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Principal Issues: Tax policy issue regarding the potential application of section 84.1 in the context of a proposed transaction

Position: General comments provided.

Reasons: Tax policy issue.