CRA reaffirms that a cash-basis taxpayer can receive an amount when it is received through a third party

When is an amount regarded as received by an eligible entity which has made an election under s. 125.7(4)(e)(i) to use the cash method in determining its qualifying revenues for CEWS purposes, where the amount is received by a third party before being paid to the eligible entity?

CRA indicated that in this regard it would apply the principle in IT-433R, subpara. 3(a) that the meaning of the term "received" is broad enough to consider a taxpayer to have received an amount where it “was received by a person authorized to receive it on behalf of the taxpayer” – and further stated that “a person entitled to receive an amount on behalf of a taxpayer for CEWS purposes may include a person who is entitled to receive the amount for a taxpayer by inter alia an agreement or by statute.”

Neal Armstrong. Summary of 23 January 2023 External T.I. 2020-0865161E5 F under s. 125.7(4)(e)(i).