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After stating that although “a director is generally considered to hold office, this is not the case for a director who works for a company solely on a voluntary basis,” which references the situation where “individuals who work on a volunteer basis receive no remuneration or at most minimal remuneration for services rendered on a volunteer basis” – with remuneration considered minimal where the remuneration paid to the individual is “significantly less than that which would have been paid to an employee or self-employed person rendering similar services,” so that “it is unlikely that minimal remuneration is sufficient to secure the volunteer's services.” CRA stated that here: [I]f the facts as a whole show that the individuals perform their duties as directors on a volunteer basis and not in the course of an office or employment or as self-employed persons, in our view, reimbursement of automobile expenses, reimbursement of airfare and meal allowances for attending board meetings (including allowances paid to cover meals for their spouses while travelling) would not be considered employment or business income if they are the only amounts received by them. ...

Therefore, the testing, even if done inside Canada, is considered ordinary testing or engineering in itself and is not eligible. ... However, if the studies required to meet the regulatory requirements meet all three eligibility criteria, as in Case B, they would be considered eligible and would constitute an SR&ED project. ... If the project is carried on in Canada under subsection 248(1) of the ITA (formerly section 2900 of the Income Tax Regulations), thereby satisfying one of the criteria for the project to be considered an SR&ED project, the next analysis is to determine what portion of the expenses were incurred in Canada. ...

. … [W]here a property is a capital property, in the absence of plans to proceed with the development of a subdivision, making application to the relevant authority for approval of a plan to subdivide would not, in and by itself, cause the property to be considered as being converted to inventory. Where this is the case, the entire amount of a forfeited deposit would be considered capital in nature …. … [If] a conversion of the land from a capital property to a trading property has taken place … [t]he taxpayer would have a notional capital gain on the date of conversion which would not be considered to give rise to taxable capital gains until the year in which the lots were actually sold. ...

B is, to a large extent, intended to compensate her for the care given to the child, the total amount will be considered to be remuneration for attendant care. However, if this is not the case, the global amount charged will be considered as an amount paid for the child's room and board (with all services included) and not as an amount paid to Ms. ... B charged a detailed amount for all the services provided, i.e. a specific amount for room and board and a specific amount for the care she provides to the child, the amount charged specifically for care would be considered as remuneration for the attendant care. ...

In the course of a general response, CRA stated: [A] payment in lieu of remuneration for the reasonable period of notice of termination provided for in the Quebec Act Respecting Labour Standards is considered to be employment income because the payment is intended to replace wages that would otherwise have been earned. ... This amount cannot therefore be considered as a retiring allowance. On the other hand, the portion of a payment that exceeds the compensation in lieu of notice may, depending on the circumstances, be a retiring allowance. … Where an employee elects to receive the amount of the retiring allowance in instalments, it is our view that the instalments will be taxable in the year they are received. However, as noted in paragraph 17 of the Bulletin, the payments are not considered to be retiring allowances if an employer treats the instalments as income from employment for the purposes of computing Employment Insurance premiums and benefits, Canada Pension Plan accruals or eligible years of service under a registered pension plan. ...

CRA stated: An insured plan (employer pays premiums under a contract of insurance) will generally be considered to be a PHSP if all of the expenses covered under the plan are medical expenses or connected expenses, and “all or substantially all” (generally 90% or more) of the premiums paid under the plan relate to medical expenses that are eligible for the METC. The actual benefits paid to employees in the year are not considered …. ... The employees’ allocation of the ceiling amount to the various expense categories is not considered, so that in the HCSA example, if the portion of the benefits paid in the year for METC-eligible benefits was, say, 92%, it would not matter that the total ceiling amounts allocated to METC-eligible expenses was only 80%. ...

PC2 does not contribute any capital towards the investment activities in PC1. 2019-0819431E5 considered (and still considers) that the TOSI rules applied in Years 1 and 2 to dividends paid to Spouse A. ... (c), it had stated that because “…any dividend paid by PC1 to Spouse A would be considered to be derived directly or indirectly from a 'related business' carried on by PC2 (and not PC1) in Year 2 and subsequent years,” the shares of PC1 held by Spouse A would not qualify as “excluded shares.” CRA now stated: In the event that the income of PC1 for Year 2 and any subsequent year is income earned solely from its investment business, such income would not be considered to be derived directly or indirectly from the medical services business now carried on by PC2. ...

. … In light of these statutory duties and obligations, it is our view that the central management and control of a TFSA trust rests with and is exercised by the TFSA trustee and that the TFSA trust is considered to reside in the province where the TFSA trustee factually exercises that function. … In a situation where the level of involvement of an agent in the administration of a TFSA trust is such that the trustee would be considered to exercise the central management and control of the trust through the agent at the location of the agent’s place of business that serves the TFSA trust and holder, the TFSA trust would be considered to reside in the province in which that place of business is located … [W]e would expect this to be the case in common arrangements involving registered plans where the administrative and investment functions of the plan are largely delegated by the plan trustee to a Canadian-regulated investment firm under an agency agreement. ...

Would the renovation or alteration be considered accelerated investment incentive property (“AIIP”)? ... Subsection 1104(4.1) will apply when the amounts deducted for CCA or a terminal loss can reasonably be considered to have been deducted in respect of amounts for acquisitions incurred either before November 21, 2018, or incurred after November 20, 2018, if any portion of the particular property is considered to have become available for use before the time that the particular property is first used for the purpose of earning income. ...

5 July 2023 External T.I. 2022-0954271E5 F- Retention of books and records-- summary under Subparagraph 5800(1)(a)(iv) Summary Under Tax Topics- Income Tax Regulations- Regulation 5800- Subsection 5800(1)- Paragraph 5800(1)(a)- Subparagraph 5800(1)(a)(iv) generally only the GL rather than ancillary journals or back-up are subject to the extended corporate accounting-record retention period Regarding whether the term “summary” in Reg. 5800(1)(a)(iv) refers only to the summary items posted to the general ledger (GL) or requires more details, such as the names of the parties and the dates of the transactions, CRA stated: [T]he term "summary" refers to the summary, with respect to each of the transactions considered individually, posted from the journals to the general ledgers. … [Thus it] refers to an abbreviated version of the entries for each transaction rather than to the consolidation of transactions over a given period. Regarding whether only the GL needed to be retained until two years after dissolution, CRA stated: Generally, the summary of each transaction recorded in the journals, considered individually, is transferred to the general ledger. ... In such a case, it would be necessary to refer to the subsidiary ledger in order to obtain a summary of each of the transactions considered individually, and we are therefore of the view that both such a subsidiary ledger and the general ledger will be subject to subparagraph 5800(1)(a)(iv) …. ...