Section 274 - Anti-Avoidance

Subsection 274(3)

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Soucy v. Agence du revenu du Québec, 2018 QCCQ 4845

The taxpayer’s daughter who had recently turned down a gift of a car from her father, became aware that her mother needed a car. In quick...

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Locations of other summaries Wordcount
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 245 - Subsection 245(3) double gift (avoiding QST applicable to a direct gift) was made for non-tax reasons and also not abusive 134

Subsection 274(4) - Provision Not Applicable

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Cussens & Ors v Brosnan, ECLI:EU:C:2017:881:Case C-251/16, [2017] BVC 61

The taxpayers jointly owned a development site in Ireland, on which they constructed 15 holiday homes. Before making sales, in March 2002 they...

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HMRC v Pendragon plc, [2015] UKSC 37

The Pendragon Group, the largest car sales group in Europe, used a scheme (devised and marketed to it by KPMG) to reduce its VAT liability. Under...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 245 - Subsection 245(4) abuse of rule intended to avoid double tax 31

Michelin Tires (Canada) Ltd. v. M.N.R., [1995] GSTC 17 (CITT)

The appellant ("Michelin") sold its inventory of imported tires to an affiliated corporation ("Uniroyal") on December 28, 1990 and repurchased the...

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Administrative Policy

GST/HST Memorandum 16-4 "Anti-avoidance Rules" 20 February 2015

3. ...Transactions that rely upon the strict wording of a provision in the Act to gain a tax benefit where none was intended and, therefore,...

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Articles

Brent F. Murray, "The General Anti-Avoidance Rule: CRA Discussions on GST Matters", CCH Tax Topics, No. 2191, March 6, 2014, p. 1.

Access request (p. 1)

[W]e submitted a request...under the Access to Information Act for all records pertaining to the CRA's interpretation of...

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Subsection 274(7) - Exception

Administrative Policy

GST/HST Memorandum 16-4 "Anti-avoidance Rules" 20 February 2015

No self-application of GAAR

12. …[T]he determination of the tax consequences to any person, resulting from the application of section 274, will...

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