Eligible Capital Expenditure v. Expense

Administrative Policy

27 January 2011 External T.I. 2010-0380081E5 - Trailing commissions

In response to a query as to whether a payment made for the transfer of brokerage clients in respect of whom trailer commissions were being...

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Customer Lists

Cases

The Queen v. Farquhar Bethune Insurance Ltd., 82 DTC 6239, [1982] CTC 282 (FCA)

A payment of $75,000, made for a list of a general insurance operator's clientele in the area of fire and casualty insurance and his agreement not...

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Aliments CA-MO Foods Inc. v. The Queen, 80 DTC 6043, [1980] CTC 75 (FCTD)

"So far as the purchase of a customer list is concerned, there is a long and nearly consistent line of authority holding that such an expense is...

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