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Kruger Incorporated v. Canada, 2016 FCA 186

The taxpayer traded foreign currency options as a separate business from its pulp and paper business, with its principal option activity being the...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 248 - Subsection 248(1) - Inventory derivatives not held for resale are not inventory 175
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 171 - Subsection 171(1) Minister implicitly directed to reduce taxpayer's income below that originally filed 100

Urbandale Realty Corp. Ltd. v. The Queen, 2000 DTC 6118 (FCA)

The taxpayer, a real estate developer, prepaid municipal real estate development charges applicable to one of its residential lots developments....

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 18 - Subsection 18(9) 58

Canada Safeway Ltd. v. R., 98 DTC 6060, [1998] 1 CTC 120 (FCA)

The Queen v. Johnson and Johnson Inc., 94 DTC 6125 was followed in finding that a refund of federal sales previously paid in error did not...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 12 - Subsection 12(1) - Paragraph 12(1)(x) sales tax refund not reimbursement 102

Toronto College Park Ltd. v. Canada, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 183

Given that the trial judge had made a finding that the primary purpose of the taxpayer in making two payments to or for the benefit of two tenants...

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Ikea Ltd. v. Canada, 98 DTC 6092, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 196, [1998] 2 C.T.C. 61

Because there were no conditions attached to the use by the taxpayer of a tenant inducement payment (the sole condition precedent to receipt of...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 9 - Compensation Payments tenant inducement payment was received in course of retail store operations 130
Tax Topics - Statutory Interpretation - Symmetry 28

Canderel Ltd. v. Canada, 98 DTC 6100, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 147, [1998] 2 C.T.C. 35

The taxpayer, which had entered into an agreement with a property owner to develop the property as a commercial office development, paid just over...

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Tax Topics - General Concepts - Onus 105
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 18 - Subsection 18(9) 57
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 9 - Accounting Principles not following matching principle accorded with well-accepted business practices 153
Tax Topics - Statutory Interpretation - Expressio Unius est Exclusio Alterius inference made from narrow scope of s. 18(9) 34
Tax Topics - Statutory Interpretation - Deference to Legislature presumption against judicial legislation 79

The Queen v. Johnson & Johnson Inc., 94 DTC 6125, [1994] 1 CTC 244 (FCA)

A federal sales tax refund was not receivable by the taxpayer until the Minister had given some public and irrevocable indication thereof....

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Friedberg v. Canada, 93 DTC 5507, [1993] 4 S.C.R. 285, [1993] 2 CTC 306

The taxpayer, who was the general partner of a firm of commodity brokers, entered into spread positions in gold futures contracts, and in the same...

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West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd. v. The Queen, 92 DTC 6023, [1992] 1 CTC 15 (FCA)

Hydro-Electric Utility included in its income for financial statement purposes an estimate of the value of electricity which had been consumed by...

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R. v. Fogazzi, 92 DTC 6421, [1992] 2 CTC 321 (Ont. C.J. (G.D.)), rev'd 93 DTC 5183 (Ont. CA)

If the accused had been taxable on amounts misappropriated by him (which was not the case), he would have been taxable in the year the money was...

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Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company v. Her Majesty The Queen, 91 DTC 5038, [1991] 1 CTC 28 (FCTD), aff'd 92 DTC 6191 (FCA)

The taxpayer, which billed its clients for local and long distance charges on a monthly basis, and which prior to 1984 had included in its income...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 9 - Accounting Principles 33

Westcoast Petroleum Ltd. v. The Queen, 89 DTC 5153, [1989] 1 CTC 363 (FCTD)

The taxpayer was not permitted to exclude from its income from a pipeline the portion of the tariffs charged by it to shippers which was in excess...

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Dixie Lee (Maritimes) Ltd. v. The Queen, 88 DTC 6108, [1988] 1 CTC 193 (FCTD), aff'd 91 DTC 5518 (FCA)

In consideration of the payment to the taxpayer of franchise fees the taxpayer granted to the franchisee the right to use the taxpayer's name and...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 20 - Subsection 20(1) - Paragraph 20(1)(m) substantial performance of services in 1st year 123

Burrard Yarrows Corp. v. The Queen, 86 DTC 6459, [1986] 2 CTC 313 (FCTD), aff'd sub nomine Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc. v. The Queen, 88 DTC 6352 (FCA)

The taxpayer, upon completing each of the various stages of construction of ships, became absolutely entitled to receive progress payments. The...

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Zoel Chicoine Inc. v. The Queen, 86 DTC 6251, [1985] 2 CTC 320 (FCTD), aff'd 87 DTC 5409, [1987] 2 CTC 240 (FCA)

The taxpayer was entitled to receive a management fee equal to 10% of the net profits from a shopping centre including gains from its sale. Since...

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Gibralter Mines Ltd. v. The Queen, 85 DTC 5085, [1985] 1 CTC 116 (FCTD)

It was stated by Muldoon, J. that under the scheme of the Act, taxable income is determined on an annual basis, as opposed to being determined...

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The Queen v. Imperial General Properties Ltd., 85 DTC 5045, [1985] 1 CTC 40 (FCA)

A submission was accepted that a property is sold when (1) the beneficial ownership has passed under a binding agreement of purchase and sale, and...

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Tax Topics - Other Legislation/Constitution - Federal - Federal Courts Rules - Rule 408(1) 48
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 12 - Subsection 12(1) - Paragraph 12(1)(a) s. 12(1)(a)(i) inapplicable to deposits 49
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 12 - Subsection 12(1) - Paragraph 12(1)(b) balance of purchase price did not become receivable until condition precedent satisfied 96

Qualico Developments Ltd. v. The Queen, 84 DTC 6119, [1984] CTC 122, 84 DTC 6126 (FCA)

The costs of inventory should be deducted from income in the year of sale. To deduct such costs during a prior year in which such costs were...

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Commonwealth Construction Co. Ltd. v. The Queen, 82 DTC 6152, [1982] CTC 167 (FCTD), aff'd 84 DTC 6420, [1984] CTC 338 (FCA)

Amounts received by the taxpayer pursuant to judgment in a mechanics' lien action were ascertained amounts, and income in the years of receipt,...

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Wilchar Construction Ltd. v. The Queen, 81 DTC 5318, [1981] CTC 415 (FCA)

Inclusion of uncertified progress claims in a construction company's income (as opposed to deferring recognition to the year of certification) was...

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Olympia and York Developments Ltd. v. The Queen, 80 DTC 6184, [1980] CTC 265 (FCTD)

A sale of apartments by the taxpayer was held to occur under the laws of Quebec at the time of execution and delivery of the deed of sale rather...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 13 - Subsection 13(21) - Disposition of Property complete divesting of all the benefits and burdens of ownership 59

Oxford Shopping Centres Ltd. v. The Queen, 79 DTC 5458, [1980] CTC 7, aff'd 81 DTC 5065, [1981] CTC 128 (FCA)

"[F]or income tax purposes, while the 'matching principle' will apply to expenses related to particular items of income, and in particular with...

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Maple Leaf Mills Ltd. v. Minister of National Revenue, 76 DTC 6182, [1976] CTC 324, [1977] 1 S.C.R. 558

The taxpayer, upon its purchase of an oil tanker, received a secured revenue guarantee from the vendors. The amounts of the revenue deficiencies...

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Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. v. The Queen, 74 DTC 6634, [1974] CTC 838 (FCTD), aff'd 77 DTC 5164, [1977] CTC 208 (FCA)

The taxpayer was obliged to accept the return of paperbacks previously shipped by it which remained unsold, and it deducted in computing its...

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Françon Ltée v. MNR, 73 DTC 5514, [1973] CTC 708 (FCA)

In order to obtain an immediate release of construction holdbacks from the customers of its construction business, the taxpayer deposited...

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Minister of National Revenue v. Benaby Realties Limited, 67 DTC 5275, [1967] CTC 418, [1968] S.C.R. 12

In finding that the taxpayer realized income from land inventory in its 1955 taxation year (when an agreement was reached with the Crown fixing...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 12 - Subsection 12(1) - Paragraph 12(1)(b) accounts to be left open until determined 154

Minister of National Revenue v. Atlantic Engine Rebuilders Ltd., 67 DTC 5155, [1967] CTC 230, [1967] S.C.R. 477

In order to secure a regular supply of rebuildable engines, when the taxpayer sold engines which it had rebuilt to Ford dealers it required the...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 9 - Nature of Income 134

Minister of National Revenue v. Lechter, 66 DTC 5300, [1966] CTC 434, [1966] S.C.R. 655

In the taxpayer's 1955 taxation year, he accepted the Department of Transport's formal offer of settlement for compensation in respect of its...

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Tax Topics - General Concepts - Effective Date 92

Canadian General Electric Company v. The Minister of National Revenue, 61 DTC 1300, [1961] CTC 512, [1962] S.C.R. 3, [1961] CTC 511

In 1950, 1951 and early 1952, the taxpayer purchased supplies from its U.S. parents and gave promissory notes evidencing the U.S.-dollar amounts...

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MNR v. Colford Contracting Co. Ltd., 60 DTC 1131, [1960] CTC 178 (Ex Ct), briefly aff'd 62 DTC 1338, [1962] CTC 546 (SCC)

A contractor was required to recognize income from contracts for the installation of heating and plumbing systems as the progress payments became...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 12 - Subsection 12(1) - Paragraph 12(1)(b) amount is receivable when an absolute, although not necessarily immediate, right to receive 75

Wilson and Wilson Ltd. v. MNR, 60 DTC 1018, [1960] CTC 1 (Ex Ct)

The taxpayer, which followed the "completed contract" method of recognizing income on long-term contracts for the excavation of sewers and water...

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Minister of National Revenue v. Imperial Oil Co., 60 DTC 1219, [1960] CTC 275, [1960] S.C.R. 735

In computing its "profits ... reasonably attributable to the production of oil or gas", the taxpayer treated oil delivered by its producing...

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MNR v. Publishers Guild of Canada Ltd., 57 DTC 1017, [1957] CTC 1 (Ex Ct)

The taxpayer, whose business was the selling of books and magazines through door-to-door canvassers, was found by Thorson P. to be entitled to...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 9 - Accounting Principles 99

Sinnott News Company Ltd. v. The Minister of National Revenue, 56 DTC 1047, [1956] CTC 81, [1956] S.C.R. 433

The taxpayer was found to have made deliveries of periodicals to its retail dealers on a sale or return basis, with the result that the sale price...

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Tax Topics - General Concepts - Evidence 32

Ken Steeves Sales Ltd. v. MNR, 55 DTC 1044, [1955] CTC 47 (Ex Ct)

The taxpayer, which in the first year of its operations deducted expenses on an accrual basis but excluded from its income sales that were...

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Dominion Taxicab Association v. Minister of National Revenue, 54 DTC 1020, [1954] CTC 34, [1954] S.C.R. 82

Taxi owners contracted with the taxpayer to pay the taxpayer $500 per taxi for the privilege of operating their taxis within the taxpayer's...

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Robertson Ltd. v. MNR, 2 DTC 655, [1944] CTC 75 (Ex Ct)

The taxpayer, which acted as agent for underwriting members of Lloyd's of London in the writing of workman's compensation, employer's liability...

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See Also

Leonard v. The Queen, 2021 TCC 33, rev'd 2022 FCA 195

In finding that the taxpayer could not deduct his cost of purchasing distressed mortgage debt as an adventure in the nature of trade, Sommerfeldt...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 18 - Subsection 18(1) - Paragraph 18(1)(b) - Capital Loss v. Loss - Debt loss on mortgage that was acquired in order to acquire the underlying property under foreclosure proceeding on income account was also from an adventure 347
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 171 - Subsection 171(1) Court not bound by an erroneous admission by one of the parties 115
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 248 - Subsection 248(1) - Disposition foreclosure proceedings resulted in disposition of the mortgage but not of the debt it had previously secured 471
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 248 - Subsection 248(1) - Disposition - Paragraph (b) - Subparagraph (b)(i) on a foreclosure, the taxpayer disposed of his mortgage, even though the debt it secured remained outstanding 429
Tax Topics - General Concepts - Evidence Manitoba law, being where the Tax Court hearing was held, was the lex fori governing the mortgage foreclosure proceeding at issue regarding a U.S. property 178

Paletta Estate v. The Queen, 2021 TCC 11, rev'd 2022 FCA 86

In order that he could shelter most or all of his income for his 2000 to 2006 taxation years through a straddle program (with much of his 2007...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 3 - Paragraph 3(a) - Business Source/Reasonable Expectation of Profit losses generated under straddles were deducible from a source notwithstanding that they generated small economic losses 261
Tax Topics - General Concepts - Sham FX straddles were not shams, and “window dressing” is not a standalone anti-avoidance doctrine 241
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 163 - Subsection 163(2) a reasonable person would have surfaced the omission of an $8M trading gain with an inquiry of his accountant 391

Mazo v. The Queen, 2016 TCC 232 (Informal Procedure)

The taxpayer (Ms. Mazo) participated in and profited on balance from a pyramid scheme, which in form entailed the participants paying the promoter...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 248 - Subsection 248(1) - Business pyramid scheme gives rise to business, not property, income 287
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 3 - Paragraph 3(a) - Business Source/Reasonable Expectation of Profit pyramid scheme a source of business income 92

GMAC Leaseco Corporation v. The Queen, 2015 DTC 1141 [at at 908], 2015 TCC 146

General Motors of Canada Limited ("GMC") made "residual value support payments" to the taxpayer ("GMAC"), which purchased vehicles subject to...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 12 - Subsection 12(1) - Paragraph 12(1)(x) amount subject to potential repayment obligation was not received 258
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 13 - Subsection 13(7.4) amounts replaced reduced lease income rather than contributing to leased vehicles' cost 239
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 18 - Subsection 18(1) - Paragraph 18(1)(a) - Timing capital tax accrued from day to day 226
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 9 - Compensation Payments payments received in consideration for reducing lease payments were compensation for lost lease income, and s. 9 income 284
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 9 - Computation of Profit surcharges received by lessor at lease termination for excess use were income 264

Kruger Incorporated v. The Queen, 2015 DTC 1127 [at at 788], 2015 TCC 119, rev'd 2016 FCA 186

The taxpayer traded foreign currency options as a separate business from its pulp and paper business, with its principal option activity being the...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 10 - Subsection 10(1) options contracts purchased, but not those written, were inventory 200
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 248 - Subsection 248(1) - Inventory options contracts purchased, but not those written, were inventory 122
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 4 - Subsection 4(1) - Paragraph 4(1)(a) paper manufacturer's large-scale options-trading operation was a separate business 166

Malo v. The Queen, 2012 DTC 1214 [at at 3588], 2012 TCC 75 (Informal Procedure)

After finding that the taxpayer's losses from his stake in a tree-planting operation could not be deducted by virtue of failing to comply with the...

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Reilly v. The Queen, 2010 DTC 1223 [at 3623], 2010 TCC 326

The taxpayer took the position that he engaged in an unsuccessful campaign in 1999 to become mayor of Delta, B.C. in order to enhance his...

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Langille v. The Queen, 2009 DTC 1431, 2009 TCC 398

Commissions in respect of policies issued before the taxpayer incorporated a corporation to which he transferred his insurance brokerage business,...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 18 - Subsection 18(1) - Paragraph 18(1)(a) - Start-Up and Liquidation Costs post-shutdown expenses were deductible 89

Destacamento v. The Queen, 2009 DTC 806, 2009 TCC 242 (Informal Procedure)

The taxpayers, who were life insurance salesmen, received advance commissions when they sold a policy but with a requirement to pay back a portion...

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2187878 Nova Scotia Limited v. The Queen, 2007 DTC 761, 2007 TCC 249

The portion of a large write-down that the taxpayer was able to verify as representing overstatements of income or understatements of expenses...

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Ferro v. The Queen, 2003 DTC 491 (TCC)

The taxpayer, a litigation lawyer who entered into contingency fee arrangements with all his clients under which he was only entitled to render an...

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Banner Pharmacaps NRO Ltd. v. The Queen, 2003 DTC 245, 2003 TCC 82, aff'd 2003 FCA 367, 2003 DTC 5642

A dividend was income to the taxpayer in the year the dividend was declared in light of the "underlying assumption in the Income Tax Act that...

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Iron Ore Co. of Canada v. The Queen, 2000 DTC 1725 (TCC)

Lamarre Proulx TCJ. found that Canada Safeway Ltd. v. The Queen, 98 DTC 6060 (FCA) was "modified" by Ikea Ltd. v. The Queen, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 196...

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Johnston v. Britannia Airways Ltd., [1994] BTC 298 (Ch. D.)

The taxpayer, which operated an airline, was effectively compelled to pay for the major overhaul of each jet engine after every 17,000 hours of...

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R. & J. Engineering Corp. v. MNR, 92 DTC 1844 (TCC)

The taxpayer was unsuccessful in deferring the recognition of income under contracts relating to the installation of manufacturing equipment to...

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Fleur de Lys Warehousing Ltd. v. MNR, 91 DTC 1343, [1992] 2 CTC 2158 (TCC)

A refund of municipal taxes constituted income to the taxpayer at the time it received a favourable decision of the tribunal to which it had...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 9 - Expense Reimbursement 51

Yesac Creative Foods Inc. v. MNR, 91 DTC 413, [1991] 2 CTC 2622 (TCC)

Lease inducement payments, which the taxpayer received on income account, were required to be included in full in the year of receipt rather than...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 9 - Compensation Payments 83

Recordwide Distributors, Inc. v. C.I.R., 82-2 U.S.TC 84:713 (C.A. 8)

The Court upheld the finding of the Tax Court that the taxpayer "dealt with its customers on a 'sale or returns' basis, and that the right to...

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Willingale v. International Commercial Bank Ltd. (1978), 52 TC 242 (HL)

A regular part of a bank's business consisted of discounting or purchasing bills or notes. For accounting purposes the discounts were brought into...

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Kennedy v. MNR, 73 DTC 5359, [1973] CTC 437 (FCA)

In contrasting the determination of income under s. 8(1) (now s. 15(1)) and s. 9, Jackett C.J. stated:

"In the case of 'income', it is assumed, in...

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Tax Topics - General Concepts - Fair Market Value - Other 60
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 15 - Subsection 15(1) benefit in year of note issuance/tenant improvement benefit based on PV of reversion boost 317

Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, Inc. v. U.S., 68-2 U.S.TC 87:579 (D.C. Ky.)

A farmer's tobacco cooperative organization required each grower who presented tobacco at its warehouse to make an annual contribution, which was...

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British South Africa Co. v. Varty, [1966] A.C. 381 (HL)

The taxpayer lent £200,000 to a gold mining company and received, at the time of making the loan, an option to subscribe for shares of the mining...

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Automobile Club of N.Y., Inc. v. CIR, 62-2 U.S.TC 85:342 (C.A. 2)

The taxpayer, which was a membership corporation functioning as an automobile club, sold savings plan coupons at face value to participating...

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Elson v. Prices Taylors, Ltd. (1962), 40 TC 671 (Ch. D.)

When a customer of the taxpayer ordered a "made-to-measure" suit he was asked for a deposit (although the receipt given to him showed only the...

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Anderson Logging Co. v. The Queen, 52 DTC 1215 (PC)

The taxpayer sold timber limits for minimum guaranteed payments of $180,000 of which $80,000 was paid on the date of the contract, $50,000 (or...

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Jay's - The Jewellers, Ltd. v. C.I.R. (1947), 29 TC 274 (K.B.D.)

Where the taxpayer, which carried on a pawnbroker business, sold an unredeemed pledge for an amount between 10s. and £10, the surplus of the...

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Cowen's Ideal Trading Stamp Co. (Glasgow) Ltd. v. C.I.R. (1934), 19 TC 154 (C.S. (1st D.))

The taxpayer "sold" books of stamps to shopkeepers who distributed the stamps free of charge to retail customers in proportion to the value of...

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Brown v. Helvering, 290 U.S. 193 (1933)

The full amount of the gross overriding commissions on business written by a fire insurance agent in a year were included in his income and he was...

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Administrative Policy

7 June 2022 External T.I. 2019-0796641E5 - Stock options issued to a corporation

A Canadian-controlled private corporation (“CCPC”) is granted an option to acquire shares of an arm’s length CCPC. The option will only vest...

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13 August 2020 External T.I. 2019-0802891E5 F - Unclaimed RRSP Benefits

The estate of the deceased annuitant of an RRSP was fully settled without the executor (his surviving wife and the sole beneficiary) being aware...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 146 - Subsection 146(1) - Benefit - Paragraph (a) benefit includible in deceased annuitant’s return was not subject to "benefit"-(a) exclusion because it was not reported 312
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 146 - Subsection 146(8) s. 146(8) benefit paid to the taxpayer’s administrator was not includible in her income until the year she was identified and received the amount 377
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 146 - Subsection 146(4) - Paragraph 146(4)(c) tax imposed on RRSP under s. 146(4)(c) where RRSP issuer unaware of annuitant’s death 187
Tax Topics - General Concepts - Payment & Receipt constructive receipt of amount deducted on account of fees that were the recipient’s obligation 280
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 18 - Subsection 18(1) - Paragraph 18(1)(a) - Income-Producing Purpose fees incurred as a consequence of receiving unclaimed property (which was taxable under s. 146(8)) were non-deductible 205

21 October 2015 Internal T.I. 2015-0592781I7 - treatment of bond locks

Canco, which was wholly-owned by its Canadian Parent, entered into “Dividend Bond Locks” and “Interest Bond Locks” (collectively, the...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 9 - Capital Gain vs. Profit - Futures/Forwards/Hedges hedges re dividend or interest obligations of parent on income account 212

9 October 2015 APFF Roundtable Q. 9, 2015-0595661C6 F - Question 9 - Table Ronde APFF 2015

In order to enhance customer retention, a manufacturer agrees with its independent distributors to disburse $1,000,000 to them over two years if...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 20 - Subsection 20(1) - Paragraph 20(1)(m) s. 20(1)(m) reserve may be claimable for an amount included under s. 9 rather than 12(1)(a) 167

23 December 2014 External T.I. 2013-0487791E5 F - Période d'amortissement du revenu d'emphytéose

A corporation rents a property under an emphyteutic lease for a lump sum. Is it able to amortize that amount over the period stipulated in the...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 248 - Subsection 248(1) - Disposition sum received on granting an emphyteusis is proceeds of disposition 191

6 February 2015 Internal T.I. 2015-0566681I7 F - Redevances perçues d'avance

Corporation G and Corporation D, who were affiliated corporations, were the licensor and licensee of a licence to manufacture and sell a product...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 12 - Subsection 12(1) - Paragraph 12(1)(a) irrevocable royalty prepayment under s. 12(1)(a) or 9 139

10 October 2014 APFF Roundtable Q. 13, 2014-0538111C6 F - Boni suite à la signature d'un contrat d'appro

The purchaser under a major supply agreement negotiated a "signing bonus" of $5 million (payable equally in the first and second year) in...

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11 March 2014 Internal T.I. 2013-0513221I7 F - Stock options

Publico determined to grant stock options to its directors and consultants, as a result of which a private corporation ("Corporation"), that had...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 15 - Subsection 15(1) double income inclusion under s. 56(2) or (4) to consulting corporation, and under s. 15(1) to its shareholder, where consultant's options issued directly by client to shareholder 113
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 56 - Subsection 56(2) s. 56(2) benefit where corporation implicitly consented to consultant's options being issued by client directly to its shareholder 170
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 56 - Subsection 56(4) implicit transfer by corporation when stock options earned by it were issued directly by its client to its shareholder 175
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 248 - Subsection 248(28) s. 248(28) does not prevent a double income inclusion to corporation under s. 56 and shareholder under s. 15 226
Tax Topics - General Concepts - Fair Market Value - Options stock options with no in-the-money value could have nil FMV 134
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 52 - Subsection 52(1) s. 15 benefit due to shareholder receipt of stock options earned by corporation added to the ACB of the exercised shares 165

2 April 2013 External T.I. 2013-0475571E5 - Life insurance

In accordance with Destacamento and Demeterio, CRA found several bases on which a self-employed taxpayer's life insurance sales commissions must...

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22 November 2011 External T.I. 2011-0404021E5 F - Revenu des entrepreneurs

CRA takes the position that renovation of buildings or work on water supply and sewage systems is not a "construction activity" under IT-92R2,...

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29 August 2011 Internal T.I. 2009-0336671I7 - Derivative

Interest rate swap transactions were entered into between a controlled foreign affiliate of the taxpayer ("BCo") and a foreign financial...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 12 - Subsection 12(11) - Investment Contract interest rate swap not a debt obligation 93

20 March 2012 External T.I. 2011-0424461E5 F - Déduction d'une rétribution à un agent immobilier

A taxpayer who owns two properties that allow the earning of rental income, and pays a real estate agent commissions (based on a percentage of the...

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Income Tax Technical News-42, 31 May 2010

"For tax purposes, the realization principle is generally the rule of law."

4 May 2010 External T.I. 2009-0329391E5 F - Provision pour retour de marchandises

Where a book publisher’s customers could return unsold books, it could not deduct a reserve from the profit required to be recognized by it on...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 18 - Subsection 18(1) - Paragraph 18(1)(e) no reserve where book publisher’s customers could return unsold books, cf. where a "true" clause for the return of unsold goods 230

30 March 2011 External T.I. 2010-0390591E5 F - Cotisation spéciale

All the condo owners in a condo complex that was used only in a high-end commercial accommodation business leased their units to a manager for a...

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Tax Topics - General Concepts - Payment & Receipt amounts paid by set-off are both paid even though no movement of funds 274
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 248 - Subsection 248(16) - Paragraph 248(16)(a) - Subparagraph 248(16)(a)(i) addition for GST and subtraction for ITC 141

19 September 2008 Internal T.I. 2008-0272441I7 - GUILT LOCK DERIVATIVE

Under a "gilt lock" hedge, the taxpayer, between the time of deciding to issue the bonds and the time of actually issuing them would hedge against...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 18 - Subsection 18(1) - Paragraph 18(1)(b) - Capital Expenditure v. Expense - Financing Expenditures derivative that effectively locked in effective interest rate on proposed bond issuance on income account 115
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 20 - Subsection 20(1) - Paragraph 20(1)(e) hedging expense to lock in interest rate 105

26 May 2008 Internal T.I. 2008-0272771I7 - Straight-line Amortization or Averaging of Rent

The smoothing of rent expenses generally required by GAAP is not permitted in computing income for tax purposes.

10 January 2008 External T.I. 2005-0139681E5 F - Dépenses reportées à une année ultérieure

In response to a query regarding a client's ability to deduct expenses in a taxation year subsequent to the one in which they were incurred, CRA...

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6 December 2006 External T.I. 2005-0163291E5 F - Résiliation d'une entente contractuelle

A corporation terminated a contractual services agreement and paid compensation to the other party equivalent to the present value of the amounts...

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29 June 2006 External T.I. 2006-0169231E5 F - Revenu de location

A taxpayer was required under GAAP to level out the rental payments receivable by it under an operating lease so that the rental income accrued to...

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7 June 2005 External T.I. 2005-0121921E5 F - Paiement à un emphytéote

Regarding a payment made by a landowner to a related corporation as an inducement to enter into a contract granting a right of emphyteusis, CRA...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 18 - Subsection 18(1) - Paragraph 18(1)(b) - Capital Expenditure v. Expense - Improvements v. Repairs or Running Expense Belgega -finding that inducement paid to prospective emphyteuta (tenant) was capital expenditure - noted 122

26 April 2005 External T.I. 2004-0107761E5 F - Aide à domicile/SAAQ

A taxpayer, injured in an automobile accident in 1994, received in 2004 a sum from the Quebec auto insurer (the “SAAQ”) to reimburse him for...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 3 - Paragraph 3(a) - Business Source/Reasonable Expectation of Profit Maurice inapplicable where the adult, mentally capable, victim receives the insurance himself and pays it as compensation for his wife’s care services 237

24 March 2003 Internal T.I. 2002-0177587 F - XXXXXXXXXX EN CONSIGNATION PERTE

The taxpayer purchased artwork but left it on consignment with the vendor for sale on his behalf. When the artwork remained unsold, he asked for...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 18 - Subsection 18(1) - Paragraph 18(1)(a) - Start-Up and Liquidation Costs business commences when a significant activity is initiated that is part of an income-generating process 112

9 January 2004 External T.I. 2003-0049195 F - Winding Up or a Contractor Subco

Opco, which is wholly-owned by Holdco, and has been using the percentage-of-completion method in computing its income from its construction...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 88 - Subsection 88(1) - Paragraph 88(1)(e.1) s. 88(1)(e.1) would permit parent to step into shoes of sub re s. 12(1)(a) inclusion and s. 20(1)(m) reserve 161
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 20 - Subsection 20(1) - Paragraph 20(1)(m) deferred revenue of construction contractor would not be triggered on its s. 88(1) wind-up and parent would be put to claiming any available new s. 20(1)(m) reserve 161

24 March 2003 Internal T.I. 2003-0184127 - COMMODITY OPTIONS

"Where [commodity] options that are sold are on income account and the taxpayer is not a mutual fund trust (where the mark-to-market approach is...

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22 May 2002 Internal T.I. 2001-0106577 F - APPARIEMENT DES REVENUS ET DEPENSES

In recommending that a payment made by a corporation, on entering into a contract that gave it the right to make a supply over a period of years,...

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28 February 2002 Internal T.I. 2001-0097117 F - TPS/TVH SUR UN AVANTAGE IMPOSABLE

After indicating that, where a corporation uses its employees to earn income from a business or property, it generally may deduct the GST/HST that...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 18 - Subsection 18(1) - Paragraph 18(1)(a) - Income-Producing Purpose GST on employee benefit, but not shareholder benefit, generally is deductible 158

11 February 2002 External T.I. 2001-0092975 F - MOMENT DE L'INCLUSION DANS LE REVENU

On May 2, 2001, a Quebec Order in Council, which took effect on June 1, 2001, provided that there would thereafter be paid to Quebec pharmacist...

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11 February 2002 Internal T.I. 2001-0102747 F - FABRICATION ET TRANSFORMATION

In finding that some of the taxpayer's contracts were construction contracts that qualified for the contract completion method, the Directorate...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 125.1 - Subsection 125.1(3) - Manufacturing or Processing - Paragraph (c) M&P activity not assimilated to construction business where half the gross revenues were from sales 80
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 125.1 - Subsection 125.1(3) - Canadian Manufacturing and Processing Profits not sale of products where services component of construction contract was not incidental 23

1999 Ruling 9903543 - TOTAL RETURN SWAPS & MUTUAL FUND TRUST

An open-end unit trust invests the proceeds of a public offering in a note of a bank and then enters into a total-return swap with the Bank...

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25 March 1999 Internal T.I. 9828577 - PART I.3/RESERVES,ADVANCES&SURPLUS

upfront fees received on interest/currency swaps likely were includible in income under s. 9 (so that no reserve under s. 20(1)(m) was available)...

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3 May 2000 T.I. 1999 - 001391

Where a stock option is granted to a business supplier, the fair market value of the option will be included in the supplier's income at the time...

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23 November 1999 External T.I. 9824405 - TIMING OF LOSS RECOGNITION--FUTURES CONTRACTS

At different times in year 1, a speculator entered into two separate futures contract, each with an arm's length third party. Under the first...

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22 February 2012 External T.I. 2008-0289021E5 - Fair Value Accounting - Liabilities

The correspondent noted that under the GAAP that prevailed in 2008 (contained in Section 3855 of the CICA Handbook) taxpayers whose financial...

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11 April 1990 T.I. AC58705 File 5-8705

premiums received for the issue of bonds (presumably on income account) were to be included in income at the time of issue under s. 9 rather than...

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Income Tax Technical News, No. 16, 8 March 1999: Comments on Canderel, College Park and Ikea cases.

Income Tax Technical News No. 14, 9 December 1998

RC will accept (at the choice of the mutual fund) either the realization method or the mark-to-market method for recognizing income on futures,...

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Income Tax Technical News, No. 8, 30 September 1996 "Bankrupt Corporation - Change of Fiscal Period"

23 July 1996 External T.I. 9615915 - TIMING OF REVENUE RECOGNITION S

In the business of providing services with respect to property of another person, revenue is recognized when the fee for the service is billed or...

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5 December 1995 External T.I. 9516145 - LEASE INDUCEMENTS

"Where a rental agreement provides for a rent-free period and there is no legal obligation on the part of the tenant to pay rent in respect of...

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29 March 1995 Internal T.I. 9419557 - FEDERAL SALES TAX REFUND

A federal sales tax refund that is received in respect of a prior year is to be included in income in the year of receipt rather than in the prior...

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Income Tax Technical News, No. 1, 22 July 1994

Beginning July 1995, sales commission expenses incurred by limited partnerships in connection with the distribution of mutual funds must be...

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19 July 1994 Memorandum (C.T.O. "Mutual Fund Limited Partnerships")

RC distinguishes mutual fund management corporations from limited partnerships and accepts that the former are allowed to deduct sales commission...

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31 October 1994 External T.I. 9421625 - INCOME RECOGNITION

Re whether a taxpayer that manufactures on a made-to-order basis and that, for accounting purposes, recognizes a percentage of income as each...

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25 August 1994 Internal T.I. 9419527 - SHORT-TERM CONTRACTS

A contractor that has entered into contacts that are to be completed within two years of the date of commencement and that comprise various...

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21 June 1994 External T.I. 9414065 - COMPLETION METHOD CONTRACT NOT FINISHED AFTER 2 YEARS

Generally, where a contractor reasonably has estimated that a contract will be completed within 24 months from its commencement, but due to...

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3 February 1994 External T.I. 5-932925

It is RC's understanding that the issuer of mortgage-backed securities administers the pooled mortgages and is entitled as payment for services to...

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Halifax Round Table, February 1994, Q. 23

Where a taxpayer accrues in its financial statements at year end a portion of an invoice which is not released until after the year end, it may be...

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1994 A.P.F.F. Round Table, Q. 25

A conditional sale of property to a client could be included in computing income under s. 9(1).

Rulings Directorate Discussion and Position Paper on Motion Picture Films and Video Tapes as Tax Shelters, Version 29/3/93 930501 (C.T.O. "Motion Picture Films - C.C.A.")

RC will permit a film limited partnership to report its revenue (including revenue subject to a revenue guarantee) on a cash basis (on the...

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9 January 1993 Memorandum (Tax Window, No. 30, p. 9, ¶2487)

Liquidated damages to be paid over a period of three to four years to a corporation for termination of a management agreement would be included in...

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13 May 1992 Internal T.I. 7-921151

Gold loans of gold producers should be revalued annually at the close of the borrower's tax year, with the resulting gain or loss included in...

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91 C.R. - Q.41

The date of disposition of property (and, therefore, the date upon which income commences to be earned by the purchaser) is the date the...

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16 July 1991 T.I. (Tax Window, No. 6, p. 14, ¶1350)

Where a non-resident trust which has made the election under s. 216(1) receives a lump sum as payment of the entire three-year rent for Canadian...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 216 - Subsection 216(1) 49

14 May 1991 T.I. (Tax Window, No. 3, p. 13, ¶1238)

Where a construction contract originally is for less than two years, so that the completion method of revenue recognition is available, but a...

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15 January 1990 Memorandum (June 1990 Access Letter, ¶1287)

The accounting practices expressed by CIPREC respecting rent-free periods granted by lessors as inducements should be followed.

15 January 1990 Memorandum (June 1990 Access Letter, ¶1251)

Discussion of the tax consequences of a short sale occurring under the laws of Quebec.

89 C.R. - Q.30

RC is appealing the decision in Friedberg and is not reconsidering its position with respect to commodities straddle transactions.

89 C.R. - Q.22

The liability of a borrower of gold in the business of mining and selling gold should be valued at the borrower's year-end and any gain or loss...

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87 C.R. - Q.25

Condominium developers are required, in accordance with GAAP, to recognize their profit at the time of the first closing (occupation by the...

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85 C.R. - Q.31

The matching principle is mandatory subject to any contrary provision of the Act.

IT-479R, "Transactions in Securities", para. 28-32

Discussion of timing of recognition of gains and losses on exchange traded call and put options.

Para. 25: Gains or losses of a writer of naked...

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IT-92R2 "Income of Contractors"

Discussion of recognition of holdbacks and discussion of "completion method".

Articles

Nigel P.J. Johnston, Roger E. Taylor, "Taxation of Hedges and Derivatives: Recent Developments", 2016 Conference Report (Canadian Tax Foundation), 13:1-36

Timing of employer loss recognition on hedge of phantom unit obligations (pp. 13:9-10)

Corporate employers may create phantom stock plans and...

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Douglas S. Ewens, Michael J. Flatters, "Toward a more Coherent Theory of Dispositions", 1995 Canadian Tax Journal, Vol. 43, No. 5, p. 1377

Discussion of the realization principle.

Harris, "Developments in Asset-backed Financing: Tax Considerations", Business Vehicles, Vol. III, No. 3, 1997, p. 136

Allgood, "Recent Developments in Asset-Backed Securitization", 1993 Conference Report, c. 16

Critique of Revenue Canada's position on the distinction between the sale of receivables, and loan secured with receivables.

Allgood, "Eaton's Leads With Public Securitization of Credit Card Receivables", Corporate Finance, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1992, p. 5

The residual purchase price payment made by the receivables trust to the vendors is accounted for by the selling corporations as proceeds only...

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Mandell, Yip, "Tax Shelters in the 1990's", 1991 Conference Report, pp. 35:23-35:28

Discussion of when a film distributor is required to recognize income in respect of advances received from licensees.

Pagan, "Measurement of Commercial Profit for Tax Purposes (Or What Willingale Was Really About)", British Tax Review, 1992, No. 2, p. 75

"There is a body of opinion that Willingale was wrongly decided ..." (p. 80).

Tiley, "More on Receivability and Receipt", 1986 British Tax Review, p. 152.

Tiley, "Receivability and Receipt: The Problem of Timing Under Income Tax Legislation", 1982 British Tax Review, p. 23.

Accounting Pronouncements

CICA Emerging Issues Committee, EIC-65, 16 October 1995 "Law Firms - Revenue Recognition":

A law firm should recognize its fee revenue as it...

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