Cases
Canada v. Cheema, 2018 FCA 45
In finding that the purchase of a new home did not qualify for the new housing rebate because one of the named purchasers in the purchase...
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| Tax Topics - Excise Tax Act - Section 254 - Subsection 254(2) - Paragraph 254(2)(b) | third party who did not intend to occupy was liable at the purchase agreement time | 355 |
| Tax Topics - Excise Tax Act - Section 133 | s. 133 deemed an acquisition of future home on co-purchaser's signing purchase agreement, notwithstanding that no beneficial interest received on closing | 268 |
| Tax Topics - Statutory Interpretation - Ordinary Meaning | Court should not depart from usual interpretation principles in seeking a sensible result | 128 |
| Tax Topics - Excise Tax Act - Regulations - New Harmonized Value-Added Tax System Regulations, No. 2 - Section 40 | co-purchaser with no intended beneficial interest was required to satisfy ETA s. 254(2) rules | 171 |
| Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 104 - Subsection 104(1) | "legal acquirer" rather than intended beneficial owner was the purchaser | 219 |
65302 British Columbia Ltd. v. Canada, 99 DTC 5799, [1999] 3 S.C.R. 804
After noting that the minority proposed that the distinction between deductible and non-deductible fines be determined on a case-by-case basis,...
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| Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 18 - Subsection 18(1) - Paragraph 18(1)(a) - Income-Producing Purpose | fines for conduct engaged in for an income-producing purpose | 270 |
| Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 18 - Subsection 18(1) - Paragraph 18(1)(a) - Public Policy | 71 | |
| Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 18 - Subsection 18(1) - Paragraph 18(1)(b) - Capital Expenditure v. Expense - Improvements v. Repairs or Running Expense | avoidance of threat to business not relevant to income treatment | 124 |
| Tax Topics - Statutory Interpretation - Drafting Style | avoid policy conjectures in detailed and complex statute | 126 |
| Tax Topics - Statutory Interpretation - Resolving Ambiguity | 125 |