Regulations/Statutory Delegation

Cases

McNeeley v. Canada, 2021 FCA 218

Webb JA noted that a trust (the D2L Employee Trust) satisfied the terms both of the definition of an employee benefit plan (EBP) in s. 248(1) and...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 248 - Subsection 248(1) - Employee Benefit Plan plan that came within EBP and Reg. 4800.1 descriptions was to be treated as an EBP 631
Tax Topics - Income Tax Regulations - Regulation 4800.1 prescribed trust was to be treated as an EBP and thus excluded from s. 107 rules 283

Canada v. The Mark Anthony Group Inc., 2019 FCA 183

An excise duty exemption applied to Canadian cider if it could be said that it was “produced in Canada and composed wholly of agricultural or...

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Tax Topics - Other Legislation/Constitution - Federal - Excise Act, 2001 - Section 135 - Subsection 135(2) - Paragraph 135(2)(a) all-ingredients test applied to each alcoholic component – not to all components 320

Canada v. Société des alcools du Québec, 2002 FCA 69

The respondent, which was the Quebec liquor marketing board, sought a full refund of the federal sales tax (imposed at a 19% rate) that was...

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Tax Topics - Excise Tax Act - Section 120 - Subsection 120(5) liquor board was entitled to a full rebate of the FST included in its liquor inventory as the Reg. did not give effect to the legislative intent to avoid double taxation 323

British Columbia Ferry Corp. v. Canada, 2001 FCA 146

The appellant operated ferries between ports in B.C., so that from a common law and international law perspective, it was operating in the inland...

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Friends of the Oldman River Society v. Canada (Minister of Transport), [1992] 1 S.C.R. 3

Before confirming the quashing of an approval of the federal Minister of Transport given pursuant to the Navigable Waters Protection Act (Canada)...

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Alaska Trainship Corporation et al. v. Pacific Pilotage Authority, [1981] 1 S.C.R. 261

The Pilotage Act, 1971 (Canada) stated that the purpose of a Pilotage Authority was to "administer in the interests of safety". The Supreme Court...

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Irving Oil Ltd. et al. v. Provincial Secretary of New Brunswick, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 787

A provision of the Social Services and Education Tax Act (N.B.) provided an exemption from provincial sales tax for “machinery and apparatus as...

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Carling Export Brew & Malt Co. v. The King, [1931] A.C. 435 (P.C.)

A federal excise tax exemption for goods "manufactured for export, under regulations prescribed by the Minister of Customs and Excise" was...

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See Also

Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Arrbab, [2024] EWCA Civ 16

Section 124 of the Finance Act 2008 ("FA 2008") provided inter alia that Treasury could by statutory instrument make an order in connection with...

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Tax Topics - Other Legislation/Constitution - Federal - Federal Courts Act - Section 27 - Subsection 27(1.1) conditions for considering an academic appeal were satisfied 319

Attorney General of Canada v. Caisse Desjardins de Limoilou, 2020 QCCA 1612

Reg. 2201 provided a carve-out, from the super-priority of the Crown under ITA ss. 227(4) and (4.1) regarding unremitted source deductions and...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Regulations - Regulation 2201 - Subsection 2201(2) - Paragraph 2201(2)(a) a mortgagee’s prescribed security interest was reduced under Reg. 2201(2)(a) by the shareholders’ guarantee 397

Weyerhaeuser Company Limited v. The Queen, 2007 TCC 65

Before going on to interpret Reg. 105 narrowly and find that it was intra vires, Bowie J quoted with approval the statement made by Cartwright J...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Regulations - Regulation 105 - Subsection 105(1) no withholding on reimbursements for disbursements/no requirement for documentary support for allocations in NRs' invoices/travel time to Canada not re Cdn services 499
Tax Topics - Statutory Interpretation - Interpretation Act - Section 16 "in respect of" in Regulation read narrowly to conform with "for" in statute 169

Placer Dome Canada Ltd. v. Ontario (Minister of Finance), 2006 DTC 6532, 2006 SCC 20, [2006] 1 S.C.R. 715

A definition of "hedging" was introduced, first by way of Regulation and, subsequently by amendment to the Mining Tax Act (Ontario), which had the...

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Tax Topics - Statutory Interpretation - Interpretation Bulletins, etc. shifting CRA position could not be relied upon except to evidence ambiguity 79
Tax Topics - Statutory Interpretation - Redundancy/reading in words presumption against tautology 120
Tax Topics - Statutory Interpretation - Resolving Ambiguity residual presumption in favour of the taxpayer 133
Tax Topics - Income Tax Regulations - Regulation 1204 - Subsection 1204(1) - Paragraph 1204(1)(b) cash-settled derivatives had the effect of fixing mine production] 453
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 9 - Capital Gain vs. Profit - Futures/Forwards/Hedges “hedging “ includes cash settled derivatives including options 461