Subsection 267.1(5)
Paragraph 267.1(5)(a)
Cases
British Columbia Investment Management Corp. v. Canada (A. G.), 2018 BCCA 47, leave to appeal to SCC granted on 11 October 2018
bcIMC was a BC Crown agent which was formed to manage and hold investments for the provincial pension plans. The governing Act created a statutory trust under which each pension plan only has an entitlement to units in the investment pools managed by bcIMC and does not have ownership in any investment pool assets. Willcock JA noted (at para 109) that “there is no clear beneficial interest in the pooled funds that is distinct from bcIMC’s legal interest.”
Before concluding that (but for an intergovernmental agreement under which the Province agreed that it and its agents would be liable for GST), s. 267.1(5)(a) had the effect of imposing federal tax on bcIMC contrary to s. 125 of the Constitution Act, 1867, Willcock JA found (at para. 113) that s. 267.1(5)(a) effected “a change in the identity of the recipient of the services from the trustee, here the exempt Province, to the trust, a third party” and thereby “had the effect of separating the Crown from its assets.”
| Locations of other summaries | Wordcount | |
|---|---|---|
| Tax Topics - Other Legislation/Constitution - Constitution Act, 1867 - Section 125 | imposition of GST on investment assets held by a provincial Crown agent would have been prohibited by its governmental immunity but for the reciprocal taxation agreement | 483 |
| Tax Topics - Excise Tax Act - Section 122 | deeming services provided by B.C. Crown agent in managing assets held in trust trenched on B.C. crown immunity | 237 |
| Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - 101-110 - Section 104 - Subsection 104(1) | arrangement under which the beneficiaries only had rights to units and no ownership of underlying assets was treated as a trust | 164 |
| Tax Topics - Other Legislation/Constitution - Federal - Federal Court Act - Section 19 | enforcement of a reciprocal taxation agreement was possible pursuant to the Federal Courts Act | 232 |