Les intérêts sont-ils déductibles? – Principes de base de la déductibilité des intérêts au Canada
Les règles régissant la déductibilité des intérêts sont de plus en plus complexes. Lorsqu’une entreprise en expansion en vient à exercer ses activités dans de nouveaux territoires de compétences et organise sa structure de façon à tirer parti de certains...
Échec de la revendication du privilège du secret professionnel de l’avocat : commentaires sur Canada (Revenu national) c. BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., 2022 CF 157
Dans l’affaire Canada (Revenu national) c. BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. instruite en 2022, le ministre du Revenu national (le « ministre ») a sollicité une ordonnance, en vertu de l’article 231.7 de la Loi de l’impôt sur le revenu (Canada) [la « Loi »], en vue...
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What should I do with my non-CCPC?!?!
Taxpayers who previously engaged in non-CCPC tax planning have a decision to make – and ideally soon. For context, in recent years, a number of Canadian taxpayers implemented planning that involved causing a Canadian-controlled private corporation (“CCPC”) to cease to...
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Cryptocurrency and tax reporting obligations
Background framework Section 233.3 of the Income Tax Act (Canada)[1] (the “ITA”) requires Canadian resident taxpayers (subject to certain exceptions) and partnerships with Canadian resident members (subject to certain exceptions) (each referred to as a “specified Canadian entity”) to report...
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New PST for admission and entertainment charges in Saskatchewan: Businesses need to be prepared
Going to see your favourite band play or sports team compete is about to cost more in Saskatchewan. With the release of the 2022-2023 Saskatchewan Provincial Budget, it was announced that the Province’s provincial sales tax (“PST”) would be expanded...
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Short-term and taxable preferred shares: Think before you dividend
Introduction Dividend sits among the group of the most pleasant words in the English language. The crescendo of the single letter syllable in the middle of the word creates a satisfying enunciation when spoken. The connotation of the receipt of...
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Why online marketplaces and e-commerce businesses should review their Canadian sales tax obligations
Online marketplace platform operators and facilitators, and other e‑commerce businesses, that did not have Canadian sales tax obligations when they first started operations may now find that they are required to register for, and collect, Canadian sales tax in one...
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Post-COVID emigration: Don’t forget the tax!
As COVID-19 travel restrictions are lifted, individuals who are usually resident in another country but sheltered in place in Canada during the pandemic may decide to return to their countries of residence. Those individuals who are planning to leave Canada...
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Recent changes to pertinent loan or indebtedness (PLOI) elections
On March 25, 2022, the Canada Revenue Agency (the « CRA« ) issued a notice to tax professionals outlining certain changes to « pertinent loan or indebtedness » (« PLOI« ) elections, including PLOI elections made in respect of cross-border shareholder loans under subsection 15(2.11) of...
Analyse du budget fédéral de 2022
Introduction Le budget fédéral de 2022 a été déposé à la Chambre des communes le 7 avril 2022 par l’honorable Chrystia Freeland, vice-première ministre et ministre des Finances du Canada. Dans son avant-propos, la vice-première ministre a commencé par adresser ses...
