In Canada Trustco Mortgage Company v. The Queen, 2008 TCC 482, aff’d 2009 FCA 267, the Tax Court held that a financial institution must comply with a requirement to pay even where the the funds sought to be seized from the institution were held in a lawyer’s trust account.
Audit headlines
Retail Loses Again
Taxpayers who participated in ‘retail’ donation tax shelters continue to fare poorly in the Tax Court. See MarĂ©chaux v. The Queen, 2009 TCC 587.
Triangles
Don’t forget the triangular amalgamation. While these types of amalgamations are more typical in the public company context, they can be a useful tool for private company deals too.
Eligible Dividends
Zapper
Tax for Trusts
The following article will appear in an upcoming edition of the Hamilton Law Association Law Journal.
Freeze Shares
The following article appeared in the latest edition of the Hamilton Law Association Law Journal.
Records
Valuation redux
In a post I wrote about a year ago, I complained about the CRA’s then-recent pronouncements on control premiums. The CRA, at the most recent Canadian Tax Foundation BC Conference, recanted this position, at least in part, as follows: