In Dias v R, 2021 TCC 85, the taxpayers unsuccessfully argued that loans that appeared to be to a numbered company had actually been made to corporations that might have been small business corporations (the numbered company was not). The…
ABIL denied
In Moose Factory Restaurant Properties Ltd. v R, 2019 TCC 156, the taxpayer claimed an ABIL in respect of a debt of a third party that the taxpayer had guaranteed. The third party went bankrupt leaving the taxpayer exposed under…
Ponzi schemes and bad debts
Although the CRA doesn’t mention Delle Donne v R, 2015 TCC 150 (discussed here), it recently considered when a victim of a ponzi scheme can write off a bad debt in respect of interest previously included in income. See 2017-0691941I7…
Interest on debt to acquire land; bad debts
Per Lyons J in Kokai-Kuun Estate v R, 2015 TCC 217: a taxpayer cannot add to the cost of vacant land interest and property taxes paid in respect of the land where it was acquired for “investment” purposes but never…
Delle Donne v HMQ
The Financial Post has a report in it today on Delle Donne v R, 2015 TCC 150, in which yours truly acted as counsel for the taxpayer. Translation of Bill Innes’ comment in the Post article: even a chimp could…
Proposal problems for ABILs
In Gaumond v R, 2014 TCC 339, an informal procedure case, the taxpayer, as part of a proposal under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, forgave a debt owed to him by a CCPC he controlled. The Tax Court denied the…