Series of transactions

Series of transactions redux

The author asks whether Agence du revenu du Québec c. Custeau, 2020 QCCA 1496, aff’g 2018 QCCQ 5692 (discussed here) reverses a trend that gave an expanded meaning to the phrase “series of transactions” in subsection 248(10) of the Income…

In Agence du revenu du Québec c Custeau, 2020 QCCA 1496, the Court considered whether PUC shift and a subsequent reduction of that PUC were part of the same series of transactions such that the Quebec GAAR would apply to…

Series of transactions

It’s frustrating for clients when I tell them that about the “series of transactions” concept as it relates to related party butterflies. I tell them there’s no bright line test for what constitutes a series so that there is always…

Sale of shares on income account

In Rudolph v R, 2024 TCC 148, the Tax Court held that the taxpayer had not disposed of shares in 2007 as alleged by the CRA. Instead, the taxpayer had received a loan from the purchaser in 2007 that was…

Deemed proceeds of an asset

In 0808414 B.C. Ltd. v R, 2024 TCC 99, the taxpayer sold equipment to a non-arm’s length purchaser as part of a transaction that also transferred employees and obligations under a pension and benefits plan. The CRA reassessed on the…

Trust beneficiary liability under s 160

In Barwicz v R, 2024 CCI 93, the Tax Court held that a beneficiary of a trust was liable under section 160 for its unpaid tax to the extent of capital distributions received from the trust. Subsection 107(2), which provides…

Fraudulent conveyances

In Ontario Securities Commission v Camerlengo Holdings Inc., 2023 ONCA 93, the OSC brought a claim under s 2 of the Fraudulent Conveyances Act (Ontario) (the “FCA”) against a husband and wife. The husband and wife convinced a judge to…

Purported shareholder loan repayments treated as income

In Kumar v R, 2024 TCC 105 (informal procedure), the Court found that the CRA had properly reassessed the appellant to include in his income payments to him and his son made by a corporation to which the appellant had…

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