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…

Guest post on the DTC

The following article on the disability tax credit was written by Tanya O’Connell, a former law clerk at Loukidelis Professional Corporation. The Disability Tax Credit (DTC) The DTC is a personal tax credit available under section 118.3 of the Income…

Inter-company loans

Subsection 15(1) of the Income Tax Act could apply where Aco loans money to Bco and Bco has no means of repaying the money. On the other hand, subsection 246(1) will not apply where Bco and its shareholder have no…

Change in use and flipping

The CRA has confirmed that a deemed disposition under subsection 45(1) of the Income Tax Act resulting from a change in use is not a disposition for the purposes of the flipping rules in subsections 12(12) and 12(13). See 2024-1027831C6.

Swiss bank account trouble

In Azmayesh-Fard v R, 2025 TCC 20, the Court considered whether the CRA had properly reassessed a taxpayer beyond the normal reassessment period and imposed gross negligence penalties for unreported income from a Swiss bank account and for failing to…

Price adjustment clause

An accounting colleague has reported to me on a CRA audit involving a price adjustment clause. The CRA challenged the valuation used for a transfer of property. The taxpayer and the CRA eventually agreed on a valuation that was about…

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