Monthly Archives: April 2009

Reorgs

Despite the many technical pitfalls in the reorganization provisions of the Income Tax Act, cases involving those provisions do not often come before the Tax Court. Husky Oil Limited v. The Queen, 2009 TCC 118, is one such case that … Continue reading

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Capital dividends and 160

The Tax Court, in Neumann v. The Queen, 2009 TCC 81, has decided that a capital dividend is a transfer of property for the purposes of section 160, just like an ordinary dividend.

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Capital Dividends Again

The following article appeared in the latest edition of the Hamilton Law Association Law Journal.

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Corrupt

No doubt some taxpayers believe that the CRA is corrupt, but the truth is that most CRA personnel are dedicated and professional civil servants. On the other hand, it’s not necessarily lily-white either.

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Nerd update

In the interests of doing my part to be part of Web 2.0, I’ve deleted my page on this blog devoted to links of interest to tax practitioners, and I’ve created a page of links at delicious.com instead. Those of … Continue reading

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Tax Nerd

Paragraph 149.1(4)(c) in my version of the Practitioner’s Income Tax Act (35th edition) is missing an “or” at the end of it. I emailed David Sherman, the PITA editor, about this, and he confirmed that the “or” was missing in … Continue reading

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