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- Les méthodes indirectes de vérification dont disposent l’ARC et l’ARQ
L’administration du régime fiscal au Canada est fondée sur l’autocotisation par les contribuables, mais renforcée par les vérifications des autorités fiscales afin de s’assurer de l’exactitude des montants déclarés. La confiance que le gouvernement nous accorde doit donc pouvoir être validée. The po … Read more »
- Input Tax Credits: “Supporting Documentation” Need Not Always Be Issued or Signed by the Supplier
Under subsection 169(4) ETA, in order to claim an ITC, a registrant must, before filing the return in which the ITC is claimed, obtain “sufficient evidence in such form containing such information as will enable the amount of the input tax credit to be determined, including any such information as m … Read more »
- Director’s Liability – Checking the Box Is Not Due Diligence
The role of director of a corporation comes with privileges, but also responsibilities. In the context of taxation, directors have a duty to ensure that source withholdings, including GST and QST, are collected by the corporation and remitted to the tax authorities. Failure to do so will implicate t … Read more »
- Trust Prevented from Going Back on Its CCA Filing
The St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School Trust (the “Trust”) had a leasehold interest in the school bearing its name, and surrounding land (class 13 property). From 1997 to 2003, the Trust claimed CCA and triggered non-capital losses (“NCLs”). The post Trust Prevented from Going Back on Its CCA Fi … Read more »
- There Must Be an Intention to Profit for a Business to Exist
In Canada v. Paletta, the Federal Court of Appeal clarified that, in order for a business to exist, there must be an intention to earn a profit. Absent such intention, there is no business and therefore no “source of income”. The post There Must Be an Intention to Profit for a Business to Exist appe … Read more »