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Administrative law 2020 FC 430

Husteel Co. Ltd v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court struck Husteel’s judicial review challenge to a CBSA normal value review, holding the decision was a non-justiciable preliminary step with no immediate legal effect.

  • Judicial reviewability
  • Jurisdiction
  • Adequate alternative remedy
  • Anti-dumping duties
  • Normal value review
  • Procedural fairness
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Tax law 2020 FCA 12

Montecristo Jewellers Inc. v. Canada

The Tax Court correctly concluded delivery occurred in Canada because the customer obtained full and unrestricted possession and assumed all risk in Canada at the Vancouver airport, there was no implied contractual term requiring delivery outside Canada, and the supply was not zero‑rated because the jewellery was not shipped to a destination outside Canada specified in a contract for carriage; accordingly the reassessments under the Excise Tax Act stood and the appeal was dismissed.

  • Gst/hst
  • Zero‑rating
  • Export sales
  • Delivery
  • Implied terms
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Customs and excise 2016 SCC 38

Canada (Attorney General) v. Igloo Vikski Inc.

The Supreme Court of Canada held that hockey gloves with mixed materials were properly classified as gloves, mittens or mitts under the Customs Tariff.

  • Tariff classification
  • Harmonized system interpretation
  • General rules for the interpretation of the harmonized system (rules 1,2,3)
  • Standard of review — reasonableness
  • Tariff-classification
  • Customs-tariff
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Tax law 2007 FCA 15

713460 Ontario Ltd. v. Canada

The court held that the appellant was a manufacturer within the meaning of s.23(1) of the Excise Tax Act because it produced and supplied grandfather clocks with essential components (mechanism and dial) and the remaining installation of pendulum and weights by the purchaser required minimal skill and effort, so the appellant was required to remit excise taxes.

  • Excise tax act interpretation
  • Definition of manufacturer
  • Deeming provisions
  • Remittance of excise tax
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Tax law 2005 FC 1427

W.O. Stinson & Son Ltd. v. Canada (Minister of National Revenue)

The Federal Court held that W.O. Stinson & Son Ltd. had to remit excise tax under the Excise Tax Act for heating oil diverted and sold for diesel use.

  • Excise tax liability
  • Diversion of tax-exempt fuel
  • Definition of diesel fuel
  • Subsection 23(9.1) liability
  • Excise-tax
  • Statutory-interpretation
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Tax law 2005 FC 771

Pieces d'autos usagées RTA (1986) Inc. v. Canada

La Cour fĂ©dĂ©rale a accueilli l’appel et annulĂ© la dĂ©cision du Tribunal, concluant que les vĂ©hicules importĂ©s pour piĂšces n’étaient plus des « vĂ©hicules » au sens de l’article 7.

  • Excise tax on air conditioners
  • Definition of "vehicle"
  • Permanent installation of equipment
  • Refund of overpaid excise tax
  • Excise-tax
  • Statutory-interpretation
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Access to information 2001 SCC 89

Privacy Act (Can.) (Re)

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal over disclosure of customs traveller information to the Employment Insurance Commission under a memorandum of understanding.

  • Disclosure of personal information
  • Statutory authorization for disclosure
  • Memorandum of understanding and data sharing
  • Employment insurance disentitlement
  • Disclosure-of-personal-information
  • Statutory-authorization
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Tax law 2001 FCT 988

Penner International Inc. v. The Queen

The Federal Court held that diesel fuel consumed en route in cross-border trucking was not “exported” under the Excise Tax Act, so the rebate and drawback appeals failed.

  • Export definition
  • Rebate (section 68.1)
  • Drawback (section 70(1)(a))
  • Limitation period
  • Severance and merger test
  • Excise-tax-act
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Administrative law 2001 SCC 36

Canada (Deputy Minister of National Revenue) v. Mattel Canada Inc.

The Supreme Court held that, for Customs Act valuation, the relevant sale was the one to the importer and that the royalties and periodic payments were not dutiable on these facts.

  • Valuation for duty
  • Transaction value
  • Royalties and licence fees
  • Standard of review
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Customs-valuation
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