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Income tax 2026 TCC 78

Milne v. The King

The Tax Court dismissed Brad Milne’s CERS appeal, holding that a studio in his rented home was part of a self-contained domestic establishment and not a qualifying property.

  • Canada emergency rent subsidy
  • Qualifying property
  • Self-contained domestic establishment
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Apportionment of rent
  • Income-tax
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Income tax 2026 TCC 79

Curran v. The King

La Cour accueille la requête du ministre et rejette l’appel après le défaut de l’appelant de comparaître à un interrogatoire préalable et son recours à des arguments pseudo-juridiques.

  • Canadian exploration and development expenses
  • Guidepost group
  • Examination for discovery
  • Dismissal for want of prosecution
  • Pseudo-legal/sovereign citizen arguments
  • Costs
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Tax law 2026 FCA 84

Chad v. Canada

Paletta Estate correctly interprets Stewart and Walls; where objective evidence shows an activity that appears commercial was undertaken with the purpose of realizing a loss rather than pursuing profit, that activity is not a source of income; the Tax Court properly applied this principle to find the appellant intended to incur a loss and thus had no source of income, so the reassessment was correctly confirmed.

  • Source of income
  • Pursuit of profit
  • Sham transactions
  • Tax reassessment
  • Standards of review
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Income tax 2026 TCC 67

941624 Alberta Ltd. v. The King

The Tax Court quashed a large corporation’s appeals for 2020–2022 because its notices of objection did not satisfy the statutory objection requirements.

  • Large corporation rules
  • Notice of objection
  • Subsection 165(1.11)
  • Subsection 165(1.12)
  • Subsection 169(2.1)
  • Quashing of appeals for non-compliance
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Income tax 2026 TCC 60

Owens Corning Canada Holdings ULC v. The King

The Tax Court granted the Crown’s motion to quash, holding it lacked jurisdiction to order a downward transfer pricing adjustment in computing FAPI.

  • Transfer pricing
  • Foreign accrual property income
  • Jurisdiction
  • Downward transfer pricing adjustments
  • Transfer-pricing
  • Foreign-accrual-property-income
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Income tax 2026 TCC 57

McCutcheon v. The King

The Tax Court dismissed William McCutcheon’s appeals and upheld s. 163(2) penalties, finding he was wilfully blind to false business and capital loss claims.

  • S.163(2) penalty
  • Wilful blindness
  • Gross negligence
  • Tax preparer schemes
  • Wilful-blindness
  • Income-tax-act
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Income tax 2026 TCC 40

C & W Offshore Ltd. v. The King

The Tax Court confirmed Part XIII withholding tax and penalties on rental payments to a UK company, finding it was the beneficial owner and not an agent for Norway.

  • Withholding tax
  • Beneficial ownership
  • Agency
  • Treaty interpretation
  • Due diligence penalty defence
  • Withholding-tax
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Income tax 2026 TCC 37

Ratti v. The King

The Tax Court allowed Paul Ratti’s appeal, holding his employment income was qualifying revenue for CEWS purposes and that personal domestic-worker wages did not bar entitlement.

  • Canada emergency wage subsidy
  • Qualifying revenue
  • Joint election s.125.7(4)(d)
  • Revenue decline test
  • Personal expenses
  • Dividends
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Tax law 2026 TCC 34

Poce v. The King

The Tax Court addressed seven related tax appeals involving reassessments, shareholder benefits, shareholder loans, HST adjustments and gross negligence penalties.

  • Reassessment beyond normal reassessment period
  • Shareholder benefits (s.15)
  • Shareholder loans (s.15(2))
  • Interest benefit (s.80.4)
  • Gross negligence penalties (s.163(2), s.285 eta)
  • Deductibility of director’s fees and vehicle costs
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Income tax 2026 CCI 8

Rivard c. Le Roi

La Cour canadienne de l'impôt a ordonné aux procureurs du requérant de payer personnellement 625 $ en dépens pour leur absence à l'audience du 10 juillet 2025.

  • Extension of time
  • Costs
  • Sanctions against counsel
  • Failure to appear
  • Cessation of representation
  • Failure-to-appear
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