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Income tax 2025 TCC 142

Martinez Cedeno v. The King

The Tax Court dismissed the appeal without costs after finding it lacked jurisdiction over the residence dispute and that the appellant had appealed to the wrong court.

  • Residence for tax purposes
  • Jurisdiction
  • Notice of confirmation
  • Appeal rights
  • Tax court jurisdiction
  • Provincial taxation
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Tax law 2007 NSSC 341

Nova Scotia v. Owens

The court accepted the appellant’s testimony and documentary evidence demonstrating that his primary residential and occupational ties were in Alberta during 2002-2003 (Calgary employment base, accommodation, licences, bank and insurance arrangements and limited visits to Nova Scotia) and that his family ties in Nova Scotia were insufficient to render him resident of Nova Scotia for those taxation years; accordingly the reassessments were overturned.

  • Residency for tax purposes
  • Tax assessment
  • Provincial taxation
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Constitutional law 2007 SCC 21

British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Christie

The Supreme Court of Canada upheld British Columbia’s legal services tax, holding there is no general constitutional right to counsel in all rights-based court or tribunal proceedings.

  • Access to justice
  • Right to counsel
  • Rule of law
  • Provincial taxation
  • Legal services tax
  • Charter rights
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Tax law 2002 BCSC 1459

Teck Corp. v. British Columbia

The court held that Teck could not deduct profit-based mining taxes paid to other provinces when recomputing income under British Columbia’s provincial tax scheme.

  • Income tax
  • Mining tax
  • Deductibility of expenses
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Provincial taxation
  • Income-tax
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Taxation [1989] 1 SCR 1133

Canadian Pacific Air Lines Ltd. v. British Columbia

La Cour suprĂȘme a conclu que la taxe provinciale ne s’appliquait pas aux aĂ©ronefs et Ă  leurs piĂšces, mais ne pouvait pas ĂȘtre rĂ©cupĂ©rĂ©e pour les ventes d’alcool en vol payĂ©es par les passagers.

  • Provincial taxation
  • Retail sales tax
  • Situs for taxation
  • Interprovincial undertakings
  • Recovery for mistake of law
  • In‑flight sales of goods
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Taxation [1989] 1 SCR 1161

Air Canada v. British Columbia

The Supreme Court of Canada held the 1974 gasoline tax invalid, but upheld the 1976 and 1981 retroactive amendments and rejected Charter s. 7 claims.

  • Provincial taxation
  • Direct tax vs indirect tax
  • Ultra vires legislation
  • Retroactive taxation
  • Mistake of law
  • Restitution
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Taxation [1978] 1 SCR 447

Alworth v. Minister of Finance

The Supreme Court of Canada held that British Columbia’s Logging Tax Act validly taxed income from logging operations in the province, including non-residents and certain trustees.

  • Provincial taxation
  • Direct taxation within the province (bna act s.92(2))
  • Characterization of tax (in personam vs. income/property)
  • Assessability of trustees and administrators
  • Statutory interpretation of logging tax act ss.3,7,16,17
  • Provincial-taxation
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Constitutional law (1919) 59 SCR 19

Great West Saddlery Co v. The King / John Deere Plow Co. v. The King / A MacDonald Co. v. Harmer

La Cour suprĂȘme du Canada a confirmĂ© la validitĂ© de certaines dispositions de la Saskatchewan Companies Act imposant l’enregistrement et une licence annuelle aux sociĂ©tĂ©s, y compris les sociĂ©tĂ©s fĂ©dĂ©rales.

  • Provincial taxation
  • Companies registration and licensing
  • Federal-provincial powers
  • Enforcement of statutory penalties
  • Provincial-taxation
  • Companies-registration-and-licensing
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Constitutional law (1911) 45 SCR 170

Calgary & Edmonton Land Co. v. Alberta (Attorney-General)

The Supreme Court of Canada held that a beneficial interest in railway land subsidy lands could be taxed provincially before Crown patent issued.

  • Provincial taxation
  • Land subsidy
  • Crown lands
  • Assessment and taxation
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Patent issuance
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