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Income tax act 2026 TCC 43

Sechelt Holdings Inc. v. The King

The Tax Court quashed Sechelt Holdings Inc.’s appeal, finding the dispute arose from a discretionary refusal to extend time for a late election, with no appealable reassessment or valid objection.

  • Late election under s.220(3.2)
  • Jurisdiction of tax court
  • Notice of assessment and objection
  • Determination vs discretionary decision
  • Judicial review
  • Tax-court-jurisdiction
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Tax law 2025 TCC 181

Saskatchewan v. The King

The Tax Court struck most of Saskatchewan’s appeal pleadings in a fuel-charge assessment dispute, allowed limited amendments, and awarded costs to the Crown.

  • Carbon pricing
  • Greenhouse gas pollution pricing act
  • Ultra vires
  • Jurisdiction of tax court
  • Interjurisdictional immunity
  • Crown immunity
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Excise tax act (gst) 2025 TCC 153

Fraser v. The King

The Tax Court held the notice of assessment was sent, making the taxpayer’s objection and extension requests out of time. The appeal was quashed for lack of jurisdiction.

  • Notice of assessment
  • Notice of objection
  • Statutory time limits
  • Extension of time
  • Jurisdiction of tax court
  • Notice-of-assessment
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Income tax 2025 TCC 86

Schwarz v. The King

The Tax Court dismissed Klaus Schwarz’s application to extend time to appeal reassessments for 2008 to 2014, finding it was filed late and sought relief beyond the Court’s jurisdiction.

  • Extension of time
  • Notice of confirmation
  • Procedural fairness
  • Estoppel
  • Accord and satisfaction
  • Jurisdiction of tax court
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Income tax act 2024 TCC 131

Haleem v. The King

The Minister’s rejection of the late-filed CPP opt-out form was a discretionary decision reviewable on a reasonableness standard by the Federal Court; the Tax Court lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate such discretionary decisions even where they affect assessed tax amounts, therefore the appeal that seeks review of that discretionary decision must be dismissed.

  • Cpp election
  • Late-filed election
  • Ministerial discretion
  • Jurisdiction of tax court
  • Standard of review (vavilov)
  • Judicial review
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Social security law 2024 SST 392

MS v Minister of Employment and Social Development

Because the Tax Court conclusively confirmed the income figures used by the Minister to recalculate the Appellant's GIS and the General Division correctly applied the high threshold for summary dismissal, there were no remaining arguable issues and the General Division did not err; the appeal is dismissed.

  • Old age security
  • Guaranteed income supplement
  • Overpayment
  • Summary dismissal
  • Jurisdiction of tax court
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Tax law 2023 TCC 172

Callahan v. The King

The appeal is quashed because the Tax Court lacks jurisdiction to judicially review the Minister's discretionary decision to waive or cancel penalties and interest under ss.207.06 and 220(3.1) of the Income Tax Act, and the appellant did not pursue the available remedy of judicial review in the Federal Court (and failed to establish a valid notice of objection).

  • Tfsa excess contributions
  • Taxpayer relief provisions
  • Ministerial discretion
  • Jurisdiction of tax court
  • Notice of objection requirements
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Tax law 2023 FC 1439

Laurent c. Canada (Procureur général)

The Federal Court denied Morgan Laurent an extension of time to seek judicial review of CRA collection action, awarding costs to the respondent.

  • Extension of time
  • Collection action
  • Source deductions
  • Notices of assessment
  • Jurisdiction of tax court
  • Extension-of-time
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Income tax act 2021 TCC 48

Girard v. The Queen

Because the appellant did not file a valid objection within the 90-day period following the December 3, 2007 reassessment and did not request permission to file a late objection within the additional one-year period, the Tax Court lacked jurisdiction to hear the appeal and the notice of appeal was properly struck.

  • Objection requirement
  • Limitation periods
  • Permission to file an objection
  • Jurisdiction of tax court
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Tax law 2021 BCSC 527

De Vries v. Canada Revenue Agency

The court struck a self-represented plaintiff’s claim against the CRA as an abuse of process and statute-barred, refusing leave to amend and dismissing the action.

  • Abuse of process
  • Jurisdiction of tax court
  • Striking pleadings
  • Limitation period
  • Seizure and sale
  • Taxpayer bill of rights
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