ArticleCRA Releases New APA ReportOn January 10, 2013, the Canada Revenue Agency released its 2011-2012 Advance Pricing Arrangement Program Report.CanadaTaxDentons Canada LLP
ArticleTransfer Pricing 2023: Trends & DevelopmentsThere are more transfer pricing disputes making their way to court in Canada. Here, transfer pricing disputes have been primarily resolved through one of two methods...CanadaTaxMiller Thomson
ArticleBudget 2025 Proposal Aims To Stop Taxpayers From Backdating Transfer Pricing Documentation Upon A CRA Audit
ArticleCourt of Appeal Accepts GlaxoSmithKline Arguments in Transfer Pricing CaseOn July 26, 2010, the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal released its decision in the case of "GlaxoSmithKline Inc. v. Her Majesty The Queen". CanadaTaxBorden Ladner Gervais LLP
ArticleCross-Border Guarantees — Some Transfer Pricing ReliefTransactions entered into between a Canadian taxpayer or partnership and a non-arm’s length non-resident are generally subject to the transfer pricing rules contained in section 247 of the <I>Income Tax Act</I>. CanadaTaxBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
ArticleRelease Of The 2021 Canadian BudgetOn April 19, 2021, Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, released the first official budget in the past two years, titled, Federal Budget 2021...CanadaTaxDickinson Wright PLLC
ArticleSeven Areas The Canada Revenue Agency Is ScrutinizingThe 2021 Federal Budget devoted an additional $304.1 million to the CRA to help it combat tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance. CanadaTaxFasken
ArticleSystem Advantage And Late-Shifting Positions In Transfer Pricing DisputesThe Tax Court's mandate allows the DOJ and CRA to introduce new alternative theories late in litigation, which can increase cost, delay the litigation timeline, and introduce litigation fatigue.CanadaTaxCounter Tax Litigators LLP
ArticleThe Queen v. Glaxosmithkline Inc. To Be Released Tomorrow Morning: First Transfer Pricing Case Heard By The Supreme Court Of CanadaThe Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in The Queen v. GlaxoSmithKline Inc. (F.C.) (33874) on Thursday, October 18, at 9:45 a.m.CanadaTaxDentons Canada LLP
ArticleCOVID-19 Just Made Transfer Pricing More DifficultThe COVID-19 pandemic has made the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world uncertain, wreaking havoc on all aspects of our daily livesCanadaTaxGowling WLG
ArticleForeign Franchisors Expanding Into CanadaCanada continues to be the most important market for US franchisors operating outside of the US. The regulatory regime in Canada aimed specifically at franchising is much less developed and, accordingly, much less restrictive than in the US. Most franchised businesses involve retail restaurants, services, or sale of consumer goods, all of which usually rely heavily on their locations and the real estate related to those locations.CanadaReal Estate and ConstructionBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
ArticleApplying The Transfer Pricing Rules To GuaranteesAt the time Canada was amending its transfer pricing rules, much concern – and some confusion – arose over the potential application of the rules to financial transactions. This was particularly the case where the tax consequences of applying those rules to financial transactions were already regulated under other provisions of the Canadian Income Tax Act. CanadaTaxBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
ArticleDouble-Dipping In Canada: Prohibited By Law Or Simply Poor Tax Etiquette?The Canada Revenue Agency recently took the unusual and unconventional step of notifying the tax community that it has settled a matter relating to a hybrid financing arrangement involvingCanadaTaxAird & Berlis LLP
ArticleFederal Government Releases Fall Economic Statement 2022The revised EIFEL rules remain open for consultation until January 6, 2023.CanadaTaxMcCarthy Tétrault
ArticleMcKesson: Additional Submissions On Motion"The Order and Reasons for Recusal do not and should not form part of the record before this Court. CanadaTaxDentons Canada LLP
ArticleTransfer Pricing Customs Duty Refund Applications – Let’s Do It RightThe Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has informed the Canadian importing community that importers may be entitled to obtain customs duty refunds in connection with downward transfer pricing adjustments.CanadaTaxBennett Jones LLP
Article2021 Canadian Federal Budget Commentary - Tax InitiativesOn April 19, 2021, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled in the House of Commons the Liberal Government's first federal budget in more than two years,CanadaTaxMcCarthy Tétrault
ArticleCanadian Court Overturns Decision on International Pharmaceutical Transfer Pricing CaseThe Canadian Federal Court of Appeal recently overturned the Tax Court of Canada’s 2008 decision regarding the international transfer pricing of cross-border supplies of pharmaceutical ingredients in the case of GlaxoSmithKline Inc. v. Canada. CanadaTaxTorys
ArticleOECD Launches Action Plan On Base Erosion And Profit ShiftingThe OECD has recently released its Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting. CanadaTaxBennett Jones LLP
ArticleProcedural Disputes in Canadian Transfer Pricing and Tax Avoidance Cases – Are You Prepared?Over the last few years, there has been an increase in the number of procedural disputes making their way through Canadian courts as part of the tax resolution process.CanadaTaxBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLP