News & Analysis as of

Canada Excise Tax Goods and Services Tax

Stikeman Elliott LLP

2024 Federal Budget: Sales and Excise Tax Measures

Stikeman Elliott LLP on

On April 16, 2024 (“Budget Day”), the federal government released its annual budget (“Budget 2024”), which includes certain sales and excise tax measures and also confirms the government’s intention to proceed with several...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

2023 Fall Economic Statement: New GST/HST Joint Venture Election

Stikeman Elliott LLP on

On November 21, 2023, the Government of Canada released its Fall Economic Statement (“2023 FES”) which includes certain sales and excise tax measures, including draft legislative proposals to implement long-awaited new...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Canada’s 2022 Federal Budget: Commodity Tax Measures

Stikeman Elliott LLP on

On April 7, 2022, the Government of Canada unveiled its 2022 federal budget (“Budget 2022”) and announced certain important commodity tax measures. Budget 2022 includes proposed amendments to past proposals, as well as some...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

GST/HST Elections: Why Being Late Is Not Always Fashionable (Cont’d)

Stikeman Elliott LLP on

On December 6, 2021, the Federal Court of Appeal (“FCA”) affirmed the Federal Court’s decision in Denso Manufacturing Canada Inc. v. Canada (National Revenue), which had dismissed the taxpayers’ application for judicial...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

2019 Federal Budget – Selected Tax Measures

On March 19, 2019, the Minister of Finance introduced Canada’s 2019 federal budget (2019 Budget). The government had already signalled that the primary focus of the 2019 Budget would not be business concerns as those had been...more

Bennett Jones LLP

No Deemed Trust for Unremitted GST and HST Post-Bankruptcy

Bennett Jones LLP on

In a unanimous decision issued November 8, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada granted the appeal of the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal in Canada v Callidus Capital Corp, 2017 FCA 162. Secured creditors who receive...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Bank Loan Repayments May Be Seized Due to Super Priority of Crown for GST/HST

Bennett Jones LLP on

On May 25, 2018, the Federal Court of Canada released its decision in Her Majesty the Queen v The Toronto-Dominion Bank. The case revolved around whether the proceeds of the sale of a house by a debtor of Toronto-Dominion...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Just in Time for Legalization, Federal Government Publishes Proposed Cannabis Excise Duty Rates

The federal government recently gave royal assent to the Budget Implementation Bill, 2018, No. 1, which amends the Excise Act, 2001 in order to implement a new framework for the taxation of cannabis. The new rules effectively...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

2018 Federal Budget: Excise Tax on Cannabis

On February 27, 2018, the Minister of Finance introduced Canada’s 2018 Federal Budget (2018 Budget), which looks to implement the excise duty framework for cannabis that was proposed in November 2017 (see our November 2017...more

9 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide