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A Capital gains tax was first introduced in Canada by Pierre Trudeau and his finance minister Edgar Benson in the 1971 Canadian federal budget. [56] Some exceptions apply, such as selling one's primary residence which may be exempt from taxation. [57] Capital gains made by investments in a Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) are not taxed.
Among a 600-page list of minor changes to tax law, the bill contained a clause that would have amended s. 125.4 of the Income Tax Act to give the Minister of Canadian Heritage the power to deny taxation credits for films made in Canada, if the Minister concluded that public financial support of the production would be "contrary to public policy ...
Canadian federal income taxes, both personal and corporate income taxes, are levied under the provisions of the Income Tax Act. [2] Provincial and territorial income taxes are levied under various provincial statutes. The Canadian income tax system is a self-assessment regime. Taxpayers assess their tax liability by filing a return with the CRA ...
The case dated back to July 2002, when a company used a tax planning structure that resulted in the company avoiding paying $1,175,249 of tax on the "taxable capital gain that would otherwise have been taxed in B.C." [34] At that time, there was a capital gains tax in British Columbia on the sale of shares.
Individuals paid capital gains tax at their highest marginal rate of income tax (0%, 10%, 20% or 40% in the tax year 2007/8) but from 6 April 1998 were able to claim a taper relief which reduced the amount of a gain that is subject to capital gains tax (thus reducing the effective rate of tax) depending on whether the asset is a "business asset ...
The departure tax is a tax on the capital gains which would have arisen if the emigrant had sold assets after leaving Canada ("deemed disposition"), subject to exceptions. [2] However, in Canada, unlike the U.S., the capital gain is generally based on the difference between the market value on the date of arrival in Canada (or later acquisition ...
An increase in the ACB will reduce the amount of capital gains realized at time of disposition. Mutual fund front end or deferred sales charges are treated like purchase and sale commissions for tax purposes. [2] For Selling Property: Capital improvements made to a property are added to the ACB of that property.
The Crown has employed the oppression remedy in its status as a creditor under the Income Tax Act, in order to set aside dividend payments that rendered a corporation unable to pay its tax liability. [25] [26] Where a company has made excessive salary payments to a controlling shareholder, a judgment creditor has been permitted to be a complainant.