Words and Phrases - "bank"
Loblaw Financial Holdings Inc. v. The Queen, 2018 TCC 182, rev'd on s. 95(1) - investment business - (a) (arm's length conduct) grounds 2020 FCA 79, in turn aff'd 2021 SCC 51
The Minster assessed the taxpayer on the basis that its Barbados subsidiary (GBL) had realized $473 million of foreign accrual property income (FAPI) between 2001 and 2010. In finding that the business of GBL was that of a foreign bank described in s. 2(a) of the Bank Act whose activities were regulated under Barbados law, C Miller J noted (at para. 154) that the International Financial Services Act (Barbados) (“IFSA”) and predecessor legislation “contemplate banking as the receipt of foreign funds for financial transactions involving foreign money, debt instruments, securities or assets conducted with foreign counterparties,” noted that the Barbados central bank “viewed GBL as a bank” (para. 163) and that GBL was licensed as an international bank under the IFSA (para. 204).
| Locations of other summaries | Wordcount | |
|---|---|---|
| Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 165 - Subsection 165(1.11) | requirement met where Crown knew the nature and quantum of the dispute | 269 |
| Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 95 - Subsection 95(1) - Investment Business - Paragraph (a) | Barbados-licensed international bank, which used Loblaw funding to invest responsively to Loblaw considerations, conducted an offside non-arm’s length business | 429 |
| Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 95 - Subsection 95(1) - Investment Business - Paragraph (c) | employee equivalents was reduced by employee time described in s. 95(2)(b) | 290 |
| Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 9 - Capital Gain vs. Profit - Foreign Exchange | short-term debt securities were inventory because they were the raw material for generating swap income | 130 |
| Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 152 - Subsection 152(4.01) - Paragraph 152(4.01)(a) - Subparagraph 152(4.01)(a)(ii) | GAAR is generally a separate matter rather than being subsumed in the allegedly-misused substantive provision | 208 |
| Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 245 - Subsection 245(3) | application of GAAR required the occurrence of an avoidance transaction (or series) in non-statute-barred years and the relevant previous year’s avoidance transaction did not occur as part of the series | 512 |
| Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 248 - Subsection 248(10) | hiring of employees 15-years previously to engage foreign bank exception to investment business definition was not part of same series as renewal of foreign bank licence | 228 |
| Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 245 - Subsection 245(4) | use of Barbados sub to engage in proprietary trading for Canadian parent misused the foreign bank exemption, whose purpose was promoting international competitiveness | 336 |
| Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 95 - Subsection 95(2) - Paragraph 95(2)(l) | purpose of s. 95(2)(l) exception was to permit non-resident subsidiaries of Canadian banks and dealers to compete internationally | 190 |