CRA

On December 8–9, 2020, delegations of Canadian Income Tax Committee and Canadian Commodity Tax Committee members virtually participated in TEI’s annual liaison meetings with representatives of the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) and Department of Finance.

On September 15, 2020, following an intensive effort to survey TEI members working for companies in different industries across Canada, TEI’s Canadian Income Committee submitted a compilation of responsive, actionable comments to the CRA concerning the draft form.

On June 19, 2020, members of TEI’s Canadian Income Tax Committee submitted a number of follow-up questions to the Canada Revenue Agency’s Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs Branch concerning various aspects of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (“CEWS”) program.

On April 17, 2020, members of TEI’s Canadian Income Tax and Canadian Commodity Tax Committees participated in a joint conference call with representatives of the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) and Department of Finance (“Finance”) to discuss a range of questions concerning the newly enacted Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (“CEWS”).

On December 10–11, 2019, a delegation of Canadian Income Tax Committee members assembled in Ottawa, Ontario, for TEI’s annual liaison meetings with representatives of the Canada Revenue Agency and Department of Finance.

On December 4–5, 2018, a delegation of Canadian Income Tax Committee members assembled in Ottawa, Ontario, for TEI’s annual liaison meetings with representatives of the Canada Revenue Agency and Department of Finance

On November 15, 2016 and December 5, 2017, a delegation of Canadian Commodity Tax Committee members assembled in Ottawa, Ontario, for TEI’s annual liaison meetings with representatives of the Canada Revenue Agency. The Canada Revenue Agency has issued their responses to TEI’s commodity tax liaison meeting questions, which cover a range of important tax law, policy, and administration issues.

On September 10, 2018, TEI submitted comments to the Department of Finance Canada concerning two of the draft income tax legislative proposals that were released for public consultation on July 27, 2018.

On May 1, 2018, TEI submitted comments to the Canadian Department of Finance concerning the government’s proposed change to the filing deadline for Form T1134, Information Return Relating to Controlled and Not-Controlled Foreign Affiliates. TEI’s comments, reprinted below, were prepared by a cross-industry working group of Canadian Income Tax Committee members under the leadership of Sue Wooles.

On December 5–6, 2017, a delegation of Canadian Income Tax Committee members assembled in Ottawa, Ontario, for TEI’s annual liaison meetings with representatives of the Canada Revenue Agency and Department of Finance.