Contribution to Book
Residence of Companies Under Tax Treaties and EU Law (Canada)
Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Keywords
- Canadian Tax Law,
- Corporate Tax,
- Tax Policy,
- Taxation,
- Residence,
- Canadian Income Tax Act
Disciplines
- Law,
- Law and Economics and
- Tax Law
Abstract
This chapter reviews the development and present Canadian law on the residence of corporations for tax purposes. It highlights a few of the elements of Canada's corporate law regime by way of context; outlines why residence matters to corporations for Canadian tax purposes, traces the history of the Canadian tests for corporate residence, explains how the Canadian Income Tax Act addresses continuances, and reviews the approach to the determination of corporate residence reflected in Canada's tax treaties.
Citation Information
Kim Brooks, "Residence of Companies Under Tax Treaties and EU Law (Canada)" in Guglielmo Maisto, ed, Residence of Companies under Tax Treaties and EC Law (Amsterdam: IBFD Publications, 2009) 407.