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The Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) is launching a new project named the Related Parties Initiative (“RPI”) aimed at wealthy individuals and related entities. The CRA intends to initiate the RPI audits sending a 22 page questionnaire to taxpayers that the CRA has selected for audit.
We recommend that taxpayers who have failed to report taxable income retain legal counsel and initiate a voluntary disclosure as soon as possible. In addition, we recommend that taxpayers who receive the RPI questionnaire retain legal counsel to assist them in providing the CRA with appropriate answers to proper CRA requests for information. Last, we recommend that taxpayers dispute any improper CRA reassessment.
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A CRA reassessment and dispute do not start from a neutral position. They shape the dispute, now and later. This article explains how the record develops and the impact on teh range of outcomes.
CRA reassessment and notice of objection. Large corporation regime. How a failure to define the dispute can stop an appeal early or narrow what can be argued later.
Filing a Notice of Objection places part of the dispute on the record before it is treated as final. That record shapes how the matter is assessed and what can still be changed.
Decisions made after a CRA reassessment form the dispute record before they are recognized as final. That record shapes what can be said, changed, and defended later.
A CRA reassessment sets out a position. It does not show what will determine the outcome. How it is interpreted, carried forward, and placed on the record defines what can still be changed.
A cross-border equipment rental led to a withholding tax reassessment under Part XIII. This case shows how much of the exposure can still be reduced when the structure holds.