The Supreme Court of Canada released its long-awaited decision in Jordan B. Lipson, Earl Lipson v. The Queen on January 8, 2009. A majority of the Court decided that the general anti-avoidance rule in section 245 of the Income Tax Act applied to deny an interest deduction on a loan used indirectly to purchase a home.
Read this Tax Memo to learn PwC's analysis of the decision.
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