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Information or complaint 61 (1) An information or complaint under this Act may be laid or made by any officer of the Canada Revenue Agency, by a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or by any person authorized to do so by the Minister and, if an information or complaint purports to have been laid or made under this Act, it is deemed to have been laid or made by a person so authorized by the Minister and must not be called into question for lack of authority of the informant or complainant, except by the Minister or a person acting for the Minister or for Her Majesty in right of Canada. Two or more offences (2) An information or complaint in respect of an offence under this Act may be for one or more offences, and no information, complaint, warrant, conviction or other proceeding in a prosecution under this Act is objectionable or insufficient by reason of the fact that it relates to two or more offences. Territorial jurisdiction (3) An information or complaint in respect of an offence under this Act may be heard, tried or determined by any court having territorial jurisdiction where the accused is resident, carrying on a commercial activity, found, apprehended or in custody, despite that the matter of the information or complaint did not arise within that territorial jurisdiction. Limitation of prosecutions (4) No proceeding by way of summary conviction in respect of an offence under this Act may be instituted more than five years after the day on which the subject matter of the proceedings arose, unless the prosecutor and the defendant agree that they may be instituted after the five years.
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Compliance order 63 (1) On summary application by the Minister, a judge may, despite section 58 , order a person to provide any access, assistance, information or record sought by the Minister under section 31 or 62 if the judge is satisfied that the person was required under section 31 or 62 to provide the access, assistance, information or record and did not do so. Notice required (2) An application under subsection (1) is not to be heard before the end of five clear days from the day on which the notice of application is served on the person against which the order is sought. Judge may impose conditions (3) The judge making an order under subsection (1) may impose any conditions in respect of the order that the judge considers appropriate. Contempt of court (4) If a person fails or refuses to comply with an order, a judge may find the person in contempt of court and the person is subject to the processes and the punishments of the court to which the judge is appointed. Appeal (5) An order by a judge under subsection (1) may be appealed to a court having appellate jurisdiction over decisions of the court to which the judge is appointed. An appeal does not suspend the execution of the order unless it is so ordered by a judge of the court to which the appeal is made.
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Definition of foreign-based information or record 65 (1) For the purposes of this section, foreign-based information or record means any information or record that is available or located outside Canada and that may be relevant to the administration or enforcement of this Act. Requirement to provide foreign-based information (2) Despite any other provision of this Act, the Minister may, by a notice served or sent in accordance with subsection (4), require a person resident in Canada or a non-resident person that carries on business in Canada to provide any foreign-based information or record. Notice (3) A notice referred to in subsection (2) must set out (a) a reasonable period of not less than 90 days for the provision of the information or record; (b) a description of the information or record being sought; and (c) the consequences under subsection (9) to the person of the failure to provide the information or record being sought within the period set out in the notice. Notice (4) A notice referred to in subsection (2) may be (a) served personally; (b) sent by confirmed delivery service; or (c) sent electronically to a bank or credit union that has provided written consent to receive notices under subsection (2) electronically. Review of foreign information requirement (5) If a person is served or sent a notice of a requirement under subsection (2), the person may, within 90 days after the day on which the notice was served or sent, apply to a judge for a review of the requirement. Powers on review (6) On hearing an application under subsection (5) in respect of a requirement, a judge may (a) confirm the requirement; (b) vary the requirement if the judge is satisfied that it is appropriate in the circumstances; or (c) set aside the requirement if the judge is satisfied that it is unreasonable. Related person (7) For the purposes of subsection (6), a requirement to provide information or a record is not to be considered to be unreasonable because the information or record is under the control of, or available to, a non-resident person that is not controlled by the person on which the notice of the requirement under subsection (2) is served, or to which that notice is sent, if that person is related to the non-resident person. Time during consideration not to count (8) The period between the day an application for the review of a requirement is made under subsection (5) and the day the review is decided must not be counted in the computation of (a) the period set out in the notice of the requirement; and (b) the period within which an assessment may be made under section 33 . Consequence of failure (9) If a person fails to comply substantially with a notice served or sent under subsection (2) and if the notice is not set aside under subsection (6), any court having jurisdiction in a civil proceeding relating to the administration or enforcement of this Act must, on motion of the Minister, prohibit the introduction by that person of any foreign-based information or record covered by that notice.
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Copies 66 If any record is seized, inspected, audited, examined or provided under any of sections 22 , 31 and 62 to 64 , the person by whom it is seized, inspected, audited or examined or to whom it is provided or any officer of the Canada Revenue Agency may make or cause to be made one or more copies of it and, in the case of an electronic record, make or cause to be made a print-out of the electronic record, and any record purporting to be certified by the Minister or an authorized person to be a copy of the record, or to be a print-out of an electronic record, made under this section is evidence of the nature and content of the original record and has the same probative force as the original record would have if it were proven in the ordinary way.
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Compliance 67 Every person must, unless the person is unable to do so, do everything the person is required to do by or in accordance with any of sections 31 and 62 to 66 and no person is to, physically or otherwise, do or attempt to do any of the following: (a) interfere with, hinder or molest any officer doing anything the officer is authorized to do under this Act; or (b) prevent any officer from doing anything the officer is authorized to do under this Act.
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described in paragraph (5)(a) in respect of the tax debt, the person is non-resident; (d) the Minister may not, because of any of subsections 70 (2) to (5), take any of the actions described in subsection 70 (1) in respect of the tax debt; and (e) an action that the Minister may otherwise take in respect of the tax debt is restricted or not permitted under any provision of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act , of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act or of the Farm Debt Mediation Act . Assessment before collection (10) The Minister may not take any collection action under sections 72 to 77 in respect of any amount payable by a person that may be assessed under this Act, other than interest under section 23 , unless the amount has been assessed. Payment of remainder (11) If the Minister sends a notice of assessment to a person, any amount assessed then remaining unpaid is payable forthwith by the person to the Receiver General. Minister may postpone collection (12) The Minister may, subject to any terms and conditions that the Minister may stipulate, postpone collection action against a person in respect of all or any part of any amount assessed that is the subject of a dispute between the Minister and the person. Interest on judgments (13) If a judgment is obtained for any amount payable under this Act, including a certificate registered under section 72 , the provisions of this Act by which interest is payable for a failure to pay an amount apply, with any modifications that the circumstances require, to the failure to pay the judgment debt, and the interest is recoverable in like manner as the judgment debt. Litigation costs (14) If an amount is payable by a person to Her Majesty in right of Canada because of an order, judgment or award of a court in respect of the costs of litigation relating to a matter to which this Act applies, sections 69 and 72 to 78 apply to the amount as if it were payable under this Act.
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action means an action to collect a tax debt of a person and includes a proceeding in a court and anything done by the Minister under any of sections 72 to 77 . ( action )
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legal representative of a person means a trustee in bankruptcy, an assignee, a liquidator, a curator, a receiver of any kind, a trustee, an heir, an administrator, an executor, a liquidator of a succession, a committee, or any other like person, administering, winding up, controlling or otherwise dealing in a representative or fiduciary capacity with any property, business, commercial activity or estate or succession that belongs or belonged to, or that is or was held for the benefit of, the person or the person’s estate or succession. ( représentant légal )
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tax debt means any amount payable by a person under this Act. ( dette fiscale )
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Security 69 (1) The Minister may, if the Minister considers it advisable, accept security in an amount and a form satisfactory to the Minister for the payment of any amount that is or may become payable under this Act. Surrender of excess security (2) If a person that has given security, or on whose behalf security has been given, under this section requests in writing that the Minister surrender the security or any part of it, the Minister must surrender the security to the extent that its value exceeds, at the time the request is received by the Minister, the amount that is sought to be secured.
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Over $1,000,000 — security 71 (1) The Minister may, by sending a notice to a person, require security in a form satisfactory to the Minister and in an amount up to a specified amount that is the greater of zero dollars and the amount that is determined by the formula [(A ÷ 2) – B] – $1,000,000 where A is the total of all amounts, each of which is an amount that the person has been assessed under this Act in respect of which a portion remains unpaid; and B is the greater of zero dollars and the amount that is determined by the formula C – (D ÷ 2) where C is the total of all amounts that the person has paid against the amount determined for A, and D is the amount determined for A. When security to be given (2) The security required under subsection (1) (a) must be given to the Minister no later than 60 days after the day on which the Minister required the security; and (b) must be in a form satisfactory to the Minister. Failure to comply (3) Despite subsections 70 (1) to (5), the Minister may collect an amount equivalent to the amount of security that was required under subsection (1) if the security required under that subsection is not given to the Minister as set out in this section.
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ent to the extent possible without that information and, when that consent of the Minister is given, a further minute, notice or document setting out all the information must be completed for the same purpose, and the sheriff or other person, having complied with this subsection, is deemed to have complied with this Act, regulation or rule requiring the information to be set out in the minute, notice or document. Application for order (10) A sheriff or other person that is unable, because of subsection (8) or (9), to comply with any law or rule of court is bound by any order made by a judge of the Federal Court, on an ex parte application by the Minister, for the purpose of giving effect to the proceeding, charge, lien, priority or binding interest. Secured claims (11) If a charge, lien, priority or binding interest created under subsection (5) by filing, registering or otherwise recording a memorial under subsection (4) is registered in accordance with subsection 87(1) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act , it is deemed (a) to be a claim that is secured by a security and that, subject to subsection 87(2) of that Act, ranks as a secured claim under that Act; and (b) to also be a claim referred to in paragraph 86(2)(a) of that Act. Details in certificates and memorials (12) Despite any law of Canada or of a province, in any certificate in respect of a debtor, any memorial evidencing a certificate or any writ or document issued for the purpose of collecting an amount certified, it is sufficient for all purposes (a) to set out, as the amount payable by the debtor, the total of amounts payable by the debtor without setting out the separate amounts making up that total; and (b) to refer to the rate of interest or penalty to be charged on the separate amounts making up the amount payable in general terms (i) in the case of interest, as interest at the specified rate under this Act applicable from time to time on amounts payable to the Receiver General, without indicating the specific rates of interest to be charged on each of the separate amounts or to be charged for any period, and (ii) in the case of a penalty, the penalty calculated under section 47 on amounts payable to the Receiver General.
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Recovery by deduction or set-off 74 If a person is indebted to Her Majesty in right of Canada under this Act, the Minister may require the retention by way of deduction or set-off of any amount that the Minister may specify out of any amount that may be or become payable to that person by Her Majesty in right of Canada.
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Acquisition of debtor’s property 75 For the purpose of collecting debts owed by a person to Her Majesty in right of Canada under this Act, the Minister may purchase or otherwise acquire any interest in, or for civil law any right in, the person’s property that the Minister is given a right to acquire in legal proceedings or under a court order or that is offered for sale or redemption and may dispose of any interest or right so acquired in any manner that the Minister considers reasonable.
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Money seized from debtor 76 (1) If the Minister has knowledge or suspects that a person is holding money that was seized by a police officer in the course of administering or enforcing the criminal law of Canada from another person that is liable to pay any amount under this Act (in this section referred to as the “debtor”) and that is restorable to the debtor, the Minister may in writing require the person to turn over the money otherwise restorable to the debtor, in whole or in part, to the Receiver General on account of the debtor’s liability under this Act. Receipt of Minister (2) A receipt issued by the Minister for money turned over as required under this section is a good and sufficient discharge of the requirement to restore the money to the debtor to the extent of the amount so turned over.
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Seizure 77 (1) If a person fails to pay an amount as required under this Act, the Minister may in writing give 30 days notice to the person, addressed to their latest known address, of the Minister’s intention to direct that the person’s things be seized and disposed of. If the person fails to make the payment before the expiry of the 30 days, the Minister may issue a certificate of the failure and direct that the person’s things be seized. Disposition (2) Things that have been seized under subsection (1) must be kept for 10 days at the expense and risk of the person. If the person does not pay the amount due together with all expenses within the 10 days, the Minister may dispose of the things in a manner the Minister considers appropriate in the circumstances. Proceeds of disposition (3) Any surplus resulting from a disposition of a person’s things, after deduction of the amount owing and all expenses, must be paid or returned to the person. Exemptions from seizure (4) Any thing of any person in default that would be exempt from seizure under a writ of execution issued by a superior court of the province in which the seizure is made is exempt from seizure under this section.
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Person leaving Canada or defaulting 78 (1) If the Minister suspects that a person has left or is about to leave Canada, the Minister may, before the day otherwise fixed for payment, by notice to the person served personally or sent by confirmed delivery service addressed to their latest known address, demand payment of any amount for which the person is liable under this Act or would be so liable if the time for payment had arrived, and the amount must be paid without delay despite any other provision of this Act. Seizure (2) If a person fails to pay an amount required under subsection (1), the Minister may direct that things of the person be seized, and subsections 77 (2) to (4) apply, with any modifications that the circumstances require.
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t apply in respect of the authorization and any assessment made as a result of the authorization is deemed to be void. Directions (12) If any question arises as to the course to be followed in connection with anything done or being done under this section and there is no relevant direction in this section, a judge may give any direction with regard to the course to be followed that, in the opinion of the judge, is appropriate. No appeal from review order (13) No appeal lies from an order of a judge made under subsection (10).
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this section, if a person transfers property to another person as part of a transaction or series of transactions, the following rules apply: (a) the transferor is deemed to not be dealing at arm’s length with the transferee at the time of the transfer of the property if (i) the transferor and the transferee do not deal at arm’s length at any time during the period beginning immediately prior to the transaction or series of transactions and ending immediately after the transaction or series of transactions, and (ii) it is reasonable to conclude that one of the purposes of undertaking or arranging the transaction or series of transactions is to avoid joint and several, or solidary, liability of the transferee and the transferor under this section for an amount payable under this Act; (b) an amount that the transferor is liable to pay under this Act (including, for greater certainty, an amount that the transferor is liable to pay under this section, regardless of whether the Minister has made an assessment under subsection (3) in respect of that amount) is deemed to have become payable in the calendar year of the transferor in which the property was transferred, if it is reasonable to conclude that one of the purposes of the transfer of the property is to avoid the payment of a future amount payable under this Act by the transferor or transferee; and (c) the amount determined for A in paragraph (1)‍(d) is deemed to be the greater of (i) the amount otherwise determined for A in paragraph (1)‍(d) without reference to this paragraph, and (ii) the amount determined by the formula A − B where A is the fair market value of the property at the time of the transfer, and B is the fair market value, at its lowest at any time during the period beginning immediately prior to the transaction or series of transactions and ending immediately after the transaction or series of transactions, of the consideration given by the transferee for the transfer of the property (other than any part of the consideration that is in a form that is cancelled or extinguished during that period and for which no property that is neither cancelled nor extinguished during that period is substituted) provided that the consideration is held by the transferor at that time. 2022, c. 5, s. 10 “80” 2024, c. 17, s. 143
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Service 81 (1) If the Minister is authorized or required to serve, issue or send a notice or other document on or to a person that carries on business under a name or style other than the name of the person, the notice or document may be addressed to the name or style under which the person carries on business. Personal service (2) If the Minister is authorized or required to serve, issue or send a notice or other document on or to a person that carries on a business, the notice or document is deemed to have been validly served, issued or sent if it is left with an adult person employed at the place of business of the person.
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Timing of receipt 82 (1) For the purposes of this Act and subject to subsection (2), anything sent by confirmed delivery service or first class mail is deemed to have been received by the person to which it was sent on the day it was mailed or sent. Timing of payment (2) A person that is required under this Act to pay an amount is deemed not to have paid it until it is received by the Receiver General.