Mcclurg v. Canada, [1990] 3 SCR 1020

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeDickson, Robert George Brian; Wilson, Bertha; La Forest, Gérard V.; L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire; Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret
Date20 December 1990
Citation[1990] 3 SCR 1020,[1991] 2 WWR 244,[1990] SCJ No 134 (QL),24 ACWS (3d) 566,49 FTR 80,50 BLR 161,45 DTC 5001,[1991] 1 CTC 169,76 DLR (4th) 217,1990 CanLII 28 (SCC)
Docket Number20751
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
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13 practice notes
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Partnerships and Corporations. Fourth Edition
    • August 5, 2018
    ... (2001), 307 AR 1 , [2002] 5 WWR 388 , 2001 ABQB 917 .................................................. 236, 383 McClurg v Canada, [1990] 3 SCR 1020, 76 DLR (4th) 217 , [1990] SCJ No 134 ................................................................249, 253, 254, 255 McCormick v Fas......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Income Tax Law. Second Edition Part IX
    • June 16, 2012
    ...McBoyle v US, 283 US 25 (1931) .......................................................................... 35 McClurg v Canada (1990), [1990] 3 SCR 1020, [1991] 1 CTC 169 , 91 DTC 5001 , aff’g (1997), [1988] 2 FC 356 , [1988] 1 CTC 75 , 88 DTC 6047 (FCA) ...................................
  • Grenon v. The Queen, 2021 TCC 30
    • Canada
    • Tax Court (Canada)
    • June 1, 2021
    ...benefit or for his own benefit.” [406] In the Supreme Court of Canada decision of McClurg v. Minister of National Revenue (1990) 3 S.C.R. 1020 (“McClurg”), discretionary dividends had been declared on a class of shares held by the spouses of two directors but not on the......
  • Shares
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Partnerships and Corporations. Fourth Edition
    • August 5, 2018
    ...on the CBCA follow this model. E.g., OBCA , s 102(1); and ABCA , s 139. The BCBCA has a similar rule (s 173). 7 McClurg v Canada , [1990] 3 SCR 1020; Muljo v Sunwest Projects Ltd (1991), 60 BCLR (2d) 343 (CA). Gray suggests that the requirement in CBCA , s 24(4) to state the “rights, privil......
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6 cases
  • Grenon v. The Queen, 2021 TCC 30
    • Canada
    • Tax Court (Canada)
    • June 1, 2021
    ...benefit or for his own benefit.” [406] In the Supreme Court of Canada decision of McClurg v. Minister of National Revenue (1990) 3 S.C.R. 1020 (“McClurg”), discretionary dividends had been declared on a class of shares held by the spouses of two directors but not on the......
  • Echo Bay Mines Ltd. c. Canada (1re inst.),
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • August 13, 1992
    ...3 D.L.R. 641 ; [1949] CTC 196 . DÉCISION APPLIQUÉE: McClurg c. Canada, [1990] 3 R.C.S. 1020 ; (1990), 76 D.L.R. (4th) 217; [1991] 2 W.W.R. 244; [1991] 1 C.T.C. 169; 91 DTC 5001 ; 119 N.R. 101 . DISTINCTION FAITE AVEC: R. c. Marsh & McLennan, Limited, [1984] 1 C.F. 609 ; ......
  • Canada c. Kieboom (C.A.),
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • July 3, 1992
    ...87 DTC 5059; 25 E.T.R. 13; 71 N.R. 134. DISTINCTION FAITE AVEC: McClurg c. Canada, [1990] 3 R.C.S. 1020; (1990), 76 D.L.R. (4th) 217; [1991] 2 W.W.R. 244; [1991] 1 C.T.C. 169; 91 DTC 5001; 119 N.R. 101. DOCTRINE Revenu Canada—Impôt. Bulletin d'interprétation n°&ap......
  • Malik v. State Petroleum Corp. et al., [2007] B.C.T.C. Uned. 414 (SC)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • May 30, 2007
    ...company is limited to the shares held by the shareholder in the company. In this regard, La Forest J. stated in McClurg v. Canada (1990), 76 D.L.R. (4th) 217: The independent legal existence of the corporation means that, while the shareholder remains a proportionate owner of the corporatio......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Shareholder Liability For Corporate Tax
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • June 23, 2017
    ...Court of Canada, referring with approval to the dissenting reasons of La Forest J. in McClurg v. Canada, [1990] S.C.J. No. 134 , [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1020 (S.C.C.), confirmed that no consideration can be given for the payment of a a dividend is received by virtue of ownership of the capital sto......
  • The Income-Diversion Rules: Section 56 Of The Income Tax Act—A Canadian Tax Lawyer's Analysis
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • June 5, 2018
    ...actually directly receive it. Subsection 56(2) doesn't apply to preferential dividend declarations. For instance, in R v McClurg, [1990] 3 SCR 1020, a closely held corporation had four shareholders: the taxpayer, his business partner, and each of their wives. The husbands held one class of ......
5 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Partnerships and Corporations. Fourth Edition
    • August 5, 2018
    ... (2001), 307 AR 1 , [2002] 5 WWR 388 , 2001 ABQB 917 .................................................. 236, 383 McClurg v Canada, [1990] 3 SCR 1020, 76 DLR (4th) 217 , [1990] SCJ No 134 ................................................................249, 253, 254, 255 McCormick v Fas......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Income Tax Law. Second Edition Part IX
    • June 16, 2012
    ...McBoyle v US, 283 US 25 (1931) .......................................................................... 35 McClurg v Canada (1990), [1990] 3 SCR 1020, [1991] 1 CTC 169 , 91 DTC 5001 , aff’g (1997), [1988] 2 FC 356 , [1988] 1 CTC 75 , 88 DTC 6047 (FCA) ...................................
  • Shares
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Partnerships and Corporations. Fourth Edition
    • August 5, 2018
    ...on the CBCA follow this model. E.g., OBCA , s 102(1); and ABCA , s 139. The BCBCA has a similar rule (s 173). 7 McClurg v Canada , [1990] 3 SCR 1020; Muljo v Sunwest Projects Ltd (1991), 60 BCLR (2d) 343 (CA). Gray suggests that the requirement in CBCA , s 24(4) to state the “rights, privil......
  • Whose Income Is It?
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Income Tax Law. Second Edition Part III
    • June 16, 2012
    ...see also Interpretation Bulletin IT-335R2, “Indirect Payments” (14 July 2004). 7 Ibid . 8 Neuman , above note 3; McClurg v Canada , [1990] 3 SCR 1020 (income not attributed to director of corporation for participating in declaration of corporate dividend); Boardman v Canada , [1986] 1 CTC 1......
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