CANADIAN COMMODITY TAX

The Canadian Commodity Tax Committee is responsible for TEI’s advocacy and educational efforts in Canadian federal and provincial excise, sales, and use tax matters.  The committee provides comments on legislative and administrative proposals and conducts annual liaison meetings with the Canada Revenue Agency and Canadian Department of Finance to discuss tax-enforcement and policy matters in the commodity tax field.

On December 23, 2023, TEI provided a submission to the British Columbia ("BC") Minister of Finance as part of the 2023 Consultation on the Provincial Sales Tax Application to Partnerships. TEI's…
On December 5-6, 2023, a delegation of the Canadian Commodity Tax Committee members participated in TEI's annual liaison meetings with representatives of the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) and…
In December of 2020, 2021, and 2022, a delegation of Canadian Commodity Tax Committee members met with representatives of the Canada Revenue Agency and Department of Finance. The Canada Revenue…
On September 8, 2023, TEI submitted comments on a revised draft of the Canadian Digital Services Tax (DST) to Canada's Department of Finance. The comments included requests that (1) Canada join with…
In preparation for a liaison meeting between members of the TEI Canadian Commodity Tax Committee and the British Columbia(“BC”) Ministry of Finance on June 27, 2023, TEI submitted comments on a…
On September 29th, TEI submitted comments to the Canadian Department of Finance regarding its proposed legislation to implement Pillar Two of the OECD's project on the taxation of the digitalization…
On December 7–8, 2021, delegations of Canadian Income Tax Committee and Canadian Commodity Tax Committee members virtually participated in TEI's annual liaison meetings with representatives of the…
On June 18, 2021, TEI filed comments with the Canadian Department of Finance regarding the Canadian Government’s proposed tax on digital services (the Proposed DST). TEI provided over a dozen…
On January 29, 2021, TEI filed comments with the Canadian Department of Finance regarding certain items in the Department’s fall economic statement.  TEI’s comments focused on issues related to…
On December 8–9, 2020, delegations of Canadian Income Tax Committee and Canadian Commodity Tax Committee members virtually participated in TEI's annual liaison meetings with representatives of the…
On June 26, 2020, TEI filed a letter with the British Columbia's Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services proposing changes to British Columbia's provincial sales tax. The letter…
On April 17, 2020, members of TEI’s Canadian Income Tax and Canadian Commodity Tax Committees participated in a joint conference call with representatives of the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) and…
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