Liaison Meetings

The Canada Revenue Agency ("CRA") has submitted its written responses to TEI's December 6, 2022, CRA-TEI liaison meeting questions.

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The Canada Revenue Agency ("CRA") has submitted its written responses to TEI's December 7, 2021, CRA-TEI liaison meeting questions.

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The Canada Revenue Agency ("CRA") has submitted its written responses to TEI's December 8, 2020, CRA-TEI liaison meeting questions.

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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 Agency has issued their responses to TEI’s liaison meeting questions, which cover a range of important tax law, policy, and administration issues. TEI also provided questions to the Department of Finance, although Finance does not provide written responses.

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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 Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) and Department of Finance.

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 Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) and Department of Finance.

On June 19, 2020, members of TEI’s Canadian Income Tax Committee submitted a number of follow-up questions to the Canada Revenue Agency’s Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs Branch concerning various aspects of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (“CEWS”) program.

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 Department of Finance (“Finance”) to discuss a range of questions concerning the newly enacted Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (“CEWS”).

On March 30, 2020, members of the TEI Canadian Tax Committee had a call with the Canada Department of Finance Tax Policy Branch to discuss COVID-19 commodity tax issues and Finance’s March 27, 2020 announcement.

On February 27–28, 2020, a delegation of Executive Committee members, standing committee leaders, and Institute staff assembled in Washington, D.C., for TEI’s annual liaison meetings with the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of the Treasury.