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Coupon strips: an easy avoidance of withholding tax no more

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 2 2011

In Lehigh Cement Limited v. The Queen, 2010 DTC 2081 (FCA) (Lehigh), the Federal Court of Appeal considered the application of the general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR) contained in section 245 of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (Act) to a coupon stripping transaction used to avoid withholding tax on interest under the former 525 rule contained in subsection 212(1)(b) of the Act