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Shareholder Benefits
Shareholder Benefits (Fuscalite · II. Decision of the Tax Court) — "Mr. Deyab does not dispute that he and his family received the amounts indicated above from…
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- The appeal concerns whether $2,349,779 received from M.D. Consulting were shareholder-loan repayments or taxable shareholder benefits.
- Mr. Deyab maintains that he was withdrawing money previously transferred to M.D. Consulting.
- Mr. Deyab admitted receiving the amounts at issue, totalling $2,349,779, from M.D. Consulting.
- The Respondent accepted that Mr. Deyab and his family had transferred substantial amounts to M.D. Consulting before or during the relevant years.
- The Tax Court found that Mr. Deyab did not establish, on a balance of probabilities, that the amounts received repaid shareholder loans.
- The Court found insufficient credible evidence to support Mr. Deyab’s repayment assertion.
- The amounts were therefore treated as shareholder benefits that Mr. Deyab was required to include in income but failed to report.
- The Court next addressed subsection 163(2) gross negligence penalties and reassessment of statute-barred years under subsection 152(4).