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Court-ordered charges under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act may rank before deemed trusts

On October 18, 2023, the Québec Court of Appeal confirmed the Superior Court’s authority to declare that court-ordered charges under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) rank before deemed trusts in favour of the Crown for deductions at source.

Canada, Quebec, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Supreme Court of Canada
Les taxes de vente pré-dépôt ne bénéficient d’aucune priorité en vertu de la LACC

Dans l'affaire de la Loi sur les arrangements avec les créanciers des compagnies du détaillant nord-américain Groupe Dynamite, le Juge Kalichman, siégeant alors à la Cour supérieure du Québec, rend un jugement sur le traitement des taxes de vente pré-dépôt devant être remises par les débiteurs. La Cour exerce son pouvoir discrétionnaire afin de modifier l’ordonnance pour préciser que seules les taxes de vente accumulées ou perçues après la date de l’ordonnance initiale doivent être payées immédiatement aux autorités fiscales.

Canada, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Tax, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act 1933 (Canada)
Alberta Court of Appeal confirms super-priority status of restructuring charges

The ongoing priority dispute between deemed trusts created under federal “fiscal statutes” (being the Income Tax Act, the Canada Pension Plan Act and the Employment Insurance Act) and priming charges arising under restructuring and insolvency legislatio

Canada, Alberta, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act 1933 (Canada), Canada Pension Plan Act 1985, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1985 (Canada)
Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Reiterates Court’s Discretion to Grant an Interim Financing Charge “Super-Priority” Status in the Face of a Deemed Trust Under the Income Tax Act

This blog’s most recent post considered the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia’s June 2017 decision of Rosedale Farms Limited, Hassett Holdings Inc., Resurgam Resources (Re) (“Rosedale”) where the Cou

Canada, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Secured creditor, Canada Revenue Agency, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1985 (Canada)
Deemed Trust for Unremitted Withholdings Trumps Interim Financing Charge in Recent Nova Scotia Supreme Court Decision

In the recent decision of Rosedale Farms Limited, Hassett Holdings Inc., Resurgam Resources (Re) (“Rosedale”), the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia held that a deemed trust for unremitted withholdings under sections 227(4)

Canada, Nova Scotia, Alberta, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Canada Revenue Agency, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1985 (Canada)