ROUND TABLE - CGA - JANUARY 10, 1992
Officer: Marc Séguin
File: 7-912222
QUESTION #17
Does the Department accept the judgment of the Trial Division of the Federal Court in the Silden case (90 DTC 6576)? According to the judgment, a loan to a shareholder need not have been extended at the time the dwelling is acquired to qualify for the exception in subparagraph 15(2)(a)(ii) of the Act, contrary to the position taken in Interpretation Bulletin IT-119R3.
ANSWER
The Department has filed an appeal from this judgment with the Appeal Division of the Federal Court.