Exida.Com Limited Liability Company v. The Queen, 2009 DTC 1278, 2009 TCC 373 (Informal Procedure), rev'd above. -- summary under Subsection 162(2.1)

The taxpayer, which was a non-resident corporation that filed tax returns for the relevant taxation years late but with no tax owing, was liable to a penalty under s. 162(2.1). The ordinary meaning of the word "liable" ("responsible at law"), the contrasting use of the terms "liable" and "payable" in the relevant provisions and the fact that this interpretation was consistent with an interpretation that the enactment of s. 162(2.1) was intended by Parliament to put some teeth into the filing requirements for non-resident corporations, suggested that a corporation would be considered to be "liable to a penalty" under s. 162(1) even if such penalty was nil.