Backman v. Canada, 2001 DTC 5149, 2001 SCC 10, [2001] 1 SCR 367 -- summary under Purpose/Intention

By services, 28 November, 2015

Before finding that the taxpayers had not entered into an arrangement with the requisite intention to be partners, the Court stated (at para. 22) that "motivation is that which stimulates a person to act, and intention is a person's objective or purpose in acting. This Court has repeatedly held that a tax motivation does not derogate from the validity of transactions for tax purposes ...".

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