processing

Whether equipment acquired by the taxpayer constituted qualified property for the purposes of claiming the Atlantic investment tax credit (AITC) turned, in part, on whether it constituted depreciable property referred to in Reg 4600(2). This, in turn, appeared to turn largely on whether its use in the production or processing of fuel could be considered to be the manufacturing or processing of goods for sale in the context of the description of a Class 29 property, and as also required by the definition of “qualified property” in s. 127(9).

By services, 28 November, 2015

The taxpayers were related companies, and the general partner and a 75% limited partner of a partnership which constructed a terminal and jetty in St. John to which liquid natural gas would be delivered by tanker (at the jetty), "regasified," tested and processed to meet quality standards such as flammability and low O2 content, and then delivered to a pipeline for shipment to the U.S. resellers.

By services, 28 November, 2015

In finding that a corporation which assembled and installed exhaust systems in automobiles was not engaged in manufacturing ("producing for sale an identifiable article of commerce by assembling parts produced by others" (p. 5208)) or processing (which "occurs when raw or natural materials are transformed into saleable items" (p. 5209)), Linden J.A. stated (pp. 5209-5210):