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The Minister assessed the taxpayer to fully deny his charitable donation claim for his 2008 taxation year respecting his participation in a leveraged donation scheme (the “Scheme”). This assessment was made in reliance on s. 237.1(6.1), which prohibited a claim by a person in respect of a tax shelter where any person was liable to a penalty under s. 237.1(7.4) which was unpaid (here, four persons had been so assessed) and was made beyond the normal reassessment period in reliance on s.

The auditing firm (“DMCL”) issued an invoice for audit services rendered to the appellant which it claimed not to have seen until it was obtained and presented to it by Crown counsel during the trial. The payment arrangements for the services of DCML were partially evidence by an initial retainer letter and then by an email sent a number of months later by DMCL to the appellant, to fix the audit fee at a level higher than that originally estimated, and provide for a payment schedule.