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 ABSENCE..............4
the nature of trade may produce business income from a tax point of view despite the  absence  390
trade, but its presence is not an essential prerequisite to such a determination and its  absence  474
within the meaning of the C.C.Q. and the common law, since there is an  absence  of an 488
practice of law at the age of after a -year  absence  from the profession. Décary J. began 624
 
 ACCEPTED.............1
Although originally disputed, it is now  accepted  that in order to have a source of income the 614
 
 ACCEPTING............1
rented out, the essential core operations may at times be limited to  accepting  rental revenue and 1320
 
 ACCEPTS..............1
breakdowns or accidents during a period of time, it passively  accepts  rental revenue and 1324
 
 ACCIDENTS............1
breakdowns or  accidents  during a period of time, it passively accepts rental revenue and 1324
 
 ACCOMPLISH...........1
as a means to  accomplish  that object it does not come within the ordinary meaning of the term 366
 
 ACCOMPLISHMENT.......1
of the undertaking, and devote time to the  accomplishment  of its objects. He must also be in 360
 
 ACCORDANCE...........1
 accordance  with the definition of business in subsection (), it can be shown that he has 684
 
 ACCORDINGLY..........6
carrying on a business.  Accordingly , as the judge held that the debtors automobile was used 202
carrying on of an enterprise is that there be an organized economic activity.  Accordingly , along 220
provides elements which are included in the idea of business under tax law.  Accordingly , to 806
 Accordingly , where federal law does not define a private law term, one must turn to the 848
interpretation.  Accordingly , the federal Interpretation Act contains the following Section:882
exercise his profession regardless of any notion of carrying on an enterprise.  Accordingly , a 1172
 
 ACCOUNT..............2
of each case. To determine whether a partnership exists, we must take  account  of the contract 340
version takes into  account  the common law and the civil law was tabled on May , 842
 
 ACCOUNTS.............3
 accounts . 348
part of a business of selling household goods to collect on the resulting  accounts  receivable, the 524
of course, that the  accounts  receivable are collectable in a worthwhile amount and that steps are 526
 
 ACCURATELY...........2
 accurately  described as income from property and just as accurately regarded as income from a 544
accurately described as income from property and just as  accurately  regarded as income from a 544
 
 ACHIEVE..............3
profits from trade in order to  achieve  some collateral purpose such as the replacement of a 566
The investment of profits from trade in order to  achieve  some collateral purpose is therefore 574
ordered) so as to  achieve  a specific result. 1148
 
 ACKNOWLEDGES.........1
The author  acknowledges  with thanks the assistance of Julie Gaudreault-Martel (student-1080
 
 ACQUIRE..............1
Ch. D. . There, the Master of the Rolls said at pp. -: You cannot  acquire  gain by 1208
 
 ACQUIRED.............2
(a) whether the taxpayer dealt with the property  acquired  by him in the same way as a 690
taxpayer  acquired  the property or its fair market value at the end of the year, whichever is 1254
 
 ACQUIRING............1
one formed a company or association for the purpose of  acquiring  gain, he must form it for the 1210
 
 ACTE.................5
Mistrale GOUDREAU, De l acte  commercial à lacte de lentreprise dans le Code civil du 1040
Mistrale GOUDREAU, De lacte commercial à l acte  de lentreprise dans le Code civil du 1040
l acte  de commerce en droit québécois , doctoral thesis, (Montréal, Université de Montréal, 1110
Mistrale GOUDREAU, De l acte  commercial à lacte de lentreprise dans le Code civil 1114
Mistrale GOUDREAU, De lacte commercial à l acte  de lentreprise dans le Code civil 1114
 
 ACTION...............1
A Quebec litigant involved in an  action  pertaining to his civil rights under a federal enactment 874
 
 ACTIONS..............1
staff who may be used to run the enterprise, which arises out of the will and  actions  of the 98
 
 ACTIVE...............18
..  ACTIVE  BUSINESS 16
passive income, and income from an  active  business. This concept is used in several situations, 32
concern in the nature of trade, determining whether a business is an  active  business, whether 34
by the law of the market. The carrying on of an enterprise implies an  active  role on the part of 148
..  ACTIVE  BUSINESS 492
The I.T.A. defines  active  business carried on by a corporation in the following terms: any 494
The I.T.A. draws a distinction between an  active  business carried on by a corporation and an 502
investment business because an  active  business carried on by a corporation excludes property 502
The determination of whether a business is an  active  business is a question of fact. Professor 508
are suspended or passive may nonetheless be considered an  active  business carried on by a 512
becomes  active  income as a result of this provision. Otherwise, the income would have to be 584
risked in a corporation's business operations is considered to be  active  business income. This 698
principally in an  active  business. Factors to be considered in determining whether a property is 702
used in an  active  business include the actual use to which the asset is put in the course of the 702
Finally, when the expressions reasonable expectation of profit and  active  businessare used, 798
()  active  operation. 910
with the corporation provides, in the course of carrying on an  active  business, managerial, 1304
income during a period of time, it does not necessarily follow that it did not carry on an  active  1330
 
 ACTIVITIES...........28
According to the Commentaires du ministre, the notion of enterprise includes all  activities , 60
Note that article of the C.C.Q. implies that the  activities  of a partnership, for example, 106
property, knowledge or  activities  and to share any resulting pecuniary profits.110
However, a partnership which allocates a certain amount of tangible assets to its  activities  could 128
consists of broadening the rule which only covered business  activities  to include obligations 176
with regular  activities  there should be human resources, material means and a specific economic 220
goal. It was held that professional, trade and agricultural  activities  can generally form part of the 222
Business: Commercial activity engaged in as a means of livelihood --  Activities  of a person, 278
on the type of entity to which it belongs and by the  activities  it carries on.302
commerce, provided those  activities  are not exercised as part of an office or employment or we 378
from an investment, certain  activities  have been found to constitute an adventure in the nature of 424
trade, does not, of itself, preclude a finding that those  activities  amount to carrying on in 424
the other  activities  of the taxpayer and that he was never entered upon a transaction of that kind 478
The Hickman Motors Ltd. decision confirmed the principle that a business whose  activities  512
constitutes an integral part of his  activities . If so, the income from that investment is business 578
enterprise. Thus, whether the investment activity constitutes an integral part of the  activities  588
racing  activities . At first he realized a profit but thereafter the taxpayer sustained losses, which 610
that these  activities  may be quite separate and apart from his ordinary occupation. Where 682
general presumption that profits arising from its  activities  are derived from a business. 706
recommence its  activities . 714
activity is particularly important. Business is very broad and the  activities  that were 742
specifically recognizes that a company can engage in  activities  other than the operation of an 796
 activities . Ministère de la Justice. Commentaires du Ministre de la Justice, Le Code civil du 1088
notion of business tends to cover trade-related, farming or professional  activities .1232
administration of property did not constitute a business since those  activities  do not constitute an 1264
business, but merely states that in addition to its ordinary meaning it shall include the  activities  I 1286
that the taxpayer must be subjectively motivated by profit when carrying out the  activities  in 1382
of the other  activities  of the taxpayer, in and of themselves, are not sufficient to prevent a finding 1414
 
 ACTIVITY.............94
 activity , whereas the notion of income from property is associated to passivity. The concepts of 30
The carrying on by one or more persons of an organized economic  activity , whether or not it is 56
whether commercial or not, notably the exercise of a profession, trade or agricultural  activity  or 60
and involving an  activity  requiring physical facilities of some size. In short, an enterprise is the 76
elements:  activity , organized activity and economic activity. 90
elements: activity, organized  activity  and economic activity. 90
elements: activity, organized activity and economic  activity . 90
An enterprise is an  activity . In everyday language, the word enterprise is often used to 92
refer to the entrepreneur, but to his  activity . That activity must be organized. The C.C.Q. does 94
refer to the entrepreneur, but to his activity. That  activity  must be organized. The C.C.Q. does 94
 activity  for business purposes, the activity becomes an enterprise. 106
activity for business purposes, the  activity  becomes an enterprise. 106
carry on an  activity , including the operation of an enterprise, to contribute thereto by combining 110
opposite was true. It appears that in such a case the degree of  activity  and organization is not 116
sufficient to call it an enterprise. The purpose of this type of economic  activity  may be the 118
investment  activity , which recalls the distinction between business income and property 120
result from chance. The economic  activity  must be part of a business objective predetermined 134
an enterprise involves a certain continuity over time and that it is a repetitive  activity , or at least, 136
The enterprise is an economic  activity  which consists of the production or supply of goods or 140
business  activity , a co-operative activity, the exercise of a profession, trade or agricultural 142
business activity, a co-operative  activity , the exercise of a profession, trade or agricultural 142
 activity , or the activity of a non-profit organization, but it must have a business nature. On 142
activity, or the  activity  of a non-profit organization, but it must have a business nature. On 142
the other hand, an  activity  carried on for social or public purposes rather than business ones, 144
such as the  activity  of a government, municipality or church, does not constitute an enterprise, 144
nor does an  activity  carried on for spiritual, charitable or benevolent purposes.146
The author Dalphond is of the opinion that, for there to be an economic  activity , there must 146
 activity  is organized (which does not have to be complex or even written); 158
legislator has thus attempted to cover all forms of economic  activity . The text by Jean Pineau 172
investment  activity , but several dealt with the distinction between the notion of the carrying on of 186
an enterprise and the personal exercise of a professional  activity  in a bankruptcy and insolvency 188
paragraph C.C.Q. since he exercised an organized economic  activity , commercial in nature, 196
instruments of work needed for the personal exercise of a professional  activity  are exempt from 198
concept of the personal exercise of his professional  activity  is thus opposed to the notion of 202
for the personal exercise of his professional  activity  within the meaning of the exception in article 214
carrying on of an enterprise is that there be an organized economic  activity . Accordingly, along 220
the notion of the personal use of property, even if it is used for a professional  activity .224
commercial nature of an economic  activity . However, we must be careful not to bring into the 240
In common law, the concept of business implies a certain commercial  activity . That activity 252
In common law, the concept of business implies a certain commercial activity. That  activity  252
 activity . 266
Business: Commercial  activity  engaged in as a means of livelihood -- Activities of a person, 278
sole proprietor only has to cease all form of  activity  for the business to end. However, there are 308
carried on where an  activity  is mentioned in a companys articles and the company in fact 318
carries on that  activity . In Canadian Marconi, Wilson J. gives a few examples of 318
carrying on business and was not a part of a larger  activity  that falls within those words. It 410
of trade is very broad, since it covers isolated  activity  as well as transactions which do not 486
constitute regular  activity . We therefore note that there is a difference between the concept of 486
organized and continuous  activity  in the first case. Therefore, if there is an adventure in the 490
way as to overlap. Second, persons or corporations generally engaged in trading-type  activity  540
indicia of trading  activity  and, in the case of a corporate taxpayer, by applying a presumption in 548
 activity  carried out in pursuit of an object set out in the corporation's constating documents is 552
principal  activity . If it does, the income from that investment will also be considered business 582
In civil law, investment  activity  does not constitute the carrying on of an enterprise because, in 586
enterprise. Thus, whether the investment  activity  constitutes an integral part of the activities 588
of a partnership or a separate  activity , we cannot conclude that an enterprise is carried on. In 590
Translation Henceforth, we will have to distinguish between the  activity  of a partnership and 592
the organized  activity  of a partnership, since certain transactions are not complex or refined 592
The reasonable expectation of profit test allows us to determine whether a taxpayers  activity  600
spent a few hours carrying on that  activity . He therefore could not have a reasonable 612
expectation of profit is a criteria generally applied to any  activity  which could result in business 632
significant  activity  is undertaken that is a regular part of the income-earning process in that type 672
of  activity  to be carried on and a sufficient organizational structure assembled to undertake at 676
a person who undertakes an  activity  only infrequently, or possibly only once, rather than 682
carries on a business within the usual meaning of the term. The frequency of the  activity  688
Commercial  activity  of a person means: 716
whatever, whether the  activity  or undertaking is engaged in for profit, and any activity engaged 730
whatever, whether the activity or undertaking is engaged in for profit, and any  activity  engaged 730
whether the appellants  activity  was a business or an adventure in the nature of trade, the judge 740
 activity  is particularly important. Business is very broad and the activities that were 742
Commercial  activity  also includes an adventure or concern in the nature of trade and if the 746
Appellants  activity  is not a business then it is an adventure or concern in the nature of 746
Generally speaking, the notion of business  activity  is used much more frequently than the that of 748
economic  activity . The distinction between the carrying on of an enterprise and an investment 784
 activity  in civil law, as mentioned in our analysis, recalls the distinction in tax law between 784
The carrying on of a business within the meaning of the I.T.A. includes any type of  activity  which 786
on of an enterprise to an organized economic  activity . It is therefore conceivable that there is no 788
As for the presumption that income received from or generated by an  activity  carried on in 792
() an organized  activity  of a commercial nature; 906
within the meaning of the C.C.Q. since it does not constitute an organized  activity .1106
page : Translation Henceforth, we will have to distinguish between the  activity  of a 1116
partnership and the organized  activity  of a partnership, since certain transactions are not 1118
commercial in nature or not, surrounding the economic  activity  (that is, a repetition of acts or 1144
needed for the personal exercise of a professional  activity , except where such movables are 1162
The instruments of work needed for the personal exercise of his professional  activity .1166
With respect to the exercise of a professional  activity , it states as follows: Translation Article 1168
personal exercise of a professional  activity , that is, the instruments which allow a person to 1170
the exercise of the  activity  into the carrying on of an enterprise. However, such instruments of 1174
personal exercise of the drivers professional  activity  within the meaning of the exception 1180
complexity of the notion of business, which should consist of an organized economic  activity . A 1186
nature of trade. A real estate owner's  activity  is surely not a profession, trade or business, but 1272
there be sustained  activity  before it can be maintained that a business is carried on; there may be 1310
operations would be the obtaining of the necessary licence. Where an  activity  consists merely of 1396
obtained to justify going into a business of some kind, such an  activity  does not represent the 1398

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