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€€He€held€thatÐ Ô)D"+ Ðthe€purpose€of€the€CCA€provisions€permitted€the€deduction€of€CCA€based€on€theÐ l+Ü#- Ðð ðcostð ð€of€the€trailers,€as€defined€by€the€transactions€documents.€€He€went€on€toÐ -t%/ Ðconduct€a€detailed€analysis€of€the€legal€transactions.€He€found€that€CTMC€hadÐ œ. '1 Ðacquired€title€and€became€the€legal€owner€of€the€trailers,€and€declined€toÐ 40¤(3 Ðrecharacterize€the€legal€nature€of€the€transaction.€€The€transactions€in€issue,€in€hisÐ Ðview,€amounted€to€an€ordinary€sale„leaseback.€€The€Tax€Court€judge€found€that€theÐ ( ˜ Ðtransaction€fell€within€the€spirit€and€purpose€of€the€CCA€provisions€of€the€Act,€andÐ À 0 Ðconcluded€that€the€GAAR€did€not€apply€to€disallow€the€tax€benefit.€Ý ƒ 0 Ñý½y Øy ݌РX È ÐŒÝ ÝÓ Ü , ‚X ž ø ™ z ô Ü , ‚X œ ø ™ z z ÓÌ4.2à0 ž àò òFederal€Court€of€Appealó ó,€[2004]€2€Ô_ ÔC.T.C.Ô_ Ô€276,€2004€FCA€67Ð ˆ ø ž !ž ! ÐÓ @ Ü , ‚X œ ø ™ z z Ü , ‚X ž ø ™ z z . @ ÓÌÝ ‚ 0 Ñýÿ ÝÝ ÝÝ ‚ 0 Ñý9€ Ýà „ àÚ ƒ z Ú9Ú ÚÛ € z Ûà Ü àÝ Ýà œ àThe€Federal€Court€of€Appeal€unanimously€dismissed€the€appeal,€relyingÐ ¸ ( Ðon€the€reasons€in€ò òOSFC€Holdings€Ltd.€v.€Canadaó ó,€[2002]€2€F.C.€288,€2001€FCA€260Ð P À Ð(ð ðò òOSFCó óð ð),€in€which€the€court€had€set€out€a€two„stage€analysis€for€abuse€under€theÐ è X ÐGAAR,€focussed€first€on€interpretation€of€the€specific€provisions€at€issue,€second€onÐ € ð Ðthe€overarching€policy€of€the€ò òIncome€Tax€Actó ó.€€Evans€J.A.,€for€the€court,€held€that€theÐ ˆ ÐTax€Court€judge€had€not€erred€in€concluding€that,€for€the€purposes€of€s.€245(4)€of€theÐ ° ÐAct,€the€transactions€at€issue€did€not€constitute€a€misuse€of€a€provision€of€the€Act€orÐ H ¸ Ðan€abuse€of€the€CCA€scheme€as€a€whole.€€He€noted€that€counsel€for€the€appellant€didÐ à P Ðnot€seek€to€recharacterize€the€transactions€and€did€not€allege€that€they€were€a€sham,Ð x è Ðbut€argued€instead€that€the€policy€underlying€s.€20(1)(ò òaó ó)€and€the€CCA€provisions€asÐ !€ Ða€whole€was€ð ðto€permit€taxpayers€to€claim€CCA€in€respect€of€the€ð ðrealð ð€or€ð ðeconomicð ðÐ ¨" " Ðcost€that€they€incurred€in€acquiring€an€asset,€and€not€the€ð ðlegalð ð€cost,€that€is,€on€theÐ @$° $ Ðfacts€of€this€case,€the€purchase€price€paid€by€the€taxpayerð ð€(para.€2).
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