Key legal question
Whether renovation and maintenance expenses for the purchased property were deductible in the 1999/2000 direct federal tax period.
Extracted holding
No. The costs were treated as non-deductible postponed maintenance under the Dumont line of case law.
Extracted reasoning
The extent of the works, the ratio to the purchase price, missing proof of which items were merely maintenance, and indications of a comprehensive refurbishment showed that deferred upkeep was being caught up, not normal periodic maintenance.