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Foreign vendor providing software access and cloud storage

May 30, 2024
May 30, 2024

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Q. If a Canadian vendor is providing a three-year software membership for access to a classroom and unlimited cloud storage, is this considered a service in Canada and no withholding or 1042 form is required? A. (Answered by IOFM's third-party tax experts) A “cloud transaction” is understood to be a transaction through which there is on-demand network access to any of the following: computer hardware; digital content; or similar resources.  A “cloud transaction” is characterized as either a…

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