Is there any case law supporting the argument that alternative assessments are not scientific experiments?

Canada (Federal), Canada

The following excerpt is from Halls v. The Queen, 2022 TCC 14 (CanLII):

Bocock J., reiterated this theme in Truong v. R., 2017 TCC 22, 46. Alternative assessments whether by deposit analysis, net worth assessments or other means are not scientific experiments and, as such, are inherently inaccurate. They are necessitated where a taxpayer has failed to file income tax returns, filed patently deficient ones and/or fails to provide books and records which substantiate requests to file or substantiate filed returns. … [Emphasis added]

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