Income Tax Severed Letters - 2016-09-28

Technical Interpretation - External

27 July 2016 External T.I. 2015-0603271E5 - Subsection 216.1(1) and permanent establishment

Unedited CRA Tags
216.1(1); 212(5.1)
late filing under s. 216.1 not accommodated
Art. 16 of US Treaty permits gross withholding taxation even if PE
prohibition against acting income being filed on a net basis in absence of timely s. 216.1 election

Principal Issues: Whether a non-resident corporation providing acting services in Canada that misses the deadline for filing an elective income tax return under subsection 216.1(1) can late-file a “regular” income tax return under Part I where the provision of the acting services by the actor resulted in a permanent establishment of the corporation in Canada under the Canada-U.S. Treaty?

Position: No.

Reasons: Wording of subsections 212(5.1), 216.1(1), and operation of 115(2.1) and Article XVI of the Canada-U.S. Treaty.

13 July 2016 External T.I. 2015-0608671E5 - Foreign Reporting Requirement under 233.4

Unedited CRA Tags
93.1(1), 94(3), 233.4
deemed resident s. 94 NRT member of U.S. LP is not resident in determining whether the LP is a reporting entity
no T1134 filing obligation where a s. 94 trust holds an interest in a non-resident corp through an LP

Principal Issues: Which entity would be the reporting entity under section 233.4 of the Act for a US corporation that is owned by a US partnership, where the US partnership has a member that is a deemed Canadian non-resident trust under paragraph 94(3)(a) of the Act?

Position: None of the entities in this particular fact pattern would be required to report under section 233.4 of the Act.

Reasons: 94(3)(a)(vi) deems a non-resident trust to be resident in Canada for its filing obligation under section 233.4 only. It does not create a filing obligation for the US partnership.

17 May 2016 External T.I. 2015-0603711E5 F - Personne assumant les frais d'entretien

Unedited CRA Tags
63(1), 63(2), 63(3)
parent living abroad was not a supporting person

Principales Questions: Est-ce que le parent qui ne réside pas au Canada avec son époux est une personne assumant les frais d'entretien pour les fins de la déduction pour frais de garde d'enfants? / Is the parent who is not residing in Canada with his/her spouse considered a supporting person for the purpose of claiming child care expenses?

Position Adoptée: Question de fait / Question of fact

Raisons: Voir la lettre / See the letter

Technical Interpretation - Internal

16 June 2016 Internal T.I. 2015-0597971I7 F - Perte réputée nulle - loss deemed nil

Unedited CRA Tags
40(2)g)(ii)
capital loss potentially could be recognized on a non-interest bearing loan made to a corporation in which the taxpayer had no equity/subordinate purpose sufficient
BIL potentially could be recognized on a non-interest bearing loan made to a corporation in which the taxpayer had no equity

Principales Questions: La question est de savoir si une créance a été acquise en vue de tirer un revenu d’une entreprise ou d’un bien. / The question is whether a debt was acquired by the taxpayer for the purpose of gaining or producing income from a business or property.

Position Adoptée: Non / No

Raisons: Les contribuables n’ont pas démontré que les créances ont été acquises en vue de tirer un revenu d’une entreprise ou d’un bien. Selon nous, lorsque F1 et F2 ont consenti les Créances à Société, elles n’avaient pas l’intention de tirer un revenu additionnel de ces Créances ni de protéger une source de revenu pour elles-mêmes. / The taxpayers have not demonstrated that the debts were acquired for the purpose of gaining or producing income from a business or property. It is our view that when F1 and F2 have made the debts to the company, they did not intend to draw an additional income from those debts or to protect a source of income for themselves.

26 April 2016 Internal T.I. 2015-0623571I7 - one-time salary transition payment

Unedited CRA Tags
5(1); 8(1)(n); 80.4(1); 248(1)
advance to employee is current s. 5 income
Words and Phrases
advance
deduction for repayment of transitional advance
employee advance not a “loan”
Words and Phrases
loan

Principal Issues: When transferring from a "current" payroll system to a "payment in arrears" system, is a transition payment made to employees subject to income tax?

Position: Yes

Reasons: See response