16 December 2003 Internal T.I. 2003-04616

With respect to the situation where a parent corporation ("Parentco") would elect to have s. 50(1) apply in respect of the shares of one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries ("Lossco") and then, in a subsequent taxation year, Parentco disposes of its Lossco shares in favour of another wholly-owned subsidiary ("Profitco") for a nominal cash consideration, the Agency commented that it would be difficult for Parentco to satisfy the requirements of ss.50(1)(b)(iii)(A) and (C) stating that "the benefits that can be derived from the utilization of non-capital losses should generally be taken into consideration in assigning a value to the shares of a corporation".

With respect to the situation where a parent corporation ("Parentco") would elect to have s. 50(1) apply in respect of the shares of one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries ("Lossco") and then, in a subsequent taxation year, Parentco disposes of its Lossco shares in favour of another wholly-owned subsidiary ("Profitco") for a nominal cash consideration, the Agency commented that it would be difficult for Parentco to satisfy the requirements of ss.50(1)(b)(iii)(A) and (C) stating that "the benefits that can be derived from the utilization of non-capital losses should generally be taken into consideration in assigning a value to the shares of a corporation".