Income Tax Severed Letters - 2025-08-13

Conference

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Digital Services Tax (DST) Act.

28 May 2025 IFA Roundtable Q. 1, 2025-1052641C6 - Digital Services Tax (DST) Act -- attach -- Section 45

various issues re CRA administration

CRA indicated the following respecting the administration of the digital services tax:

  • Filing of DST returns will be done through the CRA...

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Principal Issues: Updates on various CRA administrative procedures concerning the Digital Services Tax (DST) Act.

Position: See discussions below.

Reasons: See discussions below.

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Global Minimum Tax Act

28 May 2025 IFA Roundtable Q. 2, 2025-1052681C6 - Global Minimum Tax Act -- attach -- Subsection 60(1)

affected taxpayers are expected to start registering for GMTA purposes in late 2025

CRA will introduce a registration requirement, which is projected to be implemented in late 2025. There will be various options available for...

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Principal Issues: Update on CRA's implementation activities in response to 2025 IFA Conference question.

Position: n/a.

Reasons: n/a.

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15(2)

28 May 2025 IFA Roundtable Q. 6, 2025-1052631C6 - Earnings of a disregarded US LLC -- attach -- Subsection 15(2.17)

illustration of ordering rule for determining whether s. 15(2.17) applies to a cross-border notional cash pooling arrangement

CRA indicated that anticipated frequent and ongoing movements in the account balances of participants to a notional cash-pooling arrangement would...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 15 - Subsection 15(2.6) frequent anticipated payments and repayments occurring in a cross-border physical or notional cash-pooling arrangement likely would be a s. 15(2.6) series 109
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 15 - Subsection 15(2.11) PLOI election available re cross-border cash-pooling arrangement/ simplified PLOI election will be announced 100

28 May 2025 IFA Roundtable Q. 6, 2025-1052631C6 - Earnings of a disregarded US LLC -- attach -- Subsection 15(2.6)

frequent anticipated payments and repayments occurring in a cross-border physical or notional cash-pooling arrangement likely would be a s. 15(2.6) series

In the course of discussion of a physical, then a notional cash-pooling arrangement between a Canadian company and affiliated foreign companies,...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 15 - Subsection 15(2.17) illustration of ordering rule for determining whether s. 15(2.17) applies to a cross-border notional cash pooling arrangement 928
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 15 - Subsection 15(2.11) PLOI election available re cross-border cash-pooling arrangement/ simplified PLOI election will be announced 100

28 May 2025 IFA Roundtable Q. 6, 2025-1052631C6 - Earnings of a disregarded US LLC -- attach -- Subsection 15(2.11)

PLOI election available re cross-border cash-pooling arrangement/ simplified PLOI election will be announced

After indicating that frequent anticipated payments and repayments occurring in a cross-border physical or notional cash-pooling arrangement...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 15 - Subsection 15(2.17) illustration of ordering rule for determining whether s. 15(2.17) applies to a cross-border notional cash pooling arrangement 928
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 15 - Subsection 15(2.6) frequent anticipated payments and repayments occurring in a cross-border physical or notional cash-pooling arrangement likely would be a s. 15(2.6) series 109

Principal Issues: Update on cash pooling.

Position: See below.

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Section 231.1

28 May 2025 IFA Roundtable Q. 4, 2025-1052581C6 - Requests for documents under section 231.1 -- attach -- Subsection 231.1(1)

CRA is now using s. 231.1 as its primary demand power, and is relegating s. 231.2 to special situations

CRA is drafting a communique that will be posted shortly on its website and that will clarify that s. 231.1 is the primary information power used...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 231.2 - Subsection 231.2(1) s. 231.1 is CRA's primary information-request power, and it uses s. 231.2 only in special situations, e.g., information about unnamed persons 53

28 May 2025 IFA Roundtable Q. 4, 2025-1052581C6 - Requests for documents under section 231.1 -- attach -- Subsection 231.2(1)

s. 231.1 is CRA's primary information-request power, and it uses s. 231.2 only in special situations, e.g., information about unnamed persons

CRA is drafting a communique that will clarify that s. 231.1 is the primary information power used by CRA officials to request information,...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 231.1 - Subsection 231.1(1) CRA is now using s. 231.1 as its primary demand power, and is relegating s. 231.2 to special situations 165

Principal Issues: Whether CRA can provide guidance on its use of the phrase “all documents and records relating to advice…received, decisions made…” in respect of requests for documents under section 231.1.

Position: N/A.

Reasons: N/A.

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91(1), 91(4), 95(1)

28 May 2025 IFA Roundtable Q. 5, 2025-1063771C6 - Computation of FAT -- attach -- Foreign Accrual Tax

formula for prorating foreign tax between a FAPI and non-FAPI business for FAT purposes

If a foreign affiliate (FA) carries on a business in a foreign county and pays tax to that country on income which the ITA segregates into income...

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Principal Issues: Allocation of deductions allowed under foreign law between the active business and the FAPI-generating business of a foreign affiliate for the purpose of determining the amount of foreign tax that is FAT applicable to the FAPI of the foreign affiliate.

Position: Foreign deductions should first be allocated to income from an activity to which they may reasonably be regarded as applicable.

Reasons: The language in the FAT definition in subsection 95(1) requires an allocation of foreign tax to FAPI on reasonable basis.

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Reg 5907(1) "earnings" "loss", Reg 5907(2.03)

28 May 2025 IFA Roundtable Q. 6, 2025-1052631C6 - Earnings of a disregarded US LLC -- attach -- Subsection 5907(2.03)

the opening UCC for used depreciable property of an acquired LLC for the first year of computing its (a)(iii) earnings was the lesser of UCC and FMV

A US LLC, which was formed in 2017 by a regarded US corporation, acquired and used appreciable assets in carrying on its active business in the US...

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Principal Issues: In the facts outlined, for purposes of determining US LLC’s 2024 earnings from its active business in accordance with regulation 5907(2.03), should the maximum CCA be considered to have been claimed by US LLC for the 2017 to 2023 taxation years?

Position: No.

Reasons: See below.