CRA acknowledges that no secondary adjustments are required for the operation of most income attribution provisions

Suppose that most of the income of a partnership has been allocated and distributed to a partner which is a personal trust, but that CRA reallocates most of such income under s. 103 to the other partner, which is a corporation (subject to a lower tax rate than the trust). Notwithstanding that the trust partner has enjoyed income on which it is not subject to tax, CRA acknowledges that there is no obligation for the trust to make any reimbursement payment to the other partner. More generally, CRA acknowledges that the operation of s. 15(1), 51(2), 69(1), 74.1(1) or (2), 74.4(2), 75(2), 85(1)(e.2), 86(2), or 103 to attribute income of one taxpayer to a second taxpayer does not obligate the first taxpayer to reimburse the second taxpayer therefor. This contrasts with ss. 20(1)(j), 90(14), 227(6.1) and 247(13), which provide for the tax consequences of a reimbursement.

Neal Armstrong. Q. 13 of 9 October APFF Roundtable under 2015 APFF Conference.