14 further full-text translations of CRA interpretations are available

The table below provides descriptors and links for the Technical Interpretation released last week and for 13 of the October 2017 APFF Roundtable questions and answers released two weeks ago (Q.6 to Q.18), as fully translated by us.

These (and the other full-text translations covering the last 4 1/2 years of CRA releases) are subject to the usual (3 working weeks per month) paywall.

Bundle Date Translated severed letter Summaries under Summary descriptor
2018-04-18 24 January 2018 External T.I. 2016-0645911E5 F - Avantage imposable - Stationnement Income Tax Act - Section 6 - Subsection 6(1) - Paragraph 6(1)(a) free parking benefit scaled to comparable-spot charge/ business-use exception excludes overtime use
2018-04-11 6 October 2017 APFF Roundtable Q. 6, 2017-0709041C6 F - Services PE Treaties - Income Tax Conventions - Article 5 there can be a services PE in Canada during the tail end of a project which ends in the first few months of a calendar year
6 October 2017 APFF Roundtable Q. 7, 2017-0709051C6 F - Dédommagement-annulation d'une offre d'achat Income Tax Act - Section 54 - Capital Property damages for breach of a purchaser's covenant were proceeds of a capital property
Income Tax Act - Section 13 - Subsection 13(21) - Undepreciated Capital Cost - A if damages relate to a particular asset of a business that was not disposed of, they will reduce the asset’s cost
6 October 2017 APFF Roundtable Q. 8, 2017-0719491C6 F - Production of NR4 forms Income Tax Regulations - Regulation 202 - Regulation 202(1) CRA requires NR4 reporting of withholding-exempt amounts
6 October 2017 APFF Roundtable Q. 9, 2017-0709071C6 F - Corporate Attribution Rules Income Tax Act - Section 74.4 - Subsection 74.4(2) a second freeze transaction by a family trust could be viewed as an indirect transfer by the original freezor
Income Tax Act - Section 74.5 - Subsection 74.5(5) unborn children and spouse not designated persons re freezer trust
6 October 2017 APFF Roundtable Q. 10, 2017-0709081C6 F - Election to treat excess as separate dividend Income Tax Act - Section 184 - Subsection 184(3) elected-upon amount is retroactively deemed as income even if it is still unpaid
Income Tax Act - Section 185 - Subsection 185(3) normal reassessment period starts running from date of Pt III assessment
6 October 2017 APFF Roundtable Q. 11, 2017-0709091C6 F - Transitional rules - Class 14.1 Income Tax Act - Section 13 - Subsection 13(38) - Paragraph 13(38)(d) - Subparagraph 13(38)(d)(iii) s. 13(38)(d)(iii) transitional election is irrelevant to ECP dispositions by a calendar-year partnership
6 October 2017 APFF Roundtable Q. 12, 2017-0709111C6 F - Dépenses relatives à un congrès Income Tax Act - Section 20 - Subsection 20(10) non-capital convention expenses incurred as business expense may be deducted without refererence to s. 20(10) - but “historically” convention expenses viewed as capital expenditures
Income Tax Act - Section 18 - Subsection 18(1) - Paragraph 18(1)(b) - Capital Expenditure v. Expense - Know-How and Training convention expenses "historically" viewed as capital expenditures
6 October 2017 APFF Roundtable Q. 13, 2017-0709061C6 F - Calcul des frais pour droit d'usage Income Tax Act - Section 6 - Subsection 6(2) s. 6(2) standby charge based on leasing cost to the employer rather than the automobile’s cost to an affiliated purchaser
6 October 2017 APFF Roundtable Q. 14, 2017-0720321C6 F - GAAR & 21-year rule planning Income Tax Act - 101-110 - Section 104 - Subsection 104(4) - Paragraph 104(4)(a) Act does not contemplate any deferral beyond 21 years while property is directly in a discretionary trust or through a Canco
6 October 2017 APFF Roundtable Q. 15, 2017-0709141C6 F - Designation pursuant to paragraph 111(4)(e) Income Tax Act - Section 111 - Subsection 111(4) - Paragraph 111(4)(e) appreciated goodwill is now eligible for the s. 111(4)(e) step-up
6 October 2017 APFF Roundtable Q. 16, 2017-0709161C6 F - Résidence principale sur une terre agricole Income Tax Act - 101-110 - Section 110.6 - Subsection 110.6(1) - Interest in a Family Farm or Fishing Partnership - Paragraph (a) - Subparagraph (a)(i) a legally non-severable farm that is used both in farming and as a residence is one property for purposes of the s. 110.6 principal-use tests
Income Tax Act - Section 248 - Subsection 248(1) - Property non-severable farm is a single indivisible property
6 October 2017 APFF Roundtable Q. 17, 2017-0709171C6 F - Arm's length determination Income Tax Act - Section 251 - Subsection 251(5) - Paragraph 251(5)(b) - Subparagraph 251(5)(b)(i) "holder-by-holder" method applied to treat contingent s. 251(5)(b) rights as being exercised re all the other shareholders
6 October 2017 APFF Roundtable Q. 18, 2017-0721691C6 F - APFF 2017 - Question 18 Income Tax Act - Section 152 - Subsection 152(1) DTS update