Six further full-text translations of CRA interpretations are available

The table below provides descriptors and links for six Interpretation released in May 2013, as fully translated by us.

These (and the other full-text translations covering all of the 621 French-language Interpretations released in the last 5 1/4 years by the Income Tax Rulings Directorate) are subject to the usual (3 working weeks per month) paywall.

Bundle Date Translated severed letter Summaries under Summary descriptor
2013-05-15 23 November 2012 External T.I. 2012-0449101E5 F - Production exclue - CIPCMC Income Tax Regulations - Regulation 1106 - Subsection 1106(1) - Excluded Production - Paragraph (a) - Subparagraph (a)(iii) - Clause (a)(iii)(A) 5-year test was violated when successor to production company became controlled by an unrelated person
13 September 2012 Internal T.I. 2012-0442671I7 F - Dédommagement pour la perte de bénéfices Income Tax Act - Section 248 - Subsection 248(1) - Death Benefit damages received for loss of life insurance coverage were not rendered a death benefit under the surrogatum principle
Income Tax Act - Section 6 - Subsection 6(3) damages received by former employees of insolvent company for cancellation of their life insurance coverage were received in lieu of remuneration for their employment services
Income Tax Act - Section 8 - Subsection 8(1) - Paragraph 8(1)(b) legal fees paid to recover damages for employer cancellation of insurance coverage, and medical plan, qualifed and did not qualify, respectively
Income Tax Act - Section 6 - Subsection 6(1) - Paragraph 6(1)(a) - Subparagraph 6(1)(a)(i) damages received after 2011 by employees of an insolvent company for cancellation of their medical plan have become taxable
6 December 2012 External T.I. 2012-0461711E5 F - Paiements indirects / Indirect payments Income Tax Act - Section 56 - Subsection 56(2) 56(2) inapplicable to incorporated artist respecting producer paying mandatory contributions to the fund for the artist’s union
Income Tax Regulations - Regulation 200 - Subsection 200(1) no T4A slip to be issued by producer paying mandatory contributions to the fund for the union of the artist whose corporation receives fees from the producer
18 April 2013 Internal T.I. 2013-0485481I7 F - Balance of sale price without interest Income Tax Act - Section 16 - Subsection 16(1) s. 16(1) inapplicable if sale price including non-interest bearing balance does not exceed sold assets’ FMV
21 January 2013 Internal T.I. 2012-0442021I7 F - Assessing 163(2) penalty Income Tax Act - Section 163 - Subsection 163(2) - Paragraph 163(2)(c.2) penalty is computed on total RMES adjustment, not just the false portion
Income Tax Act - Section 163 - Subsection 163(2) - Paragraph 163(2)(c) false RMES claim by husband does not generate any penalty for resulting overstatement of CCTB, WITB and GSTC by wife, assuming she made no false statement
Income Tax Act - Section 163 - Subsection 163(2) - Paragraph 163(2)(a) - Subparagraph 163(2)(a)(i) deduction against increase to income attributable to a false statement can be reduced by QPP contribution increase or by discretionary CCA claim that is wholly related to that income source
20 March 2013 Internal T.I. 2012-0463181I7 F - Revenu des entrepreneurs Income Tax Act - Section 12 - Subsection 12(1) - Paragraph 12(1)(b) completion method unavailable for communication and electricity structure installations