We have published 10 more translations of CRA interpretations

We have published a further 10 translations of CRA interpretation released in February and January, 2006. Their descriptors and links appear below.

These are additions to our set of 1,859 full-text translations of French-language Technical Interpretation and Roundtable items (plus some ruling letters) of the Income Tax Rulings Directorate, which covers all of the last 15 ¾ years of releases of such items by the Directorate. These translations are subject to the usual (3 working weeks per month) paywall.

Bundle Date Translated severed letter Summaries under Summary descriptor
2006-02-10 2 February 2006 Internal T.I. 2005-0129131I7 F - Assessing 163(2) penalty Income Tax Act - Section 163 - Subsection 163(2) s. 163(2) can be imposed where false adjustments are requested, without the necessity to first process those adjustments
2006-02-03 31 January 2006 External T.I. 2005-0151041E5 F - Régimes de sécurité sociale étrangers Treaties - Income Tax Conventions - Article 29 plan recognized as a pension plan under Art. 29(5) of the Cda-France Convention cannot be an EBP
27 January 2006 External T.I. 2005-0164611E5 F - Société immobilière de pension - sens de location Income Tax Act - Section 149 - Subsection 149(1) - Paragraph 149(1)(o.2) - Subparagraph 149(1)(o.2)(ii) - Clause 149(1)(o.2)(ii)(A) providing meals, medical services and housekeeping in a seniors apartment would put the corp. offside
31 January 2006 External T.I. 2006-0167501E5 F - Retenues à la source Income Tax Regulations - Regulation 100 - Subsection 100(3) - Paragraph 100(3)(c) reasonable belief can be based on confirmation from annuitant
2006-01-27 4 January 2006 Internal T.I. 2005-0115801I7 F - Convention de retraite Income Tax Act - Section 67 Petro-Canada applied re determining reasonableness
Income Tax Act - Section 248 - Subsection 248(1) - Salary Deferral Arrangement contributions to a purported RCA that contemplated excessive benefits also were not in relation to an SDA because the contributions were instead were indirect shareholder appropriations
Income Tax Act - Section 248 - Subsection 248(1) - Retirement Compensation Arrangement arrangement was not an RCA because the benefits were not reasonable
Income Tax Act - Section 56 - Subsection 56(2) contributions to purported RCA that provided excessive benefits to employee/ultimate shareholders were included in the direct shareholders’ income under s. 56(2)
Income Tax Act - Section 20 - Subsection 20(1) - Paragraph 20(1)(r) excessive benefits would have resulted in denial under ss. 18(1)(o.2) and 20(1)(r) had the arrangement qualified as an RCA
19 January 2006 External T.I. 2006-0165471E5 F - Fiducie exemptée d'impôt Income Tax Act - Section 149 - Subsection 149(1) - Paragraph 149(1)(z.1) exemption of trust for closure costs of Quebec disposal facility
2006-01-20 21 December 2005 External T.I. 2005-0150711E5 F - Wind turbines - Class 43.1 Income Tax Regulations - Schedules - Schedule II - Class 43.1 - Paragraph (d) - Subparagraph (d)(v) lessor of lands can renounce rights of accession so that operator can own the wind turbines
2006-01-13 6 January 2006 External T.I. 2005-0159421E5 F - Dons visant un programme particulier Income Tax Act - Section 248 - Subsection 248(30) acceptable to direct that donation to school where donor’s grandson is student can direct that the funds be used to purchase texts
2006-01-06 22 December 2005 External T.I. 2005-0151091E5 F - Allocation de retraite - retenue à la source Income Tax Regulations - Regulation 100 - Subsection 100(3) - Paragraph 100(3)(c) confirmation of RRSP deduction limit is not required from the employee for the portion of the retiring allowance that is eligible for deduction under paragraph 60(j.1)
22 December 2005 External T.I. 2005-0162001E5 F - Déductibilité police d'assurance-vie Income Tax Act - Section 20 - Subsection 20(1) - Paragraph 20(1)(e.2) no assignment as required for premium deductibility by the taxpayer where the bank starts out as the policy owner