CRA releases the 2023 STEP Roundtable

CRA has released the official version of its answers at the 20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable. For convenience of reference, the table below provides links to those answers and to summaries that we prepared in June or July.

Topic Descriptor
20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable Q. 1, 2023-0961341C6 - Personal-Use Property Income Tax Act - Section 54 - Personal-Use Property separate testing of whether PUP of deceased is PUP of the estate
Income Tax Act - Section 46 - Subsection 46(1) personal-use property (PUP) of the deceased may not be PUP of the estate
20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable Q. 2, 2023-0961311C6 - Worthless Property Income Tax Act - Section 152 - Subsection 152(4.2) CRA may generally process capital losses that a deceased missed claiming if now claimed within the s. 152(4.2) 10-year period
20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable Q. 3, 2023-0968091C6 - Trust Reporting – Definition of Money and Treatment of Dividend Receivable Income Tax Act - Section 150 - Subsection 150(1.2) - Paragraph 150(1.2)(b) - Subparagraph 150(1.2)(b)(i) gold or silver bar or coin would not qualify as “money”/ dividend receivable not included in “shares”
20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable Q. 4, 2023-0968111C6 - Trust Reporting – Definition of Beneficiary Income Tax Regulations - Regulation 204.2 - Subsection 204.2(1) "beneficiary" includes a contingent beneficiary
20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable Q. 5, 2023-0959801C6 - Subsection 94(8) Recovery Limit Income Tax Act - Section 94 - Subsection 94(3) - Paragraph 94(3)(d) illustration of the operation of the recovery limit rules on a resident beneficiary of a s. 94(3) trust that has unpaid Canadian taxes
Income Tax Act - Section 94 - Subsection 94(8) recovery limit formula operates beyond the taxation year in which unpaid taxes arose, irrespective of whether the trust continues to be a s. 94(3) trust
20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable Q. 6, 2023-0959571C6 - Non-Resident Trust and Canadian Charity Income Tax Act - Section 94 - Subsection 94(1) - Resident Beneficiary registered charity is not a resident beneficiary
20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable Q. 7, 2023-0959581C6 - Deemed Resident Trust and the Resident Portion Income Tax Act - Section 95 - Subsection 95(1) - Controlled Foreign Affiliate - Paragraph (b) NR corp wholly owned by s. 94(3) trust is CFA of the resident portion trust
Income Tax Act - Section 94 - Subsection 94(2) - Paragraph 94(2)(g) - Subparagraph 94(2)(g)(iv) application where a s. 94 trust lent to a resident beneficiary, and when loan repaid
Income Tax Act - Section 94 - Subsection 94(2) - Paragraph 94(2)(a) contribution to NR trust where beneficiary pays expenses of trust property
Income Tax Act - Section 94 - Subsection 94(1) - Resident Portion illustration of the resident portion rules for a s. 94 trust that inter alia has lent to a resident beneficiary or earns FAPI
20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable Q. 8, 2023-0961291C6 - Trust and Related Income Tax Act - Section 251 - Subsection 251(2) - Paragraph 251(2)(c) - Subparagraph 251(2)(c)(i) Consolidated Holding applied to s. 251(2)(c)(i)
20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable Q. 9, 2023-0961301C6 - Paragraph 20(1)(ww) Income Tax Act - Section 20 - Subsection 20(1) - Paragraph 20(1)(ww) an s. 20(1)(ww) deduction is available for a TOSI taxable capital gain even where an offsetting allowable capital loss
20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable Q. 10, 2023-0965831C6 - Non-Resident Corporations Owning Canadian Real Estate Income Tax Act - Section 214 - Subsection 214(3) - Paragraph 214(3)(a) Pt. XIII tax is applicable where non-resident corporation makes a Canadian property available to its non-resident shareholder or family
Income Tax Act - Section 15 - Subsection 15(1) the benefit to a non-resident from personal use of a non-resident corporation’s Canadian cottage is reduced by an interest-free loan from the shareholder
20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable Q. 11, 2023-0971841C6 - Non-Resident Owning Canadian Rental Real Estate Income Tax Act - Section 216 - Subsection 216(1) policy for one-time acceptance of a late-filed s. 216 return
20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable Q. 12, 2023-0959591C6 - Corporate Beneficiary and CDA Income Tax Act - Section 89 - Subsection 89(1) - Capital Dividend Account - Paragraph (a) - Subparagraph (a)(i.1) no CDA addition if non-taxable half of capital gain is distributed to another beneficiary/ any CDA addition occurs at trust year end
Income Tax Act - 101-110 - Section 104 - Subsection 104(21) s. 104(21) designation can be made re distributing the taxable half of a trust capital gain to a corporate beneficiary – who receives no CDA addition
20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable Q. 13, 2023-0966611C6 - Trust Online Verification General Concepts - Audit and Assessment Procedure launch of My Trust Account
20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable Q. 14, 2023-0967371C6 - s.70(6) & Application to Extend Income Tax Act - Section 70 - Subsection 70(6) requesting an extension of the 36-month vesting period under s. 70(6)
20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable Q. 15, 2023-0963801C6 - Interpretation of clause 110.6(1.3)(a)(ii)(A) Income Tax Act - 101-110 - Section 110.6 - Subsection 110.6(1.3) - Paragraph 110.6(1.3)(a) s. 110.6(1.3)(a) can still be satisfied long after the farmer’s death
20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable Q. 16, 2023-0961321C6 - Damages in Respect of Personal Injury or Death Income Tax Act - Section 12 - Subsection 12(1) - Paragraph 12(1)(c) a damages annuity to a child for a parent’s death would generally need to be under a structured settlement to be exempt
Income Tax Act - Section 81 - Subsection 81(1) - Paragraph 81(1)(g.1) a damages annuity to a child for financial loss from a parent’s death would not be exempted under ss. 81(1)(g.1) and (g.2)
20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable Q. 17, 2023-0959621C6 - Foreign Reporting, Estate, Income Tax Act - Section 233.6 - Subsection 233.6(1) T1142 reporting requirements can arise once a foreign estate has been fully administered
20 June 2023 STEP Roundtable Q. 18, 2023-0966631C6 - Foreign Tax Credit Verification and Delays Income Tax Act - Section 126 - Subsection 126(1) CRA will accept alternatives to a foreign notice of assessment to evidence the foreign tax liability for foreign tax credit purposes