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10 October 2024 APFF Financial Strategies and Instruments Roundtable Q. 1, 2024-1023641C6 - Intercompany loans and taxable benefits

Unedited CRA Tags
15(1), 56(2), 246(1)
inter-corporate bona fide non-interest bearing loan does not engage s. 15
s. 246(1) not engaged by no-interest loan between corporations with distinct ownership

Principal Issues: Whether subsections 15(1) or 246(1) apply to an interest-free loan between corporations having different shareholders?

Position: Depends on the particular facts and circumstances.

Reasons: Wording of the Act and previous positions.

10 October 2024 APFF Financial Strategies and Instruments Roundtable Q. 2, 2024-1023251C6 F - Use of an average rate for coupons

Unedited CRA Tags
ITA 12(3), 12(4), 12(9), 261(2)(b), 261(1), 261(1)(a), 261(1)(b), ITR 7000(2)
four conditions for the use of an average exchange rate in the example of a stripped coupon

Principales Questions: Whether an average exchange rate may be used for the calculation of deemed accrued interest on coupons.

Position Adoptée: The use of an average rate should generally be allowed, provided that it is reasonable to conclude that the use of the average rate would still result in a reliable approximation of what a taxpayer's income would have been using daily exchange rates.

Raisons: Provided that the foreign exchange rates are sufficiently stable and the taxpayer uses the average rate consistently, the use of an average rate for the conversion of deemed accrued interest on stripped coupons is likely to be tax-neutral and is unlikely to provide any tax advantage.

10 October 2024 APFF Financial Strategies and Instruments Roundtable Q. 3, 2024-1027801C6 F - Revente précipitée et auto-construction

Unedited CRA Tags
12(13)
the holding period for a housing unit under the flipped property rules commences when it becomes habitable

Principal Issues: Dans un contexte de construction, d'auto-construction et de remplacement d'une habitation existante, à quel moment la période de détention débute-t-elle aux fins du paragraphe 12(13)? / Where a taxpayer is building, self-building and replacement an existing dwelling, when does the holding period begin for the purposes of subsection 12(13)?

Position: La période de détention débute une fois que le logement est habitable. / The holding period begins once the house is habitable.

Reasons: L'ARC a indiqué dans d'autres contextes qu'un contribuable qui construit un logement sur son terrain sera considéré propriétaire du logement au moment où il devient habitable. / In other circumstances, the CRA considers that a taxpayer building a housing unit on the land he owns becomes the owner of the housing unit once it becomes habitable.

10 October 2024 APFF Financial Strategies and Instruments Roundtable Q. 4, 2024-1027831C6 F - Revente précipitée et changement d'usage

Unedited CRA Tags
12(12), 12(13), 45(1), « disposition » 248(1)
a s. 45 change of use does not restart the 365-day period under the flipped property rules

Principales Questions: Est-ce qu'un changement d'usage entraine l'application des règles de revente précipitée? / Whether a change in use triggers the property flipping rule.

Position Adoptée: Non / No.

Raisons: La disposition réputée prévue par le paragraphe 45(1) ne s'applique que dans le cadre de la sous-section c de la section B de la Partie I de la Loi et n'est pas applicable aux paragraphe 12(12) et 12(13). The deemed disposition per subsection 45(1) applies only for the purposes of subdivision c of Division B of Part I of the Act and does not apply to subsections 12(12) and 12(13).

10 October 2024 APFF Financial Strategies and Instruments Roundtable Q. 5, 2024-1023291C6 F - Paiements rétroactifs - Droits ou biens / Retroact

Unedited CRA Tags
70(2)
s. 70(2) return can be filed before the filing deadline with an estimated amount if precise amount is not yet known due to administrative delay

Principales Questions: Un particulier est décédé en 2021. Un règlement d'équité salariale est intervenu avant le décès. Plus d'un an après le décès et plus de 90 jours après l'envoi de l'avis de cotisation pour l'année du décès, la succession reçoit le montant d’ajustement rétroactif d’équité salariale. 1) Le liquidateur doit-il inclure le montant du paiement dans la déclaration de revenus finale de l'année du décès du particulier? 2) Le liquidateur aurait-il pu utiliser un estimé du montant d’ajustement d’équité salariale dans la déclaration de revenus provenant de droits ou de biens pour la produire dans les délais et éventuellement l'amender par la suite ? / An individual died in 2021. A pay equity settlement has been reached before the death. More than a year after the death and more than 90 days after the notice of assessment for the year of death was sent, the estate receives the retroactive equity adjustment amount. 1) Should the liquidator include the amount of the payment in the final tax return for the year of individual's death? 2) Could the liquidator have declared an estimate of the pay equity payment to file on time the rights or things tax return and possibly amend that return later?

Position Adoptée: 1) Oui si le droit existe déjà au moment du décès. 2) Possiblement. / 1) Yes if the right existed at the time of the death. 2) Possibly.

Raisons: 1) Position de longue date. 2) Oui si le droit est déterminable / 1) Long standing position. 2) Yes if the right is determinable.

10 October 2024 APFF Financial Strategies and Instruments Roundtable Q. 6, 2024-1023301C6 F - CELIAPP - Séparation / FHSA - Separation

Unedited CRA Tags
146.6(1) "arrangement admissible", "CELIAPP", "habitation admissible", "particulier déterminé", "titulaire", 146.6(7), 146.6(8).
s. 146.6(7) does not override the requirement for the transferee (ex-)spouse to be a “qualifying individual”

Principales Questions: Dans le cas où une ordonnance ou un jugement rendu par un tribunal compétent, ou un accord écrit, prévoit le partage des biens provenant d’un CELIAPP entre le titulaire du CELIAPP et un particulier en règlement des droits découlant du mariage ou de l’union de fait ou de son échec, est-ce que le transfert au profit du particulier pourra (1) être un transfert libre d’impôt dans un CELIAPP si le particulier n’a pas lui-même déjà un CELIAPP et ne se qualifie pas par ailleurs de particulier déterminé ? ou (2) être une transfert libre d’impôt dans un REER ou un FERR ? / Where a decree, order or judgment of a competent tribunal, or a written agreement, provides for the division of property from an FHSA between the FHSA holder and an individual in settlement of rights arising out of a marriage or common-law partnership, or on its breakdown, will the transfer for the benefit of the individual (1) possibly be a tax-free transfer into an FHSA even if the individual does not already have an FHSA and does not otherwise qualify as a qualifying individual? Or (2) possibly be a tax-free transfer into an RRSP or RRIF?

Position Adoptée: (1) Non, car le particulier ne peut ouvrir un CELIAPP au moment du transfert pour recevoir le montant à transférer si le particulier n’est pas un particulier déterminé à ce moment. (2) Le transfert libre d’impôt devrait pouvoir être fait directement dans un REER ou un FERR. / (1) No, because the individual cannot open a FHSA at the time of the transfer to receive the amount to be transferred if the individual is not a qualifying individual at that time. (2) It should be possible to do the tax-free transfer directly into an RRSP or a RRIF.

Raisons: Voir les paragraphes 146.6(7) et (8) et la définition de "arrangement admissible" au paragraphe 146.6(1) / See subsections 146.6(7) and (8) and the definition of "qualifying arrangement" under subsection 146.6(1).

10 October 2024 APFF Financial Strategies and Instruments Roundtable Q. 7, 2024-1024211C6 F - CELIAPP et transfert via la succession

Unedited CRA Tags
146.6(15)
a deceased’s FHSA can be rolled into the surviving spouse’s FHSA, RRSP or RRIF even if the proceeds go first to the estate (albeit, subject to s. 153(1)(v)(i) withholding)

Principales Questions: a) Est-ce que l'alinéa 146.6(15)a) s'applique lorsqu’une succession effectue un paiement au CELIAPP, REER ou FERR du survivant provenant d’une somme distribuée du CELIAPP du titulaire décédé? / Does paragraph 146.6(15(a) apply when the estate makes a payment to a FHSA, RRSP or RRIF of the survivor from a distribution out of the FHSA of the deceased holder? b) Est-ce possible de désigner le plein montant distribué du CELIAPP du défunt selon l’alinéa 146.6(15)a), lorsque la succession ne dispose pas de fonds suffisants pour effectuer le paiement, compte tenu qu’une retenue à la source s’applique lors de la distribution à la succession du défunt? / Is it possible to designate the full amount of the deceased FHSA proceeds under paragraph 146.6(15)(a), where the estate does not have sufficient funds to make the payment, given that tax has to be withheld upon distribution to the deceased’s estate? c) Si la succession distribue la somme en provenance du CELIAPP du titulaire décédé au survivant, est-ce que le conjoint peut faire un transfert libre d'impôt à son propre CELIAPP, REER ou FERR? / If the estate distributes the amount from the FHSA of the deceased holder to the survivor, can the survivor do a tax-free transfer to his/her own FHSA, RRSP or RRIF?

Position Adoptée: a) Oui, si les modalités de l'alinéa 146.6(15)a) sont toutes satisfaites. / Yes, if all the conditions of paragraph 146.6(15(a) are met. b) Non / No c) Non / No

Raisons: a) Libellé de la Loi. / Wording of the Act. b) La somme qui peut faire l’objet d’une désignation conjointe selon l’alinéa 146.6(15)a) est limitée non seulement au produit du CELIAPP du titulaire décédé qui est distribué à la succession, mais également au montant du paiement effectué au compte CELIAPP, REER ou FERR du survivant. / The amount that can be designated jointly under paragraph 146.6(15)(a) is limited not only to the FHSA proceeds of the deceased holder distributed to the estate, but also to the payment made to the FHSA, RRSP or RRIF of the survivor. c) L'alinéa 146.6(15)b), plutôt que l’alinéa 146.6(15)a), pourrait s'appliquer. La somme ne pourrait donc pas être réputée être un transfert direct du CELIAPP du titulaire décédé au CELIAPP, REER ou FERR du survivant aux fins des paragraphes 146.6(7) et (8). / Paragraph 146.6(15)b), rather than paragraph 146.6(15)(a), could apply. Therefore, the amount could not be deemed to be a transfer from the deceased’s FHSA to the survivor’s FHSA, RRSP or RRIF for the purposes of subsections 146.6(7) and (8).

10 October 2024 APFF Financial Strategies and Instruments Roundtable Q. 8, 2024-1023591C6 F - NERDTOH and foreign investment income

Unedited CRA Tags
126(1), 129(4)
explanation of 8% adjustment to the FTC deduction under the NERDTOH computation for foreign investment income

Principal Issues: Whether, for the purposes of the calculation of a “non-eligible refundable dividend tax on hand” (“NERDTOH”) under subparagraph (a)(i) of the definition of NERDTOH in subsection 129(4), the foreign tax paid on non-business income deducted from Part I tax pursuant to subsection 126(1) by a CCPC that earns investment income is reduced by the amount corresponding to 8% of its foreign investment income for the year under element B of the formula “A-B” in subparagraph (a)(i) of the definition of NERDTOH, whether or not the CCPC has paid foreign tax on the foreign investment income, such as a capital gain from foreign source.

Position: Yes. The amount corresponding to 8% of the foreign income reduces the amount of the foreign tax deduction for non-business income pursuant to subsection 126(1) under element B of the formula “A-B” in subparagraph (a)(i) of the definition of NERDTOH in subsection 129(4).

Reasons: Wording of the Act.

10 October 2024 APFF Financial Strategies and Instruments Roundtable Q. 9, 2024-1015481C6 F - Crédit d'impôt pour la rénovation d'habitations multigénérationnelles et exemption pour résidence principale

Unedited CRA Tags
54; 122.6; 122.92; 252(2).
qualifying relation does not extend to the spouse of a nephew or niece
s. 252(2)(g) does not extend to the spouse or common-law partner of a niece or nephew
renovation to create a secondary unit for s. 122.92 credit purposes generally means that the whole building no longer can be designated as the taxpayer’s principal residence
credit is not lost if secondary unit is then sold to its qualifying occupants

Principales Questions: 1. L'époux ou le conjoint du neveu ou de la nièce d'un particulier déterminé peut-il se qualifier à titre de proche admissible aux fins du CIRHM? / Whether the nephew or niece's spouse or common-law partner of a qualifying individual can qualify as a qualifying relation for the purposes of the multigenerational home renovation tax credit; 2. Est-ce que le logement secondaire est un logement distinct pour les fins de l'exemption pour résidence principale? / Whether the secondary unit is a seperate housing unit for the purposes of the principal residence exemption; 3. Est-ce qu'un contribuable qui a bénéficié du CIRHM et qui revend le logement à ses parents l'année suivante reste admissible au crédit? / Whether a taxpayer who benefited from the MHRTC stays eligible to the tax credit if the housing unit is sold to his parents the following year.

Position Adoptée: 1. Non / No; 2. Question de fait. Dans la situation décrite, probablement oui / Question of fact. In the situation described, likely yes; 3. Oui / Yes.

Raisons: 1. Le texte de la Loi / The wording of the Act; 2. Voir plus bas / See below; 3. Le texte de la Loi / The wording of the Act.

10 October 2024 APFF Financial Strategies and Instruments Roundtable Q. 10, 2024-1027331C6 F - Distribution of life insurance - 107(2) and 148(7)

Unedited CRA Tags
107(2) and 148(7).
where both ss. 107(2) and 148(7) apply to a personal trust’s distribution of a life insurance policy in satisfaction of capital interest, s. 107(2) prevails over s. 148(7)
s. 107(2) prevails over s. 148(7) re a life insurance policy distribution in satisfaction of a capital interest

Principal Issues: Whether subsection 107(2) takes precedence over subsection 148(7) where a personal trust distributes an interest in a life insurance policy to its capital beneficiary and there is a resulting disposition of all or any part of the beneficiary's capital interest in the trust?

Position: Yes.

Reasons: The prior commentary remains unchanged.

10 October 2024 APFF Financial Strategies and Instruments Roundtable Q. 11, 2024-1031061C6 F - Remboursement dans le cadre du RAP - Repayment und

Unedited CRA Tags
146.01(1) "montant admissible principal", "retrait exclu", "solde RAP", 146.01(3).
where opening HBP balance is repaid in Year 1 with RRSP contribution, the HBP balance is not reduced until the Sched. 7 is filed in March of Year 2
HBP balance not reduced to nil be earlier repayment until related designation made in the return for the year u

Principales Questions: À partir de quel moment le solde RAP d'un particulier, remboursé durant l'année 202X, deviendra-t-il nul aux fins de l'alinéa i) de la définition de "montant admissible principal" au paragraphe 146.01(1) pour le début de l'année 202X+1 : (a) le jour où le montant du remboursement est versé au REER? ou (b) le jour où le particulier a indiqué dans le formulaire prescrit (annexe 7 de la déclaration de revenus T1) que le montant versé est un remboursement dans le cadre du RAP? / From what time the HBP balance of an individual, repaid during year 202X, will become nil for the purposes of paragraph (i) of the definition of "regular eligible amount" in subsection 146.01(1), for the beginning of the calendar year 202X+1: (a) The day the amount is paid to the RRSP? or (b) the day the repayment is designated in the prescribed form (Schedule 7 of the T1 income tax return) under the HBP?

Position Adoptée: (b) Le jour où le particulier a produit sa déclaration de revenus T1 et indiqué dans le formulaire prescrit la somme versée à titre de remboursement dans le cadre du RAP. / The day the individual files his T1 income tax return and designates in the prescribed form the amount paid as a repayment under the HBP.

Raisons: Conformément au paragraphe 146.01(3) et à la définition de "solde RAP" au paragraphe 146.01(1). / Application of subsection 146.01(3) and the definition of "HSB balance" in section 146.01(1).

Technical Interpretation - Internal

3 October 2024 Internal T.I. 2024-1012461I7 - CEWS - qualifying revenue

Unedited CRA Tags
9(1), 125.7(1), 125.7(2), 125.7(4), 125.7(6)

Principal Issues: Whether the amounts reimbursed or advanced by Owner to XXXXXXXXXX in respect of payroll expenses related to the Hotel/Executive Staff are qualifying revenue for the purpose of the CEWS.

Position: No.

Reasons: QR is defined in subsection 125.7(1) of the Act to mean “the inflow of cash, receivables or other consideration arising in the course of the ordinary activities of the eligible entity — generally from the sale of goods, the rendering of services and the use by others of resources of the eligible entity — in Canada in the particular period”, subject to certain exclusions or exceptions. It appears that the only QR of XXXXXXXXXX derived from Owner, based on the facts as provided to us, is the Management Fee. The inflow of cash in the form of a reimbursement or advance of funds in respect of Owner’s payroll expenses incurred by XXXXXXXXXX on behalf of Owner is not in our view QR of XXXXXXXXXX as it is not an inflow of cash from the sale of goods, rendering of services, or use by others of the resources of XXXXXXXXXX.

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