Income Tax Severed Letters - 2025-05-07

Ruling

2024 Ruling 2024-1011741R3 - Single-wing butterfly

Unedited CRA Tags
55(1), 55(2), 55(3)(b), 55(3.1), 55(3.2)

Principal Issues: Does the paragraph 55(3)(b) exception apply to the proposed transactions, such that the dividends resulting in the proposed transactions are not re-characterized under subsection 55(2)?

Position: Yes, favourable rulings given.

Reasons: The proposed transactions satisfy the requirements of paragraph 55(3)(b).

Technical Interpretation - External

20 March 2025 External T.I. 2024-1042821E5 - Application of 237.5 - RUTT disclosure

Unedited CRA Tags
Section 237.5 of the Income Tax Act
the same uncertain tax treatment (UTT) must be reported in multiple successive returns if it spans several tax years/ UTT is “reflected” in the financials if it impacts them
Words and Phrases
reflected
whether RUTT is temporary or non-temporary is determined according to the accounting principles used

Principal Issues: 1. Whether a taxpayer should disclose similar reportable uncertain tax treatments occurring during several taxation years as multiple reportable uncertain tax treatments on Form RC3133. 2. Whether certain uncertain tax treatments are considered to be reflected in the financial statements of a taxpayer. 3. Whether the temporary and non-temporary characterization of reportable uncertain tax treatments follow the same principles as the determination for tax provisions.

Position: 1. Yes 2. Question of fact 3. Should follow the accounting principles used for the relevant financial statements.

Reasons: See below.

31 December 2024 External T.I. 2021-0885741E5 F - CIAPH - habitation admissible

Unedited CRA Tags
118.05
s. (a)(ii) tested re occupancy as a “principal place of residence,” irrespective of whether the home was inside or outside Canada
s. (a)(iii) inapplicable if no spouse or common-law partner at the time of home acquisition

Principales Questions: Est-ce qu’un particulier peut demander le crédit d’impôt pour l’achat d’une première habitation s’il a été propriétaire d’une habitation à l’extérieur du Canada qu’il a occupé au cours de la période de quatre ans mentionnée au sous-alinéa a)(ii) de la définition de l’expression « habitation admissible » au paragraphe 118.05(1)? / Whether an individual can claim the First-Time Home Buyers’ Tax Credit if he or she owned a home located outside Canada that he or she occupied in the four-year period referred to in subparagraph (a)(ii) of the definition of “qualifying home” in subsection 118.05(1).

Position Adoptée: Non / No.

Raisons: Un particulier est considéré comme propriétaire d’une habitation qu’il a occupé au cours de la période de quatre ans mentionnée au sous-alinéa a)(ii) de la définition de l’expression « habitation admissible » au paragraphe 118.05(1) s’il a été propriétaire de l’habitation, située au Canada ou à l’extérieur du Canada, qu’il a occupé au cours de cette période comme lieu principal de résidence./ An individual is considered to be a owner a home that he or she occupied in the four-year period referred to in subparagraph (a)(ii) of the definition of “qualifying home” in subsection 118.05(1) if he or she owns the home, whether located in Canada or outside Canada, that he or she occupied in this period as his or her principal place of residence.