CRA finds that assessment of a director under s. 227.1 does not restart the 10-year limitation on relief under s. 220(3.1)

A corporation was assessed in its 2007, 2008 and 2010 taxation years regarding unremitted source deductions for its 2006 to 2009 taxation years together with interest and penalties. CRA assessed the director pursuant to s. 227.1 in September 2018, and the director applied for relief under s. 220(3.1) in 2019.

After stating that “the director’s liability under subsection 227.1(1) arises from his joint and several liability with the corporation and does not create a second tax debt,” the Directorate found that the taxation years referenced in s. 220(3.1) were those in which the corporation’s liability for the unremitted source deductions arose rather than that in which the director was derivatively assessed. Accordingly, as the director’s application for interest and penalty relief was in respect of the 2006 to 2009 taxation years, the 10-year limitation in s. 220(3.1) applied.

Neal Armstrong. Summary of 26 March 2024 Internal T.I. 2023-0974091I7 under s. 220(3.1).