Subsection 12.2(1) - Amount to be included
Administrative Policy
IT-87R2 "Policyholders' Income from Life Insurance Policies".
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| Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 138 - Subsection 138(12) - Life Insurance Policy | 0 | |
| Tax Topics - Income Tax Regulations - Regulation 307 | 0 |
Articles
Strain, "Life Insurance: An Innovative Financial Instrument", 1993 Conference Report, pp. 35:9-10.
Paragraph 12.2(1)(a)
Administrative Policy
14 May 2019 CLHIA Roundtable Q. 6, 2019-0799101C6 - CLHIA 2019 Conference-Q6 Foreign Exempt Policies
taxpayer cannot rely on failure of foreign insurer to test exemption
Annual income accrual is required on life insurance policies that are not exempt policies. It is unlikely that testing for compliance with Reg. 306(1) will be routinely performed by the insurer for policies issued outside of Canada where the policyholder is resident in, or immigrates to, Canada. Where the policy is not issued in Canadian currency, there could be failure under the exempt test simply as a result of FX fluctuations. What is such a Canadian taxpayer to do?
CRA responded:
Given that the information to determine the exempt status of a particular life insurance policy is only available in the accounts of the insurer, the onus is on the policyholder to establish that the policy qualifies as an exempt policy.
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| Tax Topics - Income Tax Regulations - Regulation 306 - Subsection 306(1) | no accommodation for the technical impossibility of demonstrating that a life insurance policy issued abroad is exempt | 200 |