Section 52

Subsection 52(1) - Cost of certain property the value of which included in income

Administrative Policy

22 December 2021 External T.I. 2021-0914081E5 - RPP in-kind distribution

Where surplus from an individual pension plan trust (IPP) is distributed as an in-kind distribution to the sole member, what is the cost to the...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 149 - Subsection 149(1) - Paragraph 149(1)(o) taxable capital gain from distribution-in-kind of RPP property was exempted 99

21 June 2021 External T.I. 2019-0815871E5 F - 83(2)b) and cost

S. 52(1) does not deem a promissory note issued to a shareholder in payment of a capital dividend to have a cost equaling the dividend amount (as...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 54 - Adjusted Cost Base promissory note issued in satisfaction of a capital dividend has full cost 135

14 November 2007 Internal T.I. 2007-0254601I7 F - Paiement incitatif - Bon de souscription

After finding that the value of a share purchase warrant granted to an asset vendor by the parent of the purchaser, as an inducement to enter into...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 12 - Subsection 12(1) - Paragraph 12(1)(x) - Subparagraph 12(1)(x)(iii) value of share purchase warrant granted to asset vendor as an inducement to agree to a longer term services agreement with purchaser was includible under s. 12(1)(x) 157

11 March 2014 Internal T.I. 2013-0513221I7 F - Stock options

Publico determined to grant stock options to its directors and consultants, as a result of which a private corporation ("Corporation"), that had...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 15 - Subsection 15(1) double income inclusion under s. 56(2) or (4) to consulting corporation, and under s. 15(1) to its shareholder, where consultant's options issued directly by client to shareholder 113
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 56 - Subsection 56(2) s. 56(2) benefit where corporation implicitly consented to consultant's options being issued by client directly to its shareholder 170
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 56 - Subsection 56(4) implicit transfer by corporation when stock options earned by it were issued directly by its client to its shareholder 175
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 248 - Subsection 248(28) s. 248(28) does not prevent a double income inclusion to corporation under s. 56 and shareholder under s. 15 226
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 9 - Timing no s. 9(1) income inclusion from consultant being granted stock options until exercise 226
Tax Topics - General Concepts - Fair Market Value - Options stock options with no in-the-money value could have nil FMV 134

6 August 2013 External T.I. 2012-0469481E5 F - Benefit under trust

An estate sold personal-use real estate to one of its beneficiaries for a price less than the property's fair market value, so that s. 69(1)(b)(i)...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - 101-110 - Section 105 - Subsection 105(1) taxable benefit on sale to beneficiary at undervalue was not eliminated under s. 105(1)(a) when beneficiary sold the property 132
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 69 - Subsection 69(1) - Paragraph 69(1)(b) taxable benefit added to acb 133

17 December 2003 Internal T.I. 2003-0047367 F - Benefit Conferred on Non-arm's Length Person

Opco sold the property of its former business to one of its shareholders at an undervalue, without any change to Opco’s share capital. The...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 84 - Subsection 84(2) s. 84(2) inapplicable on sale by defunct corporation of its assets at an undervalue to one of its shareholders 195
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 246 - Subsection 246(1) s. 246(1) applicable to sale of assets by corporation to employee-shareholder at an undervalue 189

30 June 2003 External T.I. 2003-0182875 F - TRANSFERT DE POLICE D'ASSURANCE

CCRA indicated that where a permanent life insurance policy was distributed gratuitously by a private corporation to a shareholder, who was deemed...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 15 - Subsection 15(1) benefit where permanent life or critical illness policy transferred gratuitously to shareholder as new policyholder 230
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 148 - Subsection 148(9) - Adjusted Cost Basis ACB bump on policy distribution to shareholder equal to s. 15 benefit excess over CSV 206

3 January 2003 External T.I. 2002-0143965 - Shareholder Benefit on First Share Issue

When an amount was included in the income of an initial subscriber for a share of a corporation on the basis that the nominal subscription price...

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Income Tax Technical News, No. 11, September 30, 1997, "U.S. Spin-Offs (Divestitures) - Dividends in Kind"

The cost of shares received as a dividend-in-kind will be equal to the amount of dividend included in the shareholder's income.

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 90 - Subsection 90(1) 0

18 March 1993 Memorandum (Tax Window, No. 32, p. 7, ¶2599)

Where bond coupons are sold for an amount that is different from the discounted amount calculated pursuant to Regulations 7000(2)(b), a capital...

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October 1992 Central Region Rulings Directorate Tax Seminar, Q. N (May 1993 Access Letter, p. 233)

The amount included in income under s. 12(9) in respect of a prescribed debt obligation is added in computing the cost to the investor of that...

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13 June 1991 T.I. (Tax Window, No. 4, p. 14, ¶1306)

Amounts included in income each year in respect of a prescribed debt obligation will be added in computing the adjusted cost base of the...

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Subsection 52(2) - Cost of property received as dividend in kind

Administrative Policy

21 November 2003 External T.I. 2003-0023925 F - Distribution non-admissible au sens de 86.1

A reorganization with a distribution entailed the shareholders of a Mexican company listed on an exchange (“Mexco”) being issued shares in of...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 86.1 - Subsection 86.1(2) - Paragraph 86.1(2)(b) distribution did not qualify because distributed shares were not pre-owned by Mexican distributor 88

27 November 2018 CTF Roundtable Q. 2, 2018-0780071C6 - Impact of 55(2) deeming rules

CRA indicated that where a dividend in kind paid by a corporation is subject to s. 55(2), the dividend recipient will be considered to have...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 52 - Subsection 52(3) cost under s. 52(3) for stock dividend amount to which s. 55(2) applied 69
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 53 - Subsection 53(1) - Paragraph 53(1)(b) - Subparagraph 53(1)(b)(ii) no basis reduction for s. 84(1) dividend to which s. 55(2) applied 161
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 89 - Subsection 89(1) - Capital Dividend Account - Paragraph (a) - Subparagraph (a)(i) 53(1)(b)(ii) and 52(3)(a) exclusion limited to where 55(2) did not apply to the stock dividend or PUC increase 70
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 112 - Subsection 112(3) - Paragraph 112(3)(b) - Subparagraph 112(3)(b)(i) stop-loss rule does not apply to the extent of the application of s. 55(2) 92

7 June 2017 External T.I. 2016-0671731E5 F - Transfer of life insurance policy by dividend in kind

A corporation (“Holdco”) holds a policy on the life of its sole shareholder with an adjusted cost basis (“ACB”), cash surrender value...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 148 - Subsection 148(7) - Paragraph 148(7)(a) dividend-in-kind of a life insurance policy avoids the policy’s disposition at FMV 240

2013 Ruling 2013-0488291R3 - Reorganization of Corporations - Rollover

Background

Pubco (a Canadian public company) wishes to spin-off Canco and Forco1 (a foreign affiliate) to its shareholders without incurring the...

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Tax Topics - General Concepts - Effective Date no ruling on price adjustment clause 157
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 215 - Subsection 215(6) Spinco taking responsibility for Part XIII remittance obligation of Parent 246

Articles

Patrick W. Marley, Kim Brown, "Foreign Mergers and 'Demergers' Under Recent Canadian Proposals", Tax Management International Journal, 10 February 2012, Vol 41, No. 2, p. 86

Ademerger, which under the foreign corporate law, might be viewed as one stream splitting into two, might not qualify under draft s. 90(2) as a...

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Subsection 52(3)

Administrative Policy

27 November 2018 CTF Roundtable Q. 2, 2018-0780071C6 - Impact of 55(2) deeming rules

CRA indicated that since Finance’s intent is to give cost to the portion of the stock dividend that is supported by safe income, and also to a...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 52 - Subsection 52(2) property dividended has cost equal to FMV where subject to s. 55(2) 104
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 53 - Subsection 53(1) - Paragraph 53(1)(b) - Subparagraph 53(1)(b)(ii) no basis reduction for s. 84(1) dividend to which s. 55(2) applied 161
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 89 - Subsection 89(1) - Capital Dividend Account - Paragraph (a) - Subparagraph (a)(i) 53(1)(b)(ii) and 52(3)(a) exclusion limited to where 55(2) did not apply to the stock dividend or PUC increase 70
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 112 - Subsection 112(3) - Paragraph 112(3)(b) - Subparagraph 112(3)(b)(i) stop-loss rule does not apply to the extent of the application of s. 55(2) 92

Paragraph 52(3)(a)

Administrative Policy

5 October 2018 APFF Roundtable Q. 4, 2018-0768891C6 F - Stock Dividend and Safe Income

The 100 common shares of Opco, having an aggregate FMV of $1,000,000 and an aggregate PUC and aggregate ACB to their holders, of $100, are held as...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 55 - Subsection 55(2.3) shift in safe income to high-low prefs paid as stock dividend 688
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 55 - Subsection 55(2.3) different effect of stock dividend of high-low preferred shares paid to Holdco and trust shareholders

Subparagraph 52(3)(a)(ii)

Administrative Policy

S3-F2-C1 - Capital Dividends

1.30.1 Where a dividend that is deductible under subsection 112(1) results from the receipt of a stock dividend, subclause 52(3)(a)(ii)(A)(II)...

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12 December 2016 External T.I. 2016-0668341E5 F - Stock dividend

Opco pays a stock dividend on its common shares (having a nominal paid-up capital and adjusted cost base) held by Holdco. The stock dividend is...

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Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 55 - Subsection 55(2.3) - Paragraph 55(2.3)(b) safe income strip using a preferred share stock dividend 288

Articles

Rick McLean, Jeff Oldewening, Jonas Lau, "Capital Gains Stripping and Surplus Stripping", 2017 Annual CTF Conference draft paper

Two main competing interpretations of the “amount” of a stock dividend for purposes of s. 52(3)(a)(ii)(A) (pp. 13-15)

To apply the ACB...

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Subsection 52(4) - Cost of property acquired as prize

Cases

The Queen v. Rumack, 92 DTC 6142, [1992] 1 CTC 57 (FCA)

It was found that no inference could be drawn from s. 52(4) that a monthly annuity won by the taxpayer in a lottery was exempt from income tax.

Administrative Policy

84 C.R. - Q. 21

A prize of $1,000 per month has a cost equal to fair market value at the time of obtaining the right to the prize. Thereafter, ss.56(1)(d), 60(a)...

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Subsection 52(6)

Administrative Policy

4 February 1992 External T.I. 7-901929 - Tax Window, No. 16, p. 5, ¶1728

Where at the time a taxpayer acquires a unit in a unit trust the value of the unit includes income payable by the trust at year-end and realized...

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IT-390 "Unit Trusts - Cost of Rights and Adjustments to Cost Base"

Avoidance of double taxation on distribution of non-taxable portion of capital gain

2. Subsection 52(6) ensures that the non-taxable capital gains...

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Articles

Botz, "Mutual Fund Trusts and Unit Trusts: Selected Tax and Legal Issues", 1994 Canadian Tax Journal, Vol. 42, No. 4, p. 1037.