Marginal note:Obligations held at end of taxation year

• 9104. (1) For the purposes of paragraphs 9101(1)(c) and (2)(b), if, at the end of a taxation year, a taxpayer holds a specified debt obligation the primary currency of which is not Canadian currency, the taxpayer’s foreign exchange adjustment in respect of the obligation for the taxation year is the positive or negative amount determined by the formula

  (A × B) - C

  where

  A 

  is the amount that would be the tax basis of the obligation to the taxpayer at the end of the year if

  • (a) the tax basis were determined using the primary currency of the obligation as the currency in which all amounts are expressed,

  • (b) the definition “tax basis” in subsection 142.4(1) of the Act were read without reference to paragraphs (f), (h), (o) and (q), and

  • (c) the taxpayer’s foreign exchange adjustment in respect of the obligation for each year were nil;

  B 

  is the rate of exchange at the end of the year of the primary currency of the obligation into Canadian currency; and

  C 

  is the amount that would be the tax basis of the obligation to the taxpayer at the end of the year if

  • (a) the definition “tax basis” in subsection 142.4(1) of the Act were read without reference to paragraphs (h) and (q), and

  • (b) the taxpayer’s foreign exchange adjustment in respect of the obligation for the year were nil.

• Marginal note:Disposition of obligation

  (2) If a taxpayer disposes of a specified debt obligation the primary currency of which is not Canadian currency, the taxpayer’s foreign exchange adjustment in respect of the obligation for the taxation year in which the disposition occurs is the amount that would be the foreign exchange adjustment if the taxation year had ended immediately before the disposition.

• Marginal note:Disposition of obligation before 1996

  (3) At the election of a taxpayer, subsection (2) does not apply to specified debt obligations disposed of by the taxpayer before 1996.

Marginal note:Definitions

• 9200. (1) The following definitions apply in this Part.

  “gain”

  “gain”, of a taxpayer from the disposition of a specified debt obligation, means the gain from the disposition determined under paragraph 142.4(6)(a) of the Act. (gain)

  “loss”

  “loss”, of a taxpayer from the disposition of a specified debt obligation, means the loss from the disposition determined under paragraph 142.4(6)(b) of the Act. (perte)

  “residual portion”

  “residual portion”, of a taxpayer’s gain or loss from the disposition of a specified debt obligation, means the amount determined under subsection 142.4(8) of the Act in respect of the disposition. (partie résiduelle)

• Marginal note:Amortization date

  (2) For the purposes of this Part, the amortization date for a specified debt obligation disposed of by a taxpayer is the day determined as follows:

  • (a) subject to paragraphs (b) to (d), the amortization date is the later of the day of disposition and the day on which the debtor is required to make the final payment under the obligation, determined without regard to any option respecting the timing of payments under the obligation (other than an option that was exercised before the disposition);

  • (b) subject to paragraphs (c) and (d), the amortization date is the day of disposition if the day on which the debtor is required to make the final payment under the obligation is not determinable for the purpose of paragraph (a);

  • (c) subject to paragraph (d), the amortization date is the first day, if any, after the disposition on which the interest rate could change, if the obligation is one in respect of which the following conditions are satisfied:

    • (i) the obligation provides for stipulated interest payments,

    • (ii) the rate of interest for one or more periods after the issuance of the obligation was not fixed on the day of issue, and

    • (iii) when the obligation was issued, it was reasonable to expect that the interest rate for each period would equal or approximate a reasonable market rate of interest for that period; and

  • (d) if, for purposes of its financial statements, the taxpayer had a gain or loss from the disposition that is being amortized to profit, the amortization date is the last day of the amortization period.