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Budget Implementation Act, 2004, No. 2 (S.C. 2005, c. 19)

Assented to 2005-05-13

PART 3AMENDMENTS TO THE INCOME TAX ACT AND CERTAIN OTHER ACTS AS A CONSEQUENCE AND A COORDINATING AMENDMENT

R.S., c. 1 (5th Supp.)Income Tax Act

  •  (1) Subsection 152(4.2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Reassessment with taxpayer’s consent

      (4.2) Notwithstanding subsections (4), (4.1) and (5), for the purpose of determining, at any time after the end of the normal reassessment period of a taxpayer who is an individual (other than a trust) or a testamentary trust in respect of a taxation year, the amount of any refund to which the taxpayer is entitled at that time for the year, or a reduction of an amount payable under this Part by the taxpayer for the year, the Minister may, if the taxpayer makes an application for that determination on or before the day that is ten calendar years after the end of that taxation year,

      • (a) reassess tax, interest or penalties payable under this Part by the taxpayer in respect of that year; and

      • (b) redetermine the amount, if any, deemed by subsection 120(2) or (2.2), 122.5(3), 122.51(2), 127.1(1), 127.41(3) or 210.2(3) or (4) to be paid on account of the taxpayer’s tax payable under this Part for the year or deemed by subsection 122.61(1) to be an overpayment on account of the taxpayer’s liability under this Part for the year.

  • (2) Subsection (1) applies to applications made after 2004.

  •  (1) Subparagraph 164(1)(a)(i) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (i) before mailing the notice of assessment for the year, where the taxpayer is, for any purpose of the definition “refundable investment tax credit” (as defined in subsection 127.1(2)), a qualifying corporation (as defined in that subsection) and claims in its return of income for the year to have paid an amount on account of its tax payable under this Part for the year because of subsection 127.1(1) in respect of its refundable investment tax credit (as defined in subsection 127.1(2)), refund all or part of any amount claimed in the return as an overpayment for the year, not exceeding the amount by which the total determined under paragraph (f) of the definition “refundable investment tax credit” in subsection 127.1(2) in respect of the taxpayer for the year exceeds the total determined under paragraph (g) of that definition in respect of the taxpayer for the year,

  • (2) Paragraph 164(1.5)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (a) if the taxpayer is an individual (other than a trust) or is a testamentary trust and the taxpayer’s return of income under this Part for the year was filed on or before the day that is ten calendar years after the end of the taxation year; or

  • (3) Subsection (1) applies to taxation years that end after March 22, 2004.

  • (4) Subsection (2) applies in respect of returns filed after 2004.

  •  (1) Subsection 168(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Charities Registration (Security Information) Act

      (3) Notwithstanding subsections (1), (2) and (4), if a registered charity is the subject of a certificate that is determined to be reasonable under subsection 7(1) of the Charities Registration (Security Information) Act, the registration of the charity is revoked as of the making of that determination.

    • Marginal note:Objection to proposal or designation

      (4) A person that is or was registered as a registered charity or is an applicant for registration as a registered charity that objects to a notice under subsection (1) or any of subsections 149.1(2) to (4.1), (6.3), (22) and (23) may, on or before the day that is 90 days after the day on which the notice was mailed, serve on the Minister a written notice of objection in the manner authorized by the Minister, setting out the reasons for the objection and all the relevant facts, and the provisions of subsections 165(1), (1.1) and (3) to (7) and sections 166, 166.1 and 166.2 apply, with any modifications that the circumstances require, as if the notice were a notice of assessment made under section 152.

  • (2) Subsection (1) applies in respect of notices issued by the Minister of National Revenue after the day that is 30 days after the day on which this Act is assented to.

  •  (1) Paragraphs 172(3)(a) and (a.1) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    • (a) refuses to register an applicant for registration as a Canadian amateur athletic association,

    • (a.1) confirms a proposal, decision or designation in respect of which a notice was issued by the Minister to a person that is or was registered as a registered charity, or is an applicant for registration as a registered charity, under any of subsections 149.1(2) to (4.1), (6.3), (22) and (23) and 168(1), or does not confirm or vacate that proposal, decision or designation within 90 days after service of a notice of objection by the person under subsection 168(4) in respect of that proposal, decision or designation,

  • (2) Paragraphs 172(4)(a) and (a.1) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    • (a) to register an applicant for registration as a Canadian amateur athletic association,

  • (3) Subsections (1) and (2) apply in respect of notices issued by the Minister of National Revenue after the day that is 30 days after the day on which this Act is assented to.

  •  (1) Paragraphs 180(1)(a) and (b) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    • (a) the day on which the Minister notifies a person under subsection 165(3) of the Minister’s action in respect of a notice of objection filed under subsection 168(4),

    • (b) the mailing of notice to a registered Canadian amateur athletic association under subsection 168(1),

  • (2) Subsection (1) applies in respect of notices issued by the Minister of National Revenue after the day that is 30 days after the day on which this Act is assented to.

  •  (1) Subparagraph 186(1)(d)(i) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (i) non-capital loss for any of its 10 taxation years immediately preceding or 3 taxation years immediately following the year, and

  • (2) Subsection (1) applies in respect of losses that arise in taxation years that end after March 22, 2004.

  •  (1) The heading to Part V of the Act is replaced by the following:

    TAX AND PENALTIES IN RESPECT OF REGISTERED CHARITIES
  • (2) Subsection (1) is deemed to have come into force on March 23, 2004.

  •  (1) Subsections 188(1) and (2) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    Marginal note:Deemed year-end on notice of revocation
    • 188. (1) If on a particular day the Minister issues a notice of intention to revoke the registration of a taxpayer as a registered charity under any of subsections 149.1(2) to (4.1) and 168(1) or it is determined, under subsection 7(1) of the Charities Registration (Security Information) Act, that a certificate served in respect of the charity under subsection 5(1) of that Act is reasonable on the basis of information and evidence available,

      • (a) the taxation year of the charity that would otherwise have included that day is deemed to end at the end of that day;

      • (b) a new taxation year of the charity is deemed to begin immediately after that day; and

      • (c) for the purpose of determining the charity’s fiscal period after that day, the charity is deemed not to have established a fiscal period before that day.

    • Marginal note:Revocation tax

      (1.1) A charity referred to in subsection (1) is liable to a tax, for its taxation year that is deemed to have ended, equal to the amount determined by the formula

      A - B

      where

      A
      is the total of all amounts, each of which is
      • (a) the fair market value of a property of the charity at the end of that taxation year,

      • (b) the amount of an appropriation (within the meaning assigned by subsection (2)) in respect of a property transferred to another person in the 120-day period that ended at the end of that taxation year, or

      • (c) the income of the charity for its winding-up period, including gifts received by the charity in that period from any source and any income that would be computed under section 3 as if that period were a taxation year; and

      B
      is the total of all amounts (other than the amount of an expenditure in respect of which a deduction has been made in computing income for the winding-up period under paragraph (c) of the description of A), each of which is
      • (a) a debt of the charity that is outstanding at the end of that taxation year,

      • (b) an expenditure made by the charity during the winding-up period on charitable activities carried on by it, or

      • (c) an amount in respect of a property transferred by the charity during the winding-up period and not later than the latter of one year from the end of the taxation year and the day, if any, referred to in paragraph (1.2)(c), to a person that was at the time of the transfer an eligible donee in respect of the charity, equal to the amount, if any, by which the fair market value of the property, when transferred, exceeds the consideration given by the person for the transfer.

    • Marginal note:Winding-up period

      (1.2) In this Part, the winding-up period of a charity is the period that begins immediately after the day on which the Minister issues a notice of intention to revoke the registration of a taxpayer as a registered charity under any of subsections 149.1(2) to (4.1) and 168(1) (or, if earlier, immediately after the day on which it is determined, under subsection 7(1) of the Charities Registration (Security Information) Act, that a certificate served in respect of the charity under subsection 5(1) of that Act is reasonable on the basis of information and evidence available), and that ends on the day that is the latest of

      • (a) the day, if any, on which the charity files a return under subsection 189(6.1) for the taxation year deemed by subsection (1) to have ended, but not later than the day on which the charity is required to file that return,

      • (b) the day on which the Minister last issues a notice of assessment of tax payable under subsection (1.1) for that taxation year by the charity, and

      • (c) if the charity has filed a notice of objection or appeal in respect of that assessment, the day on which the Minister may take a collection action under section 225.1 in respect of that tax payable.

    • Marginal note:Eligible donee

      (1.3) In this Part, an eligible donee in respect of a particular charity is a registered charity

      • (a) of which more than 50% of the members of the board of directors or trustees of the registered charity deal at arm’s length with each member of the board of directors or trustees of the particular charity;

      • (b) that is not the subject of a suspension under subsection 188.2(1);

      • (c) that has no unpaid liabilities under this Act or under the Excise Tax Act;

      • (d) that has filed all information returns required by subsection 149.1(14); and

      • (e) that is not the subject of a certificate under subsection 5(1) of the Charities Registration (Security Information) Act or, if it is the subject of such a certificate, the certificate has been determined under subsection 7(1) of that Act not to be reasonable.

    • Marginal note:Shared liability — revocation tax

      (2) A person who, after the time that is 120 days before the end of the taxation year of a charity that is deemed by subsection (1) to have ended, receives property from the charity, is jointly and severally, or solidarily, liable with the charity for the tax payable under subsection (1.1) by the charity for that taxation year for an amount not exceeding the total of all appropriations, each of which is the amount by which the fair market value of such a property at the time it was so received by the person exceeds the consideration given by the person in respect of the property.

    • Marginal note:Non-application of revocation tax

      (2.1) Subsections (1) and (1.1) do not apply to a charity in respect of a notice of intention to revoke given under any of subsections 149.1(2) to (4.1) and 168(1) if the Minister abandons the intention and so notifies the charity or if

      • (a) within the one-year period that begins immediately after the taxation year of the charity otherwise deemed by subsection (1) to have ended, the Minister has registered the charity as a charitable organization, private foundation or public foundation; and

      • (b) the charity has, before the time that the Minister has so registered the charity,

        • (i) paid all amounts, each of which is an amount for which the charity is liable under this Act (other than subsection (1.1)) or the Excise Tax Act in respect of taxes, penalties and interest, and

        • (ii) filed all information returns required by or under this Act to be filed on or before that time.

  • (2) Section 188 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (3):

    • Marginal note:Non-application of subsection (3)

      (3.1) Subsection (3) does not apply to a transfer that is a gift to which subsection 188.1(11) applies.

  • (3) Subsection (1) applies in respect of notices issued and certificates served by the Minister of National Revenue after the day that is 30 days after the day on which this Act is assented to.

  • (4) Subsection (2) applies in respect of taxation years that begin after March 22, 2004.

 

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