Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1 (S.C. 2013, c. 33)

Meaning of “selected qualifying employer”

• 157. (1) For the purposes of this section, “selected qualifying employer” has the meaning assigned by subsection 172.1(9).

• Marginal note:Election for nil consideration

  (2) For the purposes of this Part, if a participating employer of a pension plan elects jointly with a pension entity of the pension plan, every taxable supply made by the participating employer to the pension entity at a time when the election is in effect is deemed to have been made for no consideration.

• Marginal note:Non-application

  (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to

  • (a) a supply deemed under section 172.1 to have been made;

  • (b) a supply of property or a service that is not acquired by a pension entity of a pension plan for consumption, use or supply by the pension entity in the course of pension activities (as defined in subsection 172.1(1)) in respect of the pension plan;

  • (c) a supply made by a participating employer of a pension plan to a pension entity of the pension plan of all or part of property or a service if, at the time the participating employer acquires the property or service, the participating employer is a selected qualifying employer of the pension plan;

  • (d) a supply made by a participating employer of a pension plan to a pension entity of the pension plan of property or a service if, at the time the participating employer consumes or uses an employer resource (as defined in subsection 172.1(1)) of the participating employer for the purpose of making the supply, the participating employer is a selected qualifying employer of the pension plan; or

  • (e) a supply made in prescribed circumstances or made by a prescribed person.

• Marginal note:Joint revocation

  (4) The persons that have jointly made an election under subsection (2) may jointly revoke the election.

• Marginal note:Form of election and revocation

  (5) An election under subsection (2) and a revocation of an election under subsection (4) must

  • (a) be made in prescribed form containing prescribed information;

  • (b) specify the day on which the election or the revocation is to become effective, which must be the first day of a fiscal year of the participating employer; and

  • (c) be filed by the participating employer with the Minister in prescribed manner on or before the day that is the day on which the election or the revocation is to become effective or any later day that the Minister may allow.

• Marginal note:Cessation

  (6) An election under subsection (2) made jointly by a participating employer of a pension plan and a pension entity of the pension plan ceases to have effect on the earliest of

  • (a) the day on which the participating employer ceases to be a participating employer of the pension plan,

  • (b) the day on which the pension entity ceases to be a pension entity of the pension plan,

  • (c) the day on which a joint revocation of the election by the participating employer and the pension entity becomes effective, and

  • (d) the day specified in a notice of revocation of the election sent to the participating employer under subsection (9).

• Marginal note:Notice of intent

  (7) If an election made jointly under subsection (2) by a participating employer of a pension plan and a pension entity of the pension plan is in effect at any time in a fiscal year of the participating employer and if the participating employer fails to account for, as and when required under this Part, any tax deemed to have been collected by the participating employer on the last day of the fiscal year under subsection 172.1(5) or (6) in respect of the pension plan, the Minister may send a notice in writing (in this section referred to as a “notice of intent”) to the participating employer and to the pension entity that the Minister proposes to revoke the election as of the first day of the fiscal year.

• Marginal note:Representations to Minister

  (8) Upon receipt of a notice of intent, a participating employer must establish to the satisfaction of the Minister that the participating employer did not fail to account for, as and when required under this Part, tax deemed to have been collected by the participating employer under subsection 172.1(5) or (6) in respect of the pension plan.

• Marginal note:Notice of revocation

  (9) If, after 60 days after the day on which the notice of intent was sent by the Minister to the participating employer, the Minister is not satisfied that the participating employer did not fail to account for, as and when required under this Part, tax deemed to have been collected by the participating employer on the last day of a particular fiscal year under subsection 172.1(5) or (6) in respect of the pension plan, the Minister may send a notice in writing (in this section referred to as a “notice of revocation”) to the participating employer and to the pension entity of the pension plan with which the participating employer made the election that the election is revoked as of the day specified in the notice of revocation, and that day is not to be earlier than the day specified in the notice of intent and must be the first day of any particular fiscal year.

• Marginal note:Revocation — effect

  (10) For the purposes of this Part, an election under subsection (2) that has been revoked by the Minister under subsection (9) is deemed never to have been in effect on any day on or after the day specified in the notice of revocation.

“specified supply”

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“specified supply” of a participating employer of a pension plan to the pension plan means

• (a) a taxable supply deemed to have been made under subsection (5) of all or part of property or a service that the participating employer acquired for the purpose of making a supply of all or part of the property or service to a pension entity of the pension plan;

• (b) a taxable supply deemed to have been made under subsection (6) of an employer resource of the participating employer that the participating employer consumed or used for the purpose of making a supply of property or a service to a pension entity of the pension plan; or

• (c) a taxable supply deemed to have been made under subsection (7) of an employer resource of the participating employer that the participating employer consumed or used in the course of pension activities in respect of the pension plan.

• Marginal note:Acquisition of property or service for supply

  (5) If a person is both a registrant and a participating employer of a pension plan at any time in a particular fiscal year of the person and is not a selected qualifying employer of the pension plan at that time, if the person acquires at that time property or a service (in this subsection referred to as the “specified resource”) for the purpose of making a supply of all or part of the specified resource to a pension entity of the pension plan for consumption, use or supply by the pension entity in the course of pension activities in respect of the pension plan and if the specified resource is not an excluded resource of the person in respect of the pension plan, the following rules apply:

  • (a) for the purposes of this Part, the person is deemed to have made a taxable supply of the specified resource or part on the last day of the particular fiscal year;

• Marginal note:Consumption or use of employer resource for supply

  (6) If a person is both a registrant and a participating employer of a pension plan at any time in a particular fiscal year of the person and is not a selected qualifying employer of the pension plan at that time, if the person consumes or uses at that time an employer resource of the person for the purpose of making a supply of property or a service (in this subsection referred to as the “pension supply”) to a pension entity of the pension plan for consumption, use or supply by the pension entity in the course of pension activities in respect of the pension plan and if the employer resource is not an excluded resource of the person in respect of the pension plan, the following rules apply:

• Marginal note:Consumption or use of employer resource otherwise than for supply

  (7) If a person is both a registrant and a participating employer of a pension plan at any time in a particular fiscal year of the person and is not a qualifying employer of the pension plan at that time, if the person consumes or uses at that time an employer resource of the person in the course of pension activities in respect of the pension plan, if the employer resource is not an excluded resource of the person in respect of the pension plan and if subsection (6) does not apply to that consumption or use, the following rules apply:

• Marginal note:Selected qualifying employer

  (9) For the purposes of this section, a particular participating employer of a pension plan is a selected qualifying employer of the pension plan for a particular fiscal year of the particular participating employer if no election under subsection 157(2) made jointly by the particular participating employer and a pension entity of the pension plan is in effect in the particular fiscal year, if the particular participating employer did not become a participating employer of the pension plan in the particular fiscal year, if the amount determined for A in the following formula is less than $5,000 and if the amount (expressed as a percentage) determined by the following formula is less than 10%:

  A/(B – C)

  where

  A 

  is the total of all amounts, each of which is

  • (a) an amount of tax deemed to have been collected under subsection (5), (6) or (7) by the particular participating employer in respect of a specified supply of the particular participating employer to the pension plan during the fiscal year (in this subsection referred to as the “preceding fiscal year”) of the particular participating employer preceding the particular fiscal year less the amount, if any, determined for B under paragraph (5)(c), (6)(c) or (7)(c), whichever is applicable, in determining that amount of tax,

  • (b) if the particular participating employer is a selected qualifying employer of the pension plan for the preceding fiscal year, an amount of tax that would have been deemed to have been collected under subsection (5) or (6) by the particular participating employer during the preceding fiscal year in respect of a supply that would have been deemed to have been made under that subsection and that would be a specified supply of the particular participating employer to the pension plan, if the particular participating employer were not a selected qualifying employer, less the amount, if any, that would be determined for B under paragraph (5)(c) or (6)(c), whichever is applicable, in determining that amount of tax,

  • (c) if the particular participating employer is a qualifying employer of the pension plan for the preceding fiscal year, an amount of tax that would have been deemed to have been collected under subsection (7) by the particular participating employer during the preceding fiscal year in respect of a supply that would have been deemed to have been made under that subsection and that would be a specified supply of the particular participating employer to the pension plan, if the particular participating employer were not a qualifying employer, less the amount, if any, that would be determined for B under paragraph (7)(c) in determining that amount of tax,

  • (d) an amount of tax deemed to have been collected under subsection (5), (6) or (7) by another participating employer of the pension plan in respect of a specified supply of the other participating employer to the pension plan during a fiscal year of the other participating employer that ends in the preceding fiscal year, provided that the other participating employer is related at any time in the preceding fiscal year to the particular participating employer, less the amount, if any, determined for B under paragraph (5)(c), (6)(c) or (7)(c), whichever is applicable, in determining that amount of tax,

  • (e) an amount of tax that would have been deemed to have been collected under subsection (5) or (6) by another participating employer of the pension plan during a fiscal year of the other participating employer that ends in the preceding fiscal year in respect of a supply that would have been deemed to have been made under that subsection and that would be a specified supply of the other participating employer to the pension plan if the other participating employer were not a selected qualifying employer, provided that the other participating employer is related at any time in the preceding fiscal year to the particular participating employer and is a selected qualifying employer of the pension plan for that fiscal year of the other participating employer, less the amount, if any, that would be determined for B under paragraph (5)(c) or (6)(c), whichever is applicable, in determining that amount of tax, or

  • (f) an amount of tax that would have been deemed to have been collected under subsection (7) by another participating employer of the pension plan during a fiscal year of the other participating employer that ends in the preceding fiscal year in respect of a supply that would have been deemed to have been made under that subsection and that would be a specified supply of the other participating employer to the pension plan if the other participating employer were not a qualifying employer, provided that the other participating employer is related at any time in the preceding fiscal year to the particular participating employer and is a qualifying employer of the pension plan for that fiscal year of the other participating employer, less the amount, if any, that would be determined for B under paragraph (7)(c) in determining that amount of tax;

  B 

  is the total of all amounts, each of which is

  • (a) an amount of tax under subsection 165(1) or section 212, 218 or 218.01 paid by a pension entity of the pension plan during a fiscal year of the pension entity that ends in the preceding fiscal year but only to the extent that the amount is an eligible amount (as defined in subsection 261.01(1)) for a claim period (as defined in that subsection) of the pension entity,

  • (b) an amount of tax deemed to have been collected under subsection (5), (6) or (7) by a participating employer of the pension plan, including the particular participating employer, during a fiscal year of the participating employer that ends in the preceding fiscal year in respect of a specified supply of the participating employer to the pension plan less the amount, if any, determined for B under paragraph (5)(c), (6)(c) or (7)(c), whichever is applicable, in determining that amount of tax, or

  • (c) an amount required to be added to the net tax of a pension entity of the pension plan under paragraph 232.01(5)(b) or 232.02(4)(b) for a reporting period of the pension entity that ends in the preceding fiscal year as a consequence of the issuance of a tax adjustment note under subsection 232.01(3) or 232.02(2) or, if less, the amount that would have been required to be so added if the pension entity were a selected listed financial institution; and

  C 

  is the total of all amounts, each of which is

  • (a) the federal component amount of a tax adjustment note issued under subsection 232.01(3) or 232.02(2) by a participating employer of the pension plan, including the particular participating employer, to a pension entity of the pension plan during a fiscal year of the pension entity that ends in the preceding fiscal year, or

  • (b) a recoverable amount (as defined in subsection 261.01(1)) of a pension entity of the pension plan in respect of a claim period ending in a fiscal year of the pension entity that ends in the preceding fiscal year but only to the extent that the recoverable amount is in respect of an amount determined for A under paragraph (5)(c), (6)(c) or (7)(c), whichever is applicable, in determining an amount of tax deemed to have been paid by the pension entity under this section for the purposes of section 261.01.

• Marginal note:Qualifying employer

  (10) For the purposes of this section, a particular participating employer of a pension plan is a qualifying employer of the pension plan for a particular fiscal year of the particular participating employer if the particular participating employer did not become a participating employer of the pension plan in the particular fiscal year, if the amount determined for A in the following formula is less than $5,000 and if the amount (expressed as a percentage) determined by the following formula is less than 10%:

  A/(B – C)

  where

  A 

  is the total of all amounts, each of which is

  • (a) an amount of tax deemed to have been collected under subsection (7) by the particular participating employer in respect of a specified supply of the particular participating employer to the pension plan during the fiscal year (in this subsection referred to as the “preceding fiscal year”) of the particular participating employer preceding the particular fiscal year less the amount, if any, determined for B under paragraph (7)(c) in determining that amount of tax,

  • (b) if the particular participating employer is a qualifying employer of the pension plan for the preceding fiscal year, an amount of tax that would have been deemed to have been collected under subsection (7) by the particular participating employer during the preceding fiscal year in respect of a supply that would have been deemed to have been made under that subsection and that would be a specified supply of the particular participating employer to the pension plan, if the particular participating employer were not a qualifying employer, less the amount, if any, that would be determined for B under paragraph (7)(c) in determining that amount of tax,

  • (c) an amount of tax deemed to have been collected under subsection (7) by another participating employer of the pension plan in respect of a specified supply of the other participating employer to the pension plan during a fiscal year of the other participating employer that ends in the preceding fiscal year, provided that the other participating employer is related at any time in the preceding fiscal year to the particular participating employer, less the amount, if any, determined for B under paragraph (7)(c) in determining that amount of tax, or

  • (d) an amount of tax that would have been deemed to have been collected under subsection (7) by another participating employer of the pension plan during a fiscal year of the other participating employer that ends in the preceding fiscal year in respect of a supply that would have been deemed to have been made under that subsection and that would be a specified supply of the other participating employer to the pension plan if the other participating employer were not a qualifying employer, provided that the other participating employer is related at any time in the preceding fiscal year to the particular participating employer and is a qualifying employer of the pension plan for that fiscal year of the other participating employer, less the amount, if any, that would be determined for B under paragraph (7)(c) in determining that amount of tax;

  B 

  is the total of all amounts, each of which is

  • (a) an amount of tax under subsection 165(1) or section 212, 218 or 218.01 paid by a pension entity of the pension plan during a fiscal year of the pension entity that ends in the preceding fiscal year but only to the extent that the amount is an eligible amount (as defined in subsection 261.01(1)) for a claim period (as defined in that subsection) of the pension entity,

  • (b) an amount of tax deemed to have been collected under subsection (5), (6) or (7) by a participating employer of the pension plan, including the particular participating employer, during a fiscal year of the participating employer that ends in the preceding fiscal year in respect of a specified supply of the participating employer to the pension plan less the amount, if any, determined for B under paragraph (5)(c), (6)(c) or (7)(c), whichever is applicable, in determining that amount of tax, or

  • (c) an amount required to be added to the net tax of a pension entity of the pension plan under paragraph 232.01(5)(b) or 232.02(4)(b) for a reporting period of the pension entity that ends in the preceding fiscal year as a consequence of the issuance of a tax adjustment note under subsection 232.01(3) or 232.02(2) or, if less, the amount that would have been required to be so added if the pension entity were a selected listed financial institution; and

  C 

  is the total of all amounts, each of which is

  • (a) the federal component amount of a tax adjustment note issued under subsection 232.01(3) or 232.02(2) by a participating employer of the pension plan, including the particular participating employer, to a pension entity of the pension plan during a fiscal year of the pension entity that ends in the preceding fiscal year, or

  • (b) a recoverable amount (as defined in subsection 261.01(1)) of a pension entity of the pension plan in respect of a claim period ending in a fiscal year of the pension entity that ends in the preceding fiscal year but only to the extent that the recoverable amount is in respect of an amount determined for A under paragraph (5)(c), (6)(c) or (7)(c), whichever is applicable, in determining an amount of tax deemed to have been paid by the pension entity under this section for the purposes of section 261.01.

• Marginal note:New participating employer

  (11) For the purposes of this section, if a person becomes a participating employer of a pension plan in a particular fiscal year, the person is

  • (a) a selected qualifying employer of the pension plan for the particular fiscal year if it is reasonable to expect, at the time the person becomes a participating employer of the pension plan, that the person will be a selected qualifying employer of the pension plan for the fiscal year of the person following the particular fiscal year; and

  • (b) a qualifying employer of the pension plan for the particular fiscal year if it is reasonable to expect, at the time the person becomes a participating employer of the pension plan, that the person will be a qualifying employer of the pension plan for the fiscal year of the person following the particular fiscal year.

• Marginal note:Mergers and amalgamations

  (12) If two or more corporations (each of which is referred to in this subsection as a “predecessor”), any of which is a participating employer of a pension plan, are merged or amalgamated to form one corporation (in this subsection referred to as the “new corporation”) that is a participating employer of the pension plan, otherwise than as the result of the acquisition of property of one corporation by another corporation pursuant to the purchase of the property by the other corporation or as the result of the distribution of the property to the other corporation on the winding-up of the corporation, despite section 271 and for the purposes of applying subsections (9) to (11) to the new corporation, the following rules apply:

  • (a) the new corporation is deemed to have a fiscal year (in this subsection referred to as the “prior fiscal year of the new corporation”) of 365 days immediately preceding the first fiscal year of the new corporation;

  • (b) any amount of tax deemed to have been collected under any of subsections (5), (6) and (7) by a predecessor, or that would have been deemed to have been collected under any of those subsections if the predecessor were neither a selected qualifying employer nor a qualifying employer, at any time during the period of 365 days preceding the first fiscal year of the new corporation is deemed to have been collected under the same subsection by the new corporation, and not by a predecessor, on the last day of the prior fiscal year of the new corporation;

  • (c) any specified supply of a predecessor to the pension plan in respect of a taxable supply deemed to have been made under any of subsections (5), (6) and (7), or that would have been deemed to have been made under any of those subsections if the predecessor were neither a selected qualifying employer nor a qualifying employer, at any time during the period of 365 days preceding the first fiscal year of the new corporation is deemed to be a specified supply of the new corporation to the pension plan and not of the predecessor; and

  • (d) the new corporation is deemed not to have become a participating employer of the pension plan.

• Marginal note:Winding-up

  (13) If at any time a particular corporation that is a participating employer of a pension plan is wound up and not less than 90% of the issued shares of each class of the capital stock of the particular corporation were, immediately before that time, owned by another corporation that is a participating employer of the pension plan, despite subsection (11) and section 272 and for the purposes of applying the definition “specified supply” in subsection (1) in respect of the other corporation and applying subsections (9) and (10) to the other corporation, the other corporation is deemed to be the same corporation as, and a continuation of, the particular corporation.