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Technical Tax Amendments Act, 2012 (S.C. 2013, c. 34)

Assented to 2013-06-26

PART 5OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE INCOME TAX ACT AND RELATED LEGISLATION

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

  •  (1) Subsections 152(3.4) and (3.5) of the Act are repealed.

  • (2) Subsection 152(4.1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:If waiver revoked

      (4.1) If the Minister would, but for this subsection, be entitled to reassess, make an additional assessment or assess tax, interest or penalties by virtue only of the filing of a waiver under subparagraph (4)(a)(ii) or paragraph (4)(c), the Minister may not make such a reassessment, additional assessment or assessment after the day that is six months after the date on which a notice of revocation of the waiver in prescribed form is filed.

  • (3) Subsection 152(4.3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Consequential assessment

      (4.3) Notwithstanding subsections (4), (4.1) and (5), if the result of an assessment or a decision on an appeal is to change a particular balance of a taxpayer for a particular taxation year, the Minister may, or if the taxpayer so requests in writing, shall, before the later of the expiration of the normal reassessment period in respect of a subsequent taxation year and the end of the day that is one year after the day on which all rights of objection and appeal expire or are determined in respect of the particular year, reassess the tax, interest or penalties payable by the taxpayer, redetermine an amount deemed to have been paid or to have been an overpayment by the taxpayer or modify the amount of a refund or other amount payable to the taxpayer, under this Part in respect of the subsequent taxation year, but only to the extent that the reassessment, redetermination or modification can reasonably be considered to relate to the change in the particular balance of the taxpayer for the particular year.

  • (4) Paragraph 152(6)(c.1) of the Act is repealed.

  • (5) Paragraph 152(6)(e) of the Act is repealed.

  • (6) Section 152 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (6.2):

    • Marginal note:Reassessment for section 119 credit

      (6.3) If a taxpayer has filed for a particular taxation year the return of income required by section 150 and an amount is subsequently claimed by the taxpayer, or on the taxpayer’s behalf, for the particular year as a deduction under section 119 in respect of a disposition in a subsequent taxation year, and the taxpayer files with the Minister a prescribed form amending the return on or before the filing-due date of the taxpayer for the subsequent taxation year, the Minister shall reassess the taxpayer’s tax for any relevant taxation year (other than a taxation year preceding the particular taxation year) in order to take into account the deduction claimed.

  • (7) Subsection (1) applies in respect of forms filed after March 20, 2003.

  • (8) Subsection (3) applies to reassessments, redeterminations and modifications in respect of taxation years that relate to changes in balances for other taxation years as a result of assessments made, or decisions on appeal rendered, after November 5, 2010.

  • (9) Subsection (4) applies to taxation years that end after October 1, 1996.

  • (10) Subsection (5) applies to taxation years that begin after October 31, 2011.

  • (11) Subsection (6) applies in respect of particular taxation years that end after October 1, 1996. However, if a prescribed form referred to in subsection 152(6.3) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (6), is filed with the Minister on or before the filing-due date of the taxpayer for the taxation year that includes the day on which this Act receives royal assent, the form is deemed to have been filed with the Minister on a timely basis.

  •  (1) Paragraph 153(1)(d.1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (d.1) an amount described in subparagraph 56(1)(a)(iv) or (vii),

  • (2) Subsection (1) applies to the 2006 and subsequent taxation years.

  •  (1) Paragraphs 157(1.4)(a) and (b) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    • (a) if the corporation is not associated with another corporation in the particular taxation year, the amount that is the corporation’s taxable capital employed in Canada (for the purpose of this subsection, within the meaning assigned by section 181.2 or 181.3, as the case may be) for the particular taxation year; or

    • (b) if the corporation is associated with another corporation in the particular taxation year, the amount that is the total of all amounts each of which is the taxable capital employed in Canada of the corporation for the particular taxation year or the taxable capital employed in Canada of a corporation with which it is associated in the particular taxation year for a taxation year of that other corporation that ends in the particular taxation year.

  • (2) Paragraph 157(3)(c) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (c) if the corporation is a mutual fund corporation, 1/12 of the total of

      • (i) the corporation’s capital gains refund (within the meaning assigned by section 131) for the year, and

      • (ii) the amount that, because of subsection 131(5) or (11), is the corporation’s dividend refund (within the meaning assigned by section 129) for the year,

  • (3) Subsection (1) applies to taxation years that begin after 2007.

  • (4) Subsection (2) applies to the 1999 and subsequent taxation years.

  •  (1) Subsection 159(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Personal liability

      (3) If a legal representative (other than a trustee in bankruptcy) of a taxpayer distributes to one or more persons property in the possession or control of the legal representative, acting in that capacity, without obtaining a certificate under subsection (2) in respect of the amounts referred to in that subsection,

      • (a) the legal representative is personally liable for the payment of those amounts to the extent of the value of the property distributed;

      • (b) the Minister may at any time assess the legal representative in respect of any amount payable because of this subsection; and

      • (c) the provisions of this Division (including, for greater certainty, the provisions in respect of interest payable) apply, with any modifications that the circumstances require, to an assessment made under this subsection as though it had been made under section 152 in respect of taxes payable under this Part.

  • (2) Subsection (1) applies to assessments made after December 20, 2002.

  •  (1) The portion of subsection 160(1) of the Act after subparagraph (e)(i) is replaced by the following:

    • (ii) the total of all amounts each of which is an amount that the transferor is liable to pay under this Act (including, for greater certainty, an amount that the transferor is liable to pay under this section, regardless of whether the Minister has made an assessment under subsection (2) for that amount) in or in respect of the taxation year in which the property was transferred or any preceding taxation year,

    but nothing in this subsection limits the liability of the transferor under any other provision of this Act or of the transferee for the interest that the transferee is liable to pay under this Act on an assessment in respect of the amount that the transferee is liable to pay because of this subsection.

  • (2) The portion of subsection 160(1.1) of the Act after the description of B is replaced by the following:

    but nothing in this subsection limits the liability of the other taxpayer under any other provision of this Act or of any person for the interest that the person is liable to pay under this Act on an assessment in respect of the amount that the person is liable to pay because of this subsection.

  • (3) Paragraphs 160(1.2)(a) and (b) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    • (a) carried on a business that was provided property or services by a partnership or trust all or a portion of the income of which partnership or trust is directly or indirectly included in computing the individual’s split income for the year,

    • (b) was a specified shareholder of a corporation that was provided property or services by a partnership or trust all or a portion of the income of which partnership or trust is directly or indirectly included in computing the individual’s split income for the year,

  • (4) Paragraph 160(1.2)(d) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (d) was a shareholder of a professional corporation that was provided property or services by a partnership or trust all or a portion of the income of which partnership or trust is directly or indirectly included in computing the individual’s split income for the year, or

  • (5) Subsection 160(1.2) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (e):

    but nothing in this subsection limits the liability of the specified individual under any other provision of this Act or of the parent for the interest that the parent is liable to pay under this Act on an assessment in respect of the amount that the parent is liable to pay because of this subsection.

  • (6) Subsection 160(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Assessment

      (2) The Minister may at any time assess a taxpayer in respect of any amount payable because of this section, and the provisions of this Division (including, for greater certainty, the provisions in respect of interest payable) apply, with any modifications that the circumstances require, in respect of an assessment made under this section as though it had been made under section 152 in respect of taxes payable under this Part.

  • (7) Subsections (1), (2), (5) and (6) apply in respect of assessments made after December 20, 2002.

  • (8) Subsections (3) and (4) are deemed to have come into force on December 21, 2002.

  •  (1) Subsection 160.1(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Assessment

      (3) The Minister may at any time assess a taxpayer in respect of any amount payable by the taxpayer because of subsection (1) or (1.1) or for which the taxpayer is liable because of subsection (2.1) or (2.2), and the provisions of this Division (including, for greater certainty, the provisions in respect of interest payable) apply, with any modifications that the circumstances require, in respect of an assessment made under this section, as though it were made under section 152 in respect of taxes payable under this Part, except that no interest is payable on an amount assessed in respect of an excess referred to in subsection (1) that can reasonably be considered to arise as a consequence of the operation of section 122.5 or 122.61.

  • (2) Subsection (1) applies to assessments made after December 20, 2002.

  •  (1) The portion of subsection 160.2(1) of the Act after paragraph (b) is replaced by the following:

    the taxpayer and the last annuitant under the plan are jointly and severally, or solidarily, liable to pay a part of the annuitant’s tax under this Part for the year of the annuitant’s death equal to that proportion of the amount by which the annuitant’s tax for the year is greater than it would have been if it were not for the operation of subsection 146(8.8) that the total of all amounts each of which is an amount determined under paragraph (b) in respect of the taxpayer is of the amount included in computing the annuitant’s income because of that subsection, but nothing in this subsection limits the liability of the annuitant under any other provision of this Act or of the taxpayer for the interest that the taxpayer is liable to pay under this Act on an assessment in respect of the amount that the taxpayer is liable to pay because of this subsection.

  • (2) The portion of subsection 160.2(2) of the Act after paragraph (b) is replaced by the following:

    the taxpayer and the annuitant are jointly and severally, or solidarily, liable to pay a part of the annuitant’s tax under this Part for the year of the annuitant’s death equal to that proportion of the amount by which the annuitant’s tax for the year is greater than it would have been if it were not for the operation of subsection 146.3(6) that the amount determined under paragraph (b) is of the amount included in computing the annuitant’s income because of that subsection, but nothing in this subsection limits the liability of the annuitant under any other provision of this Act or of the taxpayer for the interest that the taxpayer is liable to pay under this Act on an assessment in respect of the amount that the taxpayer is liable to pay because of this subsection.

  • (3) Section 160.2 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):

    • Marginal note:Joint and several liability in respect of a qualifying trust annuity

      (2.1) If a taxpayer is deemed by section 75.2 to have received at any time an amount out of or under an annuity that is a qualifying trust annuity with respect to the taxpayer, the taxpayer, the annuitant under the annuity and the policyholder are jointly and severally, or solidarily, liable to pay the part of the taxpayer’s tax under this Part for the taxation year of the taxpayer that includes that time that is equal to the amount, if any, determined by the formula

      A – B

      where

      A
      is the amount of the taxpayer’s tax under this Part for that taxation year; and
      B
      is the amount that would be the taxpayer’s tax under this Part for that taxation year if no amount were deemed by section 75.2 to have been received by the taxpayer out of or under the annuity in that taxation year.
    • Marginal note:No limitation on liability

      (2.2) Subsection (2.1) limits neither

      • (a) the liability of the taxpayer referred to in that subsection under any other provision of this Act; nor

      • (b) the liability of an annuitant or policyholder referred to in that subsection for the interest that the annuitant or policyholder is liable to pay under this Act on an assessment in respect of the amount that the annuitant or policyholder is liable to pay because of that subsection.

  • (4) Subsection 160.2(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Assessment

      (3) The Minister may at any time assess a taxpayer in respect of any amount payable because of this section, and the provisions of this Division (including, for greater certainty, the provisions in respect of interest payable) apply, with any modifications that the circumstances require, in respect of an assessment made under this section as though it had been made under section 152 in respect of taxes payable under this Part.

  • (5) Section 160.2 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (4):

    • Marginal note:Rules applicable — qualifying trust annuity

      (5) If an annuitant or policyholder has, because of subsection (2.1), become jointly and severally, or solidarily, liable with a taxpayer in respect of part or all of a liability of the taxpayer under this Act, the following rules apply:

      • (a) a payment by the annuitant on account of the annuitant’s liability, or by the policyholder on account of the policyholder’s liability, shall to the extent of the payment discharge their liability, but

      • (b) a payment by the taxpayer on account of the taxpayer’s liability only discharges the annuitant’s and the policyholder’s liability to the extent that the payment operates to reduce the taxpayer’s liability to an amount less than the amount in respect of which the annuitant and the policyholder were, by subsection (2.1), made liable.

  • (6) Subsections (1), (2) and (4) apply to assessments made after December 20, 2002.

  • (7) Subsections (3) and (5) apply to assessments made after 2005.

  •  (1) Subsections 160.3(1) and (2) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    Marginal note:Liability in respect of amounts received out of or under RCA trust
    • 160.3 (1) If an amount required to be included in the income of a taxpayer because of paragraph 56(1)(x) is received by a person with whom the taxpayer is not dealing at arm’s length, that person is jointly and severally, or solidarily, liable with the taxpayer to pay a part of the taxpayer’s tax under this Part for the taxation year in which the amount is received equal to the amount by which the taxpayer’s tax for the year exceeds the amount that would be the taxpayer’s tax for the year if the amount had not been received, but nothing in this subsection limits the liability of the taxpayer under any other provision of this Act or of the person for the interest that the person is liable to pay under this Act on an assessment in respect of the amount that the person is liable to pay because of this subsection.

    • Marginal note:Assessment

      (2) The Minister may at any time assess a person in respect of any amount payable because of this section, and the provisions of this Division (including, for greater certainty, the provisions in respect of interest payable) apply, with any modifications that the circumstances require, in respect of an assessment made under this section as though it had been made under section 152 in respect of taxes payable under this Part.

  • (2) Subsection (1) applies to assessments made after December 20, 2002.

  •  (1) Subsection 160.4(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    Marginal note:Liability in respect of transfers by insolvent corporations
    • 160.4 (1) If property is transferred at any time by a corporation to a taxpayer with whom the corporation does not deal at arm’s length at that time and the corporation is not entitled because of subsection 61.3(3) to deduct an amount under section 61.3 in computing its income for a taxation year because of the transfer or because of the transfer and one or more other transactions, the taxpayer is jointly and severally, or solidarily, liable with the corporation to pay the lesser of the corporation’s tax payable under this Part for the year and the amount, if any, by which the fair market value of the property at that time exceeds the fair market value at that time of the consideration given for the property, but nothing in this subsection limits the liability of the corporation under any other provision of this Act or of the taxpayer for the interest that the taxpayer is liable to pay under this Act on an assessment in respect of the amount that the taxpayer is liable to pay because of this subsection.

  • (2) The portion of subsection 160.4(2) of the Act after paragraph (c) is replaced by the following:

    the transferee is jointly and severally, or solidarily, liable with the transferor and the debtor to pay an amount of the debtor’s tax under this Part equal to the lesser of the amount of that tax that the transferor was liable to pay at that time and the amount, if any, by which the fair market value of the property at that time exceeds the fair market value at that time of the consideration given for the property, but nothing in this subsection limits the liability of the debtor or the transferor under any provision of this Act or of the transferee for the interest that the transferee is liable to pay under this Act on an assessment in respect of the amount that the transferee is liable to pay because of this subsection.

  • (3) Subsection 160.4(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Assessment

      (3) The Minister may at any time assess a person in respect of any amount payable by the person because of this section, and the provisions of this Division (including, for greater certainty, the provisions in respect of interest payable) apply, with any modifications that the circumstances require, in respect of an assessment made under this section, as though it had been made under section 152 in respect of taxes payable under this Part.

  • (4) Subsections (1) to (3) apply to assessments made after December 20, 2002.

 

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