Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2 (S.C. 2014, c. 39)
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Assented to 2014-12-16
87. The portion of subsection 1403(1) of the Regulations before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
1403. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), for the purposes of applying paragraph 1401(1)(c) in respect of a life insurance policy issued before 2017 or an annuity contract, a modified net premium and an amount determined by paragraph 1401(1)(c) are to be computed
88. (1) Subparagraph (a)(iii) of the definition “earnings” in subsection 5907(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
(iii) in any other case, the amount that would be the income from the active business for the year under Part I of the Act if the business were carried on in Canada, the affiliate were resident in Canada and the Act were read without reference to subsections 18(4), 80(3) to (12), (15) and (17) and 80.01(5) to (11) and sections 80.02 to 80.04,
(2) Paragraph (b) of the definition “earnings” in subsection 5907(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
(b) in any other case, the total of all amounts each of which is an amount of income that would be required under paragraph 95(2)(a) or subsection 95(2.44) of the Act to be included in computing the affiliate’s income or loss from an active business for the year if that income were computed taking into account the rules in subsection (2.03); (gains)
(3) The portion of paragraph (a) of the definition “exempt earnings” in subsection 5907(1) of the Regulations after subparagraph (iii) is repealed.
(4) Clause (d)(ii)(A) of the definition “exempt earnings” in subsection 5907(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
(A) income that is required to be included in computing the particular affiliate’s income or loss from an active business for the year under subparagraph 95(2)(a)(i) of the Act and that would
(I) if earned by the other foreign affiliate referred to in subclause 95(2)(a)(i)(A)(I) or (IV) of the Act, be included in computing the exempt earnings or exempt loss of the other foreign affiliate for a taxation year,
(II) if earned by the life insurance corporation referred to in subclause 95(2)(a)(i)(A)(II) of the Act and based on the assumptions contained in subclause 95(2)(a)(i)(B)(II) of the Act, be included in computing the exempt earnings or exempt loss of the life insurance corporation for a taxation year, or
(III) if earned from the active business activities carried on by the particular affiliate, or the partnership referred to in subclause 95(2)(a)(i)(A)(III) of the Act, be included in computing the exempt earnings or exempt loss of the particular affiliate for a taxation year,
(5) Subclause (d)(ii)(E)(I) of the definition “exempt earnings” in subsection 5907(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
(I) the second and third affiliates referred to in subclause 95(2)(a)(ii)(D)(IV) of the Act are each resident in a designated treaty country throughout their relevant taxation years (within the meaning assigned by that subclause), and
(6) Subparagraph (d)(ii) of the definition “exempt earnings” in subsection 5907(1) of the Regulations is amended by striking out “or” at the end of clause (H) and by adding the following after clause (I):
(J) an amount that is required to be included in computing the particular affiliate’s income from an active business for the year under subsection 95(2.44) of the Act if the amount is in respect of income that would, in the absence of paragraph 95(2)(a.3) of the Act, be income from an active business carried on by the particular affiliate in a designated treaty country, or
(7) Subparagraph (vi) of the description of A in the definition “exempt surplus” in subsection 5907(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
(vi) an amount added to the exempt surplus of the subject affiliate or deducted from its exempt deficit in the period and before the particular time under subsection (1.092), (1.1) or (1.2),
(8) Subparagraph (vi) of the description of B in the definition “exempt surplus” in subsection 5907(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
(vi) an amount, in the period and before the particular time, deducted from the exempt surplus of the subject affiliate or added to its exempt deficit under subsection (1.092), (1.1) or (1.2); (surplus exonéré)
(9) Subparagraph (v) of the description of A in the definition “hybrid surplus” in subsection 5907(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
(v) an amount added to the hybrid surplus of the subject affiliate or deducted from its hybrid deficit in the period and before the particular time under subsection (1.092), (1.1) or (1.2), and
(10) Subparagraph (vii) of the description of B in the definition “hybrid surplus” in subsection 5907(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
(vii) an amount deducted from the hybrid surplus of the subject affiliate or added to its hybrid deficit in the period and before the particular time under subsection (1.092), (1.1) or (1.2); (surplus hybride)
(11) Subparagraph (iv) of the description of A in the definition “hybrid underlying tax” in subsection 5907(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
(iv) the amount by which the subject affiliate’s hybrid underlying tax is required to be increased in the period and before the particular time under subsection (1.092), (1.1) or (1.2),
(12) Subparagraph (iv) of the description of B in the definition “hybrid underlying tax” in subsection 5907(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
(iv) the amount by which the subject affiliate’s hybrid underlying tax is required to be decreased in the period and before the particular time under subsection (1.092), (1.1) or (1.2); (montant intrinsèque d’impôt hybride)
(13) Subparagraph (iv) of the description of A in the definition “taxable surplus” in subsection 5907(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
(iv) an amount added to the taxable surplus of the subject affiliate or deducted from its taxable deficit in the period and before the particular time under subsection (1.092), (1.1) or (1.2),
(14) Subparagraph (vi) of the description of B in the definition “taxable surplus” in subsection 5907(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
(vi) an amount, in the period and before the particular time, deducted from the taxable surplus of the subject affiliate or added to its taxable deficit under subsection (1.092), (1.1) or (1.2); (surplus imposable)
(15) Subparagraph (v) of the description of A in the definition “underlying foreign tax” in subsection 5907(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
(v) the amount by which the subject affiliate’s underlying foreign tax is required to be increased in the period and before the particular time under subsection (1.092), (1.1) or (1.2),
(16) Subparagraph (iv) of the description of B in the definition “underlying foreign tax” in subsection 5907(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
(iv) the amount by which the subject affiliate’s underlying foreign tax is required to be decreased in the period and before the particular time under subsection (1.092), (1.1) or (1.2); (montant intrinsèque d’impôt étranger)
(17) The portion of subsection 5907(1.03) of the Regulations before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
(1.03) For the purposes of the description of A in the definition “underlying foreign tax” in subsection (1), income or profits tax paid in respect of the taxable earnings of a particular foreign affiliate of a particular corporation or in respect of a dividend received by the particular affiliate from another foreign affiliate of the particular corporation, and amounts by which the underlying foreign tax of the particular affiliate or any other foreign affiliate of the particular corporation is required under any of subsections (1.092), (1.1) and (1.2) to be increased, is not to include any income or profits tax paid, or amounts by which the underlying foreign tax would otherwise be so required to be increased, as the case may be, in respect of the foreign accrual property income of the particular affiliate for a taxation year of the particular affiliate if, at any time in the year, a specified owner in respect of the particular corporation is considered,
(18) Section 5907 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after subsection (1.09):
(1.091) Subsection (1.092) applies in respect of income or profits tax paid by, or refunded to, a foreign affiliate (in this subsection and subsection (1.092) referred to as the “shareholder affiliate”) of a taxpayer for a taxation year of the shareholder affiliate in respect of its income or profits, or loss, as the case may be, and the income or profits, or loss, as the case may be, of another foreign affiliate (in this subsection and subsection (1.092) referred to as the “transparent affiliate”) of the taxpayer if
(a) the shareholder affiliate has an equity percentage in the transparent affiliate;
(b) the income or profits tax is paid to, or refunded by, a government of a country other than Canada; and
(c) under the income tax laws of the country referred to in paragraph (b), the shareholder affiliate, and not the transparent affiliate, is liable for that tax payable to, or entitled to that refund from, a government of that country for that year (otherwise than solely because the shareholder affiliate is part of a group of corporations that determines its liabilities for income or profits tax payable to the government of that country on a consolidated or combined basis).
(1.092) If this subsection applies in respect of income or profits tax paid by, or refunded to, a shareholder affiliate for a taxation year
(a) in respect of the shareholder affiliate,
(i) any such income or profits tax paid by the shareholder affiliate for the year is deemed not to have been paid and any such refund to the shareholder affiliate of income or profits tax otherwise payable by it for the year is deemed not to have been made,
(ii) any such income or profits tax that would have been payable by the shareholder affiliate for the year if the shareholder affiliate had no other taxation year and had not been liable for income or profits tax in respect of income or profits of the transparent affiliate is deemed to have been paid for the year,
(iii) to the extent that
(A) any such income or profits tax that would otherwise have been payable by the shareholder affiliate for the year on behalf of the shareholder affiliate and the transparent affiliate is reduced because of any loss of the shareholder affiliate for the year or any previous taxation year, the amount of such reduction is deemed to have been received by the shareholder affiliate as a refund for the year of the loss of income or profits tax in respect of the loss, and
(B) the shareholder affiliate receives, in respect of a loss of the shareholder affiliate for the year or a subsequent taxation year, a refund of income or profits tax otherwise payable for the year by the shareholder affiliate on behalf of the shareholder affiliate and the transparent affiliate, the amount of such refund is deemed to have been received by the shareholder affiliate as a refund for the year of the loss of income or profits tax in respect of the loss,
(iv) any such income or profits tax that would have been payable by the transparent affiliate for the year if the transparent affiliate had no other taxation year, had no income or profits other than those that are included in computing the income or profits of the shareholder affiliate under the income tax laws referred to in paragraph (1.091)(c) and had been liable, and no other person had been liable, for income or profits tax in respect of income or profits of the transparent affiliate is, at the end of the year,
(A) to the extent that such income or profits tax would otherwise have reduced the net earnings included in the exempt earnings of the transparent affiliate, to be deducted from the exempt surplus or added to the exempt deficit, as the case may be, of the shareholder affiliate,
(B) to the extent that such income or profits tax would otherwise have reduced the hybrid surplus or increased the hybrid deficit of the transparent affiliate,
(I) to be deducted from the hybrid surplus or added to the hybrid deficit, as the case may be, of the shareholder affiliate, and
(II) to be added to the hybrid underlying tax of the shareholder affiliate, and
(C) to the extent that such income or profits tax would otherwise have reduced the net earnings included in the taxable earnings of the transparent affiliate,
(I) to be deducted from the taxable surplus or added to the taxable deficit, as the case may be, of the shareholder affiliate, and
(II) to be added to the underlying foreign tax of the shareholder affiliate, and
(v) to the extent that the income or profits tax that would otherwise have been payable by the shareholder affiliate for the year on behalf of the shareholder affiliate and the transparent affiliate is reduced because of a loss of the transparent affiliate for the year or a previous taxation year, or to the extent that the shareholder affiliate receives, in respect of a loss of the transparent affiliate for the year or a subsequent taxation year, a refund of income or profits tax otherwise payable for the year by the shareholder affiliate on behalf of the shareholder affiliate and the transparent affiliate, the amount of such reduction or refund, as the case may be, is, at the end of the year of the loss,
(A) to the extent that such loss reduces the exempt surplus or increases the exempt deficit of the transparent affiliate, to be added to the exempt surplus or deducted from the exempt deficit, as the case may be, of the shareholder affiliate,
(B) to the extent that such loss reduces the hybrid surplus or increases the hybrid deficit of the transparent affiliate,
(I) to be added to the hybrid surplus or deducted from the hybrid deficit, as the case may be, of the shareholder affiliate, and
(II) to be deducted from the hybrid underlying tax of the shareholder affiliate, and
(C) to the extent that such loss reduces the taxable surplus or increases the taxable deficit of the transparent affiliate,
(I) to be added to the taxable surplus or deducted from the taxable deficit, as the case may be, of the shareholder affiliate, and
(II) to be deducted from the underlying foreign tax of the shareholder affiliate;
(b) where, because of the shareholder affiliate being responsible for paying, or claiming a refund of, income or profits tax for the year on behalf of the shareholder affiliate and the transparent affiliate,
(i) an amount is paid to the shareholder affiliate by the transparent affiliate in respect of the income or profits tax that would have been payable by the transparent affiliate for the year had it been liable, and no other person had been liable, for income or profits tax in respect of income or profits of the transparent affiliate,
(A) in respect of the transparent affiliate, the amount so paid is deemed to be a payment of such income or profits tax for the year, and
(B) in respect of the shareholder affiliate,
(I) such portion of the amount so paid as may reasonably be regarded as relating to an amount included in the exempt surplus or deducted from the exempt deficit of the transparent affiliate is, at the end of the year, to be added to the exempt surplus or deducted from the exempt deficit, as the case may be, of the shareholder affiliate,
(II) such portion of the amount so paid as may reasonably be regarded as relating to an amount included in the hybrid surplus or deducted from the hybrid deficit of the transparent affiliate is, at the end of the year, to be added to the hybrid surplus or deducted from the hybrid deficit, as the case may be, of the shareholder affiliate and deducted from the hybrid underlying tax of the shareholder affiliate, and
(III) such portion of the amount so paid as may reasonably be regarded as relating to an amount included in the taxable surplus or deducted from the taxable deficit of the transparent affiliate is, at the end of the year, to be added to the taxable surplus or deducted from the taxable deficit, as the case may be, of the shareholder affiliate and be deducted from the underlying foreign tax of the shareholder affiliate, or
(ii) an amount is paid by the shareholder affiliate to the transparent affiliate in respect of a reduction or refund, because of a loss or a tax credit of the transparent affiliate for a taxation year, of the income or profits tax that would otherwise have been payable by the shareholder affiliate for the year on behalf of the shareholder affiliate and the transparent affiliate,
(A) in respect of the shareholder affiliate,
(I) the portion of the amount so paid that can reasonably be regarded as relating to an amount deducted from the exempt surplus or included in the exempt deficit of the transparent affiliate is, at the end of the year to which the loss or the tax credit relates, to be deducted from the exempt surplus or added to the exempt deficit, as the case may be, of the shareholder affiliate,
(II) the portion of the amount so paid that can reasonably be regarded as relating to an amount deducted from the hybrid surplus or included in the hybrid deficit of the transparent affiliate is, at the end of the year of the loss, to be deducted from the hybrid surplus or added to the hybrid deficit, as the case may be, of the shareholder affiliate and added to the hybrid underlying tax of the shareholder affiliate, and
(III) the portion of the amount so paid that can reasonably be regarded as relating to an amount deducted from the taxable surplus or included in the taxable deficit of the transparent affiliate is, at the end of the year to which the loss or the tax credit relates, to be deducted from the taxable surplus or added to the taxable deficit, as the case may be, of the shareholder affiliate and be added to the underlying foreign tax of the shareholder affiliate, and
(B) in respect of the transparent affiliate, the amount is deemed to be a refund to the transparent affiliate, for the year to which the loss or the tax credit relates, of income or profits tax in respect of the loss or the tax credit; and
(c) for the purposes of paragraph (b), any amount paid by a particular transparent affiliate in respect of the shareholder affiliate to another transparent affiliate in respect of the shareholder affiliate in respect of any income or profits tax that would have been payable by the particular transparent affiliate for the year had it been liable, and no other person had been liable, for income or profits tax in respect of income or profits of the transparent affiliate is deemed to have been paid in respect of such tax by the particular transparent affiliate to the shareholder affiliate and to have been paid in respect of such tax by the shareholder affiliate to the other transparent affiliate.
(19) The portion of subsection 5907(1.1) of the Regulations before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
(1.1) For the purposes of this Part, if, under, the income tax laws of a country other than Canada, a group (in this subsection referred to as the “consolidated group”) of two or more foreign affiliates of a corporation resident in Canada determine their liabilities for income or profits tax payable to the government of that country for a taxation year on a consolidated or combined basis and one of the affiliates (in this subsection referred to as the “primary affiliate”) is responsible for paying, or claiming a refund of, such tax on behalf of itself and the other affiliates (in this subsection referred to as the “secondary affiliates”) that are members of the consolidated group, the following rules apply:
(20) Section 5907 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after subsection (1.1):
(1.11) For the purposes of subsection (1.1), a non-resident corporation is deemed to be, at any time, a foreign affiliate of a particular corporation resident in Canada if at that time the non-resident corporation is a foreign affiliate of another corporation that is resident in Canada and is related (otherwise than because of a right referred to in paragraph 251(5)(b) of the Act) to the particular corporation.
(21) Section 5907 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after subsection (1.11):
(1.12) Subsection (1.13) applies in respect of a particular foreign affiliate of a corporation resident in Canada that is a secondary affiliate (within the meaning assigned by subsection (1.1)) and in respect of a foreign affiliate of the corporation that is the primary affiliate (within the meaning assigned by subsection (1.1)) in respect of the particular affiliate if
(a) the particular affiliate has an equity percentage in another foreign affiliate (in this subsection and subsection (1.13) referred to as the “transparent affiliate”);
(b) under the income tax laws of the country referred to in subsection (1.1), if the particular affiliate were not a member of a consolidated group, the particular affiliate, and not the transparent affiliate, would be liable for any tax payable to, or entitled to any refund from, a government of that country for that year in respect of the income or profits, or loss, as the case may be, for the year of the transparent affiliate; and
(c) the primary affiliate pays income or profits tax, or receives a refund, in respect of the income or profits, or loss, as the case may be, for the year of the transparent affiliate.
(1.13) If this subsection applies, then in respect of the particular foreign affiliate and the primary affiliate referred to in subsection (1.12)
(a) for the purposes of applying subparagraphs (1.1)(a)(iv) and (1.1)(b)(i), where any income or profits tax that would otherwise be payable by the particular affiliate for the year, if the particular affiliate had no other taxation year and were not a member of the consolidated group referred to in subsection (1.1), is increased because of income or profits of the transparent affiliate referred to in paragraph (1.12)(a),
(i) to the extent that the income or profits increases the net earnings included in the exempt earnings of the transparent affiliate,
(A) the amount of any such increase is deemed to have been included in the exempt surplus, or deducted from the exempt deficit, as the case may be, of the particular affiliate, and
(B) any such income or profits tax that would have been payable by the particular affiliate in respect of the income or profits is deemed to be income or profits tax that would otherwise have reduced the net earnings that are included in the exempt earnings of the particular affiliate,
(ii) to the extent that the income or profits increases the hybrid surplus or reduces the hybrid deficit of the transparent affiliate,
(A) the amount of the increase or reduction is deemed to have been included in the hybrid surplus, or deducted from the hybrid deficit, as the case may be, of the particular affiliate, and
(B) any such income or profits tax that would have been payable by the particular affiliate in respect of the income or profits is deemed to be income or profits tax that would otherwise have reduced the hybrid surplus or increased the hybrid deficit, as the case may be, of the particular affiliate, and
(iii) to the extent that the income or profits increases the net earnings included in the taxable earnings of the transparent affiliate,
(A) the amount of any such increase is deemed to have been included in the taxable surplus, or deducted from the taxable deficit, as the case may be, of the particular affiliate, and
(B) any such income or profits tax that would have been payable by the particular affiliate in respect of the income or profits is deemed to be income or profits tax that would otherwise have reduced the net earnings that are included in the taxable earnings of the particular affiliate; and
(b) for the purpose of applying subparagraphs (1.1)(a)(v) and (1.1)(b)(ii), to the extent that the income or profits tax that would otherwise have been payable by the primary affiliate for the year on behalf of the consolidated group is reduced because of a loss, for the year or a previous taxation year, of the transparent affiliate referred to in paragraph (1.12)(a), or to the extent that the primary affiliate receives, in respect of a loss of the transparent affiliate for the year or a subsequent taxation year, a refund of income or profits tax otherwise payable for the year by the primary affiliate on behalf of the consolidated group,
(i) such loss is deemed to be a loss of the particular affiliate,
(ii) to the extent that such loss reduces the exempt surplus or increases the exempt deficit of the transparent affiliate, such loss is deemed to reduce the exempt surplus or increase the exempt deficit, as the case may be, of the particular affiliate,
(iii) to the extent that such loss reduces the hybrid surplus or increases the hybrid deficit of the transparent affiliate, such loss is deemed to reduce the hybrid surplus or increase the hybrid deficit, as the case may be, of the particular affiliate, and
(iv) to the extent that such loss reduces the taxable surplus or increases the taxable deficit of the transparent affiliate, such loss is deemed to reduce the taxable surplus or increase the taxable deficit, as the case may be, of the particular affiliate.
(22) Section 5907 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after subsection (1.2):
(1.21) Subsection (1.22) applies if
(a) a foreign affiliate of the taxpayer (in this subsection and subsection (1.22) referred to as the “shareholder affiliate”) has an equity percentage in another foreign affiliate (in this subsection and subsection (1.22) referred to as the “transparent affiliate”); and
(b) under the income tax laws of the country in which the shareholder affiliate is resident, the shareholder affiliate, and not the transparent affiliate, is liable for any tax payable to, or entitled to any refund from, a government of that country for that year in respect of the income or profits, or loss, as the case may be, for the year of the transparent affiliate.
(1.22) If this subsection applies, for the purpose of applying subsection (1.2), any loss of the transparent affiliate, to the extent that the loss is deducted in computing the income, profits or loss of the shareholder affiliate under an income tax law referred to in paragraph (1.21)(b),
(a) is deemed to be a loss of the shareholder affiliate; and
(b) is deemed to
(i) reduce the exempt surplus, or increase the exempt deficit, as the case may be, of the shareholder affiliate to the extent that it reduces the exempt surplus or increases the exempt deficit of the transparent affiliate,
(ii) reduce the hybrid surplus or increase the hybrid deficit, as the case may be, of the shareholder affiliate to the extent that it reduces the hybrid surplus or increases the hybrid deficit of the transparent affiliate, and
(iii) reduce the taxable surplus or increase the taxable deficit, as the case may be, of the shareholder affiliate to the extent that it reduces the taxable surplus or increases the taxable deficit of the transparent affiliate.
(23) Paragraphs 5907(1.3)(a) and (b) of the Regulations are replaced by the following:
(a) if under the income tax laws of the country in which the particular affiliate or a shareholder affiliate of the particular affiliate, as the case may be, referred to in that paragraph is resident, the particular affiliate, or shareholder affiliate, and one or more other corporations, each of which is resident in that country, determine their liabilities for income or profits tax payable to the government of that country for a taxation year on a consolidated or combined basis, then any amount paid by the particular affiliate, or shareholder affiliate, to any of those other corporations to the extent that the amount paid may reasonably be regarded as being in respect of income or profits tax that would otherwise have been payable by the particular affiliate, or shareholder affiliate, in respect of a particular amount that is included under subsection 91(1) of the Act in computing the taxpayer’s income for a taxation year of the taxpayer in respect of the particular affiliate, if the tax liability of the particular affiliate, or shareholder affiliate, and those other corporations had not been determined on a consolidated or combined basis, is prescribed to be foreign accrual tax applicable to the particular amount; and
(b) if, under the income tax laws of the country in which the particular affiliate or a shareholder affiliate of the particular affiliate, as the case may be, referred to in that paragraph is resident, the particular affiliate, or shareholder affiliate, deducts, in computing its income or profits subject to tax in that country for a taxation year, an amount in respect of a loss of another corporation (referred to in this paragraph and paragraph (1.6)(a) as the “loss transferor”) resident in that country (referred to in this paragraph and paragraph (1.6)(a) as the “transferred loss”), then any amount paid by the particular affiliate, or shareholder affiliate, to the loss transferor to the extent that the amount paid may reasonably be regarded as being in respect of income or profits tax that would otherwise have been payable by the particular affiliate, or shareholder affiliate, in respect of a particular amount that is included under subsection 91(1) of the Act in computing the taxpayer’s income for a taxation year of the taxpayer in respect of the particular affiliate, if the tax liability of the particular affiliate, or shareholder affiliate, had been determined without deducting the transferred loss, is prescribed to be foreign accrual tax applicable to the particular amount.
(24) Subsections 5907(1.5) and (1.6) of the Regulations are replaced by the following:
(1.5) If subsection (1.4) applied to reduce an amount that would, in the absence of subsection (1.4), be prescribed by subsection (1.3) to be foreign accrual tax applicable to an amount (referred to in this subsection as the “FAPI amount”) included under subsection 91(1) of the Act in computing the taxpayer’s income for a taxation year (referred to in subsection (1.6) as the “FAPI year”) of the taxpayer in respect of the particular affiliate referred to in paragraph (1.3)(a) or (b), then an amount equal to that reduction is, for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition “foreign accrual tax” in subsection 95(1) of the Act, prescribed to be foreign accrual tax applicable to the FAPI amount in the taxpayer’s taxation year that includes the last day of the designated taxation year, if any, of the particular affiliate or the shareholder affiliate referred to in paragraph (1.3)(a) or (b), as the case may be.
(1.6) For the purposes of subsection (1.5), the designated taxation year of the particular affiliate or the shareholder affiliate, as the case may be, is a particular taxation year of the particular affiliate, or the shareholder affiliate, if
(a) in the particular year, or in the taxation year of the particular affiliate or shareholder affiliate (referred to in this paragraph as the “PATY”) ending in the FAPI year and one or more taxation years of the particular affiliate (or shareholder affiliate) each of which follows the PATY and the latest of which is the particular year, all losses of the particular affiliate (or shareholder affiliate) and the other corporations referred to in paragraph (1.3)(a) — or of the particular affiliate, the loss transferor and each corporation that would have been permitted to deduct the transferred loss against its income under the income tax laws referred to in paragraph (1.3)(b) if the transferred loss had not been deducted by the particular affiliate and if the corporation had taxable income for its taxation years ending in the FAPI year in excess of the transferred loss — for their taxation years ending in the FAPI year would, on the assumption that the particular affiliate (or shareholder affiliate) and each of those other corporations had no foreign accrual property income for any taxation year, reasonably be considered to have been fully deducted (under the tax laws referred to in paragraph (1.3)(a) or (b)) against income (as determined under those tax laws) of the particular affiliate (or shareholder affiliate) or those other corporations;
(b) the taxpayer demonstrates that no other losses of the particular affiliate (or shareholder affiliate) or those other corporations for any taxation year were, or could reasonably have been, deducted under those tax laws against that income; and
(c) the last day of the particular year occurs in one of the five taxation years of the taxpayer that immediately follow the FAPI year.
(25) Subsection (1) applies in respect of taxation years of a foreign affiliate of a taxpayer that begin after July 12, 2013. However,
(a) if a taxpayer elects in writing under this paragraph in respect of all its foreign affiliates and files the election with the Minister of National Revenue on or before the day that is the later of the taxpayer’s filing-due date for the taxpayer’s taxation year that includes the day on which this Act receives royal assent and the day that is one year after the day on which this Act receives royal assent, subsection (1) applies in respect of taxation years of all foreign affiliates of the taxpayer that begin either after 1994 or after December 20, 2002, depending on which is specified by the taxpayer in the election;
(b) if a taxpayer elects in writing under this paragraph in respect of all its foreign affiliates and files the election with the Minister of National Revenue on or before the day that is the later of the taxpayer’s filing-due date for the taxpayer’s taxation year that includes the day on which this Act receives royal assent and the day that is one year after the day on which this Act receives royal assent, the amounts of exempt surplus, exempt deficit, taxable surplus, taxable deficit, underlying foreign tax and, if applicable, hybrid surplus, hybrid deficit and hybrid underlying tax, of all foreign affiliates of the taxpayer for applicable taxation years of the affiliates in which those amounts are relevant are to be determined as if subsection (1) applied in respect of taxation years of all foreign affiliates of the taxpayer that end after 1975; and
(c) for the purposes of paragraph (b), the applicable taxation years of the affiliates are
(i) if the taxpayer has not elected under paragraph (a), taxation years of all foreign affiliates of the taxpayer that begin after July 12, 2013, and
(ii) if the taxpayer has elected under paragraph (a), taxation years of all foreign affiliates of the taxpayer that begin either after 1994 or after December 20, 2002, depending on which is specified in the election made under that paragraph.
(26) Subsections (2) and (6) apply in respect of taxation years of a foreign affiliate of a taxpayer that begin after October 2012.
(27) Subsection (3) applies in respect of dispositions after 2012.
(28) Subsection (4) applies in respect of taxation years of a foreign affiliate of a taxpayer that begin after July 12, 2013. However, if the taxpayer elects under subsection 25(31),
(a) subsection (4) applies in respect of taxation years of all foreign affiliates of the taxpayer that end after 2007; and
(b) clause (d)(ii)(A) of the definition “exempt earnings” in subsection 5907(1) of the Regulations, as enacted by subsection (4), is to be read as follows in respect of taxation years of foreign affiliates of the taxpayer that end after 2007 and begin before 2009:
(A) income that is required to be included in computing the particular affiliate’s income or loss from an active business for the year under subparagraph 95(2)(a)(i) of the Act and that would
(I) if earned by the non-resident corporation referred to in sub-subclause 95(2)(a)(i)(A)(I)1 of the Act and based on the assumptions contained in subclause 95(2)(a)(i)(B)(II) of the Act, be included in computing the exempt earnings or exempt loss of the non-resident corporation for a taxation year,
(II) if earned by the other foreign affiliate referred to in sub-subclause 95(2)(a)(i)(A)(I)2 or subclause 95(2)(a)(i)(A)(IV) of the Act, be included in computing the exempt earnings or exempt loss of the other foreign affiliate for a taxation year,
(III) if earned by the life insurance corporation referred to in subclause 95(2)(a)(i)(A)(II) of the Act and based on the assumptions contained in subclause 95(2)(a)(i)(B)(II) of the Act, be included in computing the exempt earnings or exempt loss of the life insurance corporation for a taxation year, or
(IV) if earned from the active business activities carried on by the particular affiliate, or the partnership referred to in subclause 95(2)(a)(i)(A)(III) of the Act, be included in computing the exempt earnings or exempt loss of the particular affiliate for a taxation year,
(29) Subsection (5) applies in respect of taxation years of a foreign affiliate of a taxpayer that end after July 12, 2013.
(30) Subsections (7), (8), (13) to (16), (18) and (21) to (24) apply in respect of taxation years of a foreign affiliate of a taxpayer that end after 2010. However, if a taxpayer elects in writing under this subsection in respect of all its foreign affiliates and files the election with the Minister of National Revenue on or before the day that is the later of the taxpayer’s filing-due date for the taxpayer’s taxation year that includes the day on which this Act receives royal assent and the day that is one year after the day on which this Act receives royal assent, those subsections apply in respect of taxation years of all foreign affiliates of the taxpayer that end on or after July 12, 2013.
(31) Subsections (9) to (12) are deemed to have come into force on August 20, 2011. However, if a taxpayer elects under subsection (30), subsections (9) to (12) are instead deemed to have come into force, in respect of the taxpayer, on July 12, 2013.
(32) Subsection (17) applies to income or profits tax paid, amounts referred to in subsections 5907(1.1) and (1.2) of the Regulations and amounts referred to in subsection 5907(1.092) of the Regulations, as enacted by subsection (18), in respect of the income of a foreign affiliate of a corporation for taxation years of the foreign affiliate that end in taxation years of the corporation that end after March 4, 2010. However,
(a) if the taxpayer does not elect under subsection (30), for taxation years of the corporation that end before October 25, 2012, the portion of subsection 5907(1.03) of the Regulations before paragraph (a), as enacted by subsection (17), is to be read as follows:
(1.03) For the purposes of the description of A in the definition “underlying foreign tax” in subsection (1), income or profits tax paid in respect of the taxable earnings of a particular foreign affiliate of a corporation or in respect of a dividend received by the particular affiliate from another foreign affiliate of the corporation, and amounts by which the underlying foreign tax of the particular affiliate, or any other foreign affiliate of the corporation, is required under any of subsections (1.092), (1.1) and (1.2) to be increased, is not to include any income or profits tax paid, or amounts by which the underlying foreign tax would otherwise be so required to be increased, as the case may be, in respect of the foreign accrual property income of the particular affiliate that is earned during a period in which
(b) if the taxpayer elects under subsection (30), subsection (17) instead applies to income or profits tax paid, amounts referred to in subsections 5907(1.1) and (1.2) of the Regulations and amounts referred to in subsection 5907(1.092) of the Regulations, as enacted by subsection (18), in respect of the income of a foreign affiliate of a corporation for taxation years of the foreign affiliate that end in taxation years of the corporation that end on or after July 12, 2013.
(33) Subsections (19) and (20) apply in respect of taxation years of a foreign affiliate of a taxpayer that end after 2003.
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