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Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2 (S.C. 2014, c. 39)

Assented to 2014-12-16

PART 1AMENDMENTS TO THE INCOME TAX ACT AND A RELATED TEXT

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

  •  (1) Paragraph 73(3)(a) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (a) the property was, before the transfer, land in Canada or depreciable property in Canada of a prescribed class, of the taxpayer, or any eligible capital property in respect of a farming or fishing business carried on in Canada by the taxpayer;

  • (2) Paragraph 73(3)(c) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (c) the property has been used principally in a farming or fishing business in which the taxpayer, the taxpayer’s spouse or common-law partner, a child of the taxpayer or a parent of the taxpayer was actively engaged on a regular and continuous basis (or, in the case of property used in the operation of a woodlot, was engaged to the extent required by a prescribed forest management plan in respect of that woodlot).

  • (3) Paragraph 73(4)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (b) the property was, immediately before the transfer, a share of the capital stock of a family farm or fishing corporation of the taxpayer or an interest in a family farm or fishing partnership of the taxpayer (as defined in subsection 70(10)).

  • (4) The portion of paragraph 73(4.1)(a) of the Act before subparagraph (i) is replaced by the following:

    • (a) subject to paragraph (c), where the property was, immediately before the transfer, a share of the capital stock of a family farm or fishing corporation of the taxpayer or an interest in a family farm or fishing partnership of the taxpayer, the taxpayer is deemed to have disposed of the property at the time of the transfer for proceeds of disposition equal to,

  • (5) Paragraph 73(4.1)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (b) subject to paragraph (c), where the property is, immediately before the transfer, a share of the capital stock of a family farm or fishing corporation of the taxpayer or an interest in a family farm or fishing partnership of the taxpayer, the child is deemed to have acquired the property for an amount equal to the taxpayer’s proceeds of disposition in respect of the disposition of the property determined under paragraph (a);

  • (6) The portion of paragraph 73(4.1)(c) of the Act before subparagraph (i) is replaced by the following:

    • (c) where the property is, immediately before the transfer, an interest in a family farm or fishing partnership of the taxpayer (other than a partnership interest to which subsection 100(3) applies), the taxpayer receives no consideration in respect of the transfer of the property and the taxpayer elects, in the taxpayer’s return of income under this Part for the taxation year which includes the time of the transfer, to have this paragraph apply in respect of the transfer of the property,

  • (7) Subsections (1) to (6) apply to transfers that occur in the 2014 and subsequent taxation years.

  •  (1) Subsection 80.03(8) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Lifetime capital gains exemption

      (8) If, as a consequence of the disposition at any time by an individual of a property that is a qualified farm or fishing property of the individual or a qualified small business corporation share of the individual (as defined in subsection 110.6(1)), the individual is deemed by subsection (2) to have a capital gain at that time from the disposition of another property, for the purposes of sections 3, 74.3 and 111, as they apply for the purposes of section 110.6, the other property is deemed to be a qualified farm or fishing property of the individual or a qualified small business corporation share of the individual, as the case may be.

  • (2) Subsection (1) applies to dispositions that occur in the 2014 and subsequent taxation years.

  •  (1) Clause 80.04(6)(a)(ii)(B) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (B) if the debtor is an individual (other than a trust) or a graduated rate estate, the day that is one year after the taxpayer’s filing-due date for the year;

  • (2) Subsection (1) applies to the 2016 and subsequent taxation years.

  •  (1) The definition “breeding animals” in subsection 80.3(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    “breeding animals”

    « animaux reproducteurs »

    “breeding animals” means deer, elk and other similar grazing ungulates, bovine cattle, bison, goats, sheep and horses that are over 12 months of age and are kept for breeding;

  • (2) Subsection 80.3(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

    “breeding bees”

    « abeilles reproductrices »

    “breeding bees” means bees that are not used principally to pollinate plants in greenhouses and larvae of those bees;

    “breeding bee stock”

    « stock d’abeilles reproductrices »

    “breeding bee stock”, of a taxpayer at any time, means a reasonable estimate of the quantity of a taxpayer’s breeding bees held at that time in the course of carrying on a farming business using a unit of measurement that is accepted as an industry standard;

  • (3) Section 80.3 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (4):

    • Marginal note:Income deferral

      (4.1) If in a taxation year a taxpayer carries on a farming business in a region that is at any time in the year a prescribed drought region or a prescribed region of flood or excessive moisture and the taxpayer’s breeding bee stock at the end of the year in respect of the business does not exceed 85% of the taxpayer’s breeding bee stock at the beginning of the year in respect of the business, there may be deducted in computing the taxpayer’s income from the business for the year the amount that the taxpayer claims, not exceeding the amount, if any, determined by the formula

      (A – B) × C

      where

      A
      is the amount by which
      • (a) the total of all amounts included in computing the taxpayer’s income from the business for the year in respect of the sale of breeding bees in the year

      exceeds

      • (b) the total of all amounts deducted under paragraph 20(1)(n) in computing the taxpayer’s income from the business for the year in respect of an amount referred to in paragraph (a);

      B
      is the total of all amounts deducted in computing the taxpayer’s income from the business for the year in respect of the acquisition of breeding bees; and
      C
      is
      • (a) 30% if the taxpayer’s breeding bee stock in respect of the business at the end of the year exceeds 70% of the taxpayer’s breeding bee stock in respect of the business at the beginning of the year, and

      • (b) 90% if the taxpayer’s breeding bee stock in respect of the business at the end of the year does not exceed 70% of the taxpayer’s breeding bee stock in respect of the business at the beginning of the year.

  • (4) The portion of subsection 80.3(5) of the Act before paragraph (b) is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Inclusion of deferred amount

      (5) An amount deducted under subsection (4) or (4.1) in computing the income of a taxpayer for a particular taxation year from a farming business carried on in a region prescribed under those subsections may, to the extent that the taxpayer so elects, be included in computing the taxpayer’s income from the business for a taxation year ending after the particular taxation year, and is, except to the extent that the amount has been included under this subsection in computing the taxpayer’s income from the business for a preceding taxation year after the particular year, deemed to be income of the taxpayer from the business for the taxation year of the taxpayer that is the earliest of

      • (a) the first taxation year beginning after the end of the period or series of continuous periods, as the case may be, for which the region is prescribed under those subsections,

  • (5) The portion of subsection 80.3(6) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Subsections (2), (4) and (4.1) not applicable

      (6) Subsections (2), (4) and (4.1) do not apply to a taxpayer in respect of a farming business for a taxation year

  • (6) Section 80.3 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (6):

    • Marginal note:Measuring breeding bee stock

      (7) In applying subsection (4.1) in respect of a taxation year, the unit of measurement used for estimating the quantity of a taxpayer’s breeding bee stock held in the course of carrying on a farming business at the end of the year is to be the same as that used for the beginning of the year.

  • (7) Subsections (1) to (6) apply to the 2014 and subsequent taxation years.

  •  (1) Paragraph 81(1)(c) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Ship or aircraft of non-residents

      (c) the income for the year of a non-resident person earned in Canada from international shipping or from the operation of aircraft in international traffic, if the country in which the person is resident grants substantially similar relief for the year to persons resident in Canada;

  • (2) Subsection (1) applies to taxation years that begin after July 12, 2013.

  •  (1) Section 87 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (8.2):

    • Marginal note:Anti-avoidance

      (8.3) Subsection (8) does not apply in respect of a taxpayer’s shares of the capital stock of a predecessor foreign corporation that are exchanged for or become, on a foreign merger, shares of the capital stock of the new foreign corporation or the foreign parent corporation, if

      • (a) the new foreign corporation is, at the time that is immediately after the foreign merger, a foreign affiliate of the taxpayer;

      • (b) shares of the capital stock of the new foreign corporation are, at that time, excluded property (as defined in subsection 95(1)) of another foreign affiliate of the taxpayer; and

      • (c) the foreign merger is part of a transaction or event or a series of transactions or events that includes a disposition of shares of the capital stock of the new foreign corporation, or property substituted for the shares, to

        • (i) a person (other than a foreign affiliate of the taxpayer in respect of which the taxpayer has a qualifying interest (within the meaning assigned by paragraph 95(2)(m)) at the time of the transaction or event or throughout the series, as the case may be) with whom the taxpayer was dealing at arm’s length immediately after the transaction, event or series, or

        • (ii) a partnership a member of which is, immediately after the transaction, event or series, a person described in subparagraph (i).

  • (2) Subsection (1) applies to foreign mergers that occur after July 12, 2013.

 

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