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Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 (S.C. 2024, c. 15)

Assented to 2024-06-20

PART 1Amendments to the Income Tax Act and to Other Legislation (continued)

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

  •  (1) Paragraph 87(2)(j.6) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Continuing corporation

      (j.6) for the purposes of paragraphs 12(1)(t) and (x), subsections 12(2.2) and 13(7.1), (7.4) and (24), paragraphs 13(27)(b) and (28)(c), subsections 13(29) and 18(9.1), paragraphs 20(1)(e), (e.1), (v) and (hh), sections 20.1 and 32, paragraph 37(1)(c), subsection 39(13), subparagraphs 53(2)(c)(vi) and (h)(ii), paragraph 53(2)(s), subsections 53(2.1), 66(11.4), 66.7(11), 84.1(2.31) and (2.32) and 127(10.2), section 139.1, subsection 152(4.3), the determination of D in the definition undepreciated capital cost in subsection 13(21) and the determination of L in the definition cumulative Canadian exploration expense in subsection 66.1(6), the new corporation is deemed to be the same corporation as, and a continuation of, each predecessor corporation;

  • (2) Subsection 87(2) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (qq):

    • Marginal note:Certain investment tax credits

      (qq.1) for the purposes of section 127.44 and Part XII.7, the new corporation is deemed to be the same corporation as, and a continuation of, each predecessor corporation;

  • (3) Paragraph 87(2)(qq.1) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (2), is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Certain investment tax credits

      (qq.1) for the purposes of sections 127.44 and 127.45 and Part XII.7, the new corporation is deemed to be the same corporation as, and a continuation of, each predecessor corporation;

  • (4) Paragraph 87(2.1)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (a) determining the new corporation’s non-capital loss, net capital loss, restricted farm loss, farm loss, limited partnership loss or restricted interest and financing expense, as the case may be, for any taxation year,

  • (5) Subsection 87(2.1) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (a):

    • (a.1) determining, for any taxation year, the new corporation’s absorbed capacity, excess capacity and transferred capacity in determining its cumulative unused excess capacity for a taxation year, and

  • (6) Paragraph 87(2.1)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (b) determining the extent to which subsections 111(3) to (5.4) and paragraph 149(10)(c) apply to restrict the deductibility by the new corporation of any non-capital loss, net capital loss, restricted farm loss, farm loss, limited partnership loss or restricted interest and financing expense, as the case may be,

  • (7) Paragraph 87(2.1)(d) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (d) the income of the new corporation (other than as a result of an amount of interest and financing expenses being deductible by the new corporation because of paragraph (a.1)) or any of its predecessors, or

  • (8) Subsection 87 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2.11):

    • Marginal note:Adjusted taxable income — non-capital losses

      (2.12) Where there has been an amalgamation of two or more corporations, for the purpose of determining the amount for paragraph (h) in the description of B in the definition adjusted taxable income in subsection 18.2(1) in respect of an amount deducted by the new corporation under paragraph 111(1)(a) in computing its taxable income for a taxation year, the new corporation is deemed to be the same corporation as, and a continuation of, a particular predecessor corporation if it may reasonably be considered that

      • (a) the amount deducted is in respect of all or any portion of a non-capital loss for another taxation year; and

      • (b) the non-capital loss or the portion of the non-capital loss, as the case may be, is a non-capital loss of the particular predecessor corporation for the other taxation year.

  • (9) Subsection (1) comes into force or is deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2024.

  • (10) Subsection (2) is deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2022.

  • (11) Subsection (3) is deemed to have come into force on March 28, 2022.

  • (12) Subsections (4) and (6) apply in respect of amalgamations that occur on or after October 1, 2023.

  • (13) Subsections (5), (7) and (8) apply in respect of amalgamations that occur in any taxation year.

  •  (1) Subsection 88(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (e.3):

    • (e.31) for the purposes of section 127.44 and Part XII.7 at the end of any particular taxation year ending after the subsidiary was wound up, the parent is deemed to be the same corporation as, and a continuation of, the subsidiary;

  • (2) Paragraph 88(1)(e.31) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), is replaced by the following:

    • (e.31) for the purposes of sections 127.44 and 127.45 and Part XII.7 at the end of any particular taxation year ending after the subsidiary was wound up, the parent is deemed to be the same corporation as, and a continuation of, the subsidiary;

  • (3) The portion of subsection 88(1.1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Non-capital losses, etc., of subsidiary

      (1.1) Where a Canadian corporation (in this subsection and subsection (1.11) referred to as the “subsidiary”) has been wound up and not less than 90% of the issued shares of each class of the capital stock of the subsidiary were, immediately before the winding-up, owned by another Canadian corporation (in this subsection and subsection (1.11) referred to as the “parent”) and all the shares of the subsidiary that were not owned by the parent immediately before the winding-up were owned at that time by a person or persons with whom the parent was dealing at arm’s length, for the purpose of computing the taxable income of the parent under this Part and the tax payable under Part IV by the parent for any taxation year commencing after the commencement of the winding-up, such portion of any non-capital loss, restricted farm loss, farm loss or limited partnership loss of the subsidiary as may reasonably be regarded as its loss from carrying on a particular business (in this subsection referred to as the “subsidiary’s loss business”) and any other portion of any non-capital loss or limited partnership loss of the subsidiary as may reasonably be regarded as being derived from any other source or being in respect of a claim made under section 110.5 for any particular taxation year of the subsidiary (in this subsection referred to as the “subsidiary’s loss year”), and the portion of the restricted interest and financing expense of the subsidiary for any particular taxation year of the subsidiary (in this subsection referred to as the “subsidiary’s expense year”) that may reasonably be regarded as an expense or loss incurred by the subsidiary in the course of carrying on a particular business (in this subsection referred to as the “subsidiary’s expense business”) and any other portion of the restricted interest and financing expense of the subsidiary that may reasonably be regarded as being incurred in respect of any other source, to the extent that it

  • (4) The portion of subsection 88(1.1) of the Act after paragraph (b) and before paragraph (c) is replaced by the following:

    shall, for the purposes of this subsection, paragraphs 111(1)(a), (a.1), (c), (d) and (e), subsection 111(3) and Part IV,

  • (5) Subsection 88(1.1) of the Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (d) and by adding the following after paragraph (d.1):

    • (d.2) in the case of the portion of any restricted interest and financing expense of the subsidiary that may reasonably be regarded as being incurred in carrying on the subsidiary’s expense business, be deemed, for the taxation year of the parent in which the subsidiary’s expense year ended, to be a restricted interest and financing expense of the parent from carrying on the subsidiary’s expense business that was not deductible by the parent in computing its taxable income for any taxation year that commenced before the commencement of the winding-up, and

    • (d.3) in the case of any other portion of any restricted interest and financing expense of the subsidiary that may reasonably be regarded as being incurred in respect of any other source, be deemed, for the taxation year of the parent in which the subsidiary’s expense year ended, to be a restricted interest and financing expense of the parent that was incurred in respect of that other source and that was not deductible by the parent in computing its taxable income for any taxation year that commenced before the commencement of the winding-up,

  • (6) The portion of paragraph 88(1.1)(e) of the Act before subparagraph (i) is replaced by the following:

    • (e) if control of the parent has been acquired by a person or group of persons at any time after the commencement of the winding-up, or control of the subsidiary has been acquired by a person or group of persons at any time whatever, no amount in respect of the subsidiary’s non-capital loss, farm loss or restricted interest and financing expense for a taxation year ending before that time is deductible in computing the taxable income of the parent for a particular taxation year ending after that time, except that such portion of the subsidiary’s non-capital loss or farm loss as may reasonably be regarded as its loss from carrying on a business, or restricted interest and financing expense as may reasonably be regarded as being the subsidiary’s expense or loss incurred in the course of carrying on a business and, where a business was carried on by the subsidiary in that year, such portion of the non-capital loss as may reasonably be regarded as being in respect of an amount deductible under paragraph 110(1)(k) in computing its taxable income for the year, is deductible only

  • (7) The portion of paragraph 88(1.1)(e) of the Act after subparagraph (ii) is replaced by the following:

    and for the purpose of this paragraph, where this subsection applied to the winding-up of another corporation in respect of which the subsidiary was the parent and this paragraph applied in respect of losses and restricted interest and financing expenses of that other corporation, the subsidiary shall be deemed to be the same corporation as, and a continuation of, that other corporation with respect to those losses and restricted interest and financing expenses,

  • (8) Subsection 88(1.1) of the Act is amended by adding “and” at the end of paragraph (f) and by adding the following after that paragraph:

    • (g) any portion of a restricted interest and financing expense of the subsidiary that would otherwise be deemed by paragraph (d.2) or (d.3) to be a restricted interest and financing expense of the parent for a particular taxation year beginning after the commencement of the winding-up shall be deemed, for the purpose of computing the parent’s taxable income for taxation years beginning after the commencement of the winding-up, to be a restricted interest and financing expense of the parent for its immediately preceding taxation year and not for the particular year, where the parent so elects in its return of income under this Part for the particular year.

  • (9) Section 88 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1.1):

    • Marginal note:Cumulative unused excess capacity of subsidiary

      (1.11) If a subsidiary has been wound up in the circumstances described in subsection (1.1), for the purpose of computing the cumulative unused excess capacity of the parent for any taxation year of the parent that commenced after the commencement of the winding up, the absorbed capacity, the excess capacity and any transferred capacity, of the subsidiary for any particular taxation year are deemed to be an amount of absorbed capacity, an amount of excess capacity and an amount of transferred capacity, respectively, of the parent for the taxation year of the parent in which the subsidiary’s particular taxation year ended.

    • Marginal note:Adjusted taxable income — non-capital losses of subsidiary

      (1.12) If paragraph (1.1)(c), (d) or (d.1) deems a particular portion of a non-capital loss for a taxation year (referred to in this paragraph as the “subsidiary loss year”) of a subsidiary that has been wound up to be the parent’s non-capital loss for a taxation year (referred to in this paragraph as the “parent loss year”) and the parent deducts an amount in respect of the parent’s non-capital loss under paragraph 111(1)(a) in computing taxable income for a particular taxation year, for the purpose of determining the amount included under paragraph (h) of the description of B in the definition adjusted taxable income in subsection 18.2(1) in respect of the parent’s non-capital loss in computing the parent’s adjusted taxable income for the particular taxation year, any amount of the subsidiary for the subsidiary loss year that is referred to in the description of W or X in the definition adjusted taxable income in subsection 18.2(1) and that relates to the source from which the particular portion is derived (and any amount deemed by this subsection to be an amount of the subsidiary for the subsidiary loss year relating to the source) is deemed to be an amount of the parent relating to the source for the parent loss year.

  • (10) Paragraph 88(2)(c) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (c) for the purpose of computing the income of the corporation for its taxation year that includes the particular time, paragraph 12(1)(t) shall be read as follows:

      • “12(1)(t) the amount deducted under subsection 127(5) or (6) or 127.44(3) in computing the taxpayer’s tax payable for the year or a preceding taxation year to the extent that it was not included under this paragraph in computing the taxpayer’s income for a preceding taxation year or is not included in an amount determined under paragraph 13(7.1)(e) or 37(1)(e) or subparagraph 53(2)(c)(vi), (c)(vi.1) or (h)(ii) or the amount determined for I in the definition undepreciated capital cost in subsection 13(21) or L in the definition cumulative Canadian exploration expense in subsection 66.1(6);”.

  • (11) Paragraph 88(2)(c) of the Act, as amended by subsection (10), is replaced by the following:

    • (c) for the purpose of computing the income of the corporation for its taxation year that includes the particular time, paragraph 12(1)(t) shall be read as follows:

      • “12(1)(t) the amount deducted under subsection 127(5) or (6), 127.44(3) or 127.45(6) in computing the taxpayer’s tax payable for the year or a preceding taxation year to the extent that it was not included under this paragraph in computing the taxpayer’s income for a preceding taxation year or is not included in an amount determined under paragraph 13(7.1)(e) or 37(1)(e) or subparagraph 53(2)(c)(vi) to (c)(vi.2) or (h)(ii) or the amount determined for I in the definition undepreciated capital cost in subsection 13(21) or L in the definition cumulative Canadian exploration expense in subsection 66.1(6);”.

  • (12) Subsections (1) and (10) are deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2022.

  • (13) Subsections (2) and (11) are deemed to have come into force on March 28, 2023.

  • (14) Subsections (3) to (8) apply in respect of windings-up that begin on or after October 1, 2023.

  • (15) Subsection (9) applies in respect of windings-up that begin in any taxation year.

  •  (1) Paragraph (a) of the description of D in the definition low rate income pool in subsection 89(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (a) if the non-CCPC was a substantive CCPC at any time in its preceding taxation year or would, but for paragraph (d) of the definition Canadian-controlled private corporation in subsection 125(7), be a Canadian-controlled private corporation in its preceding taxation year, 80% of its aggregate investment income for its preceding taxation year, and

  • (2) The description of G in the definition low rate income pool in subsection 89(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    G
    is the total of all amounts each of which is a taxable dividend (other than an eligible dividend, a capital gains dividend within the meaning assigned by subsection 130.1(4) or 131(1) or a taxable dividend deductible by the non-CCPC under subsection 130.1(1) in computing its income for the particular taxation year or for its preceding taxation year) that became payable by the non-CCPC
    • (a) in the particular taxation year but before the particular time, or

    • (b) in the preceding taxation year, but only to the extent of the lesser of

      • (i) the amount included under the description of D in the particular taxation year, and

      • (ii) the portion of the taxable dividend that did not reduce the non-CCPC’s low rate income pool in the preceding taxation year, and

  • (3) Subsections (1) and (2) apply to taxation years that begin on or after April 7, 2022.

  •  (1) The portion of subsection 91(1.2) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Deemed year-end

      (1.2) If this subsection applies at a particular time in respect of a foreign affiliate of a particular taxpayer resident in Canada, then for the purposes of this section, sections 18.2 and 92 and clause 95(2)(f.11)(ii)(D),

  • (2) Subsection (1) applies in respect of a taxation year of a foreign affiliate of a taxpayer that ends in a taxation year of the taxpayer beginning on or after October 1, 2023. However, subsection (1) also applies in respect of a taxation year of a foreign affiliate of a taxpayer that ends in a taxation year of the taxpayer that begins before, and ends after, October 1, 2023 if

    • (a) any of the taxpayer’s three immediately preceding taxation years was, because of a transaction or event or a series of transactions or events, shorter than it would have been in the absence of that transaction, event or series; and

    • (b) it can reasonably be considered that one of the purposes of the transaction, event or series was to defer the application of paragraph 12(1)(l.2) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 2(1), or the application of section 18.2 or 18.21 of the Act, as enacted by subsection 7(1), to the taxpayer.

 

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