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(ii) in any other case, its adjusted cost
base to the taxpayer immediately before
the death,
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and the spouse or trust, as the case may be,
shall be deemed to have acquired the
property at the time of the death at a cost
equal to those proceeds,
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(7) Subparagraph 70(6)(d.1)(ii) of the Act
is replaced by the following:
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(ii) the spouse or the trust, as the case may
be, shall be deemed to have acquired the
property at the time of the death at a cost
equal to its cost to the taxpayer, and
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(8) The portion of subsection 70(9) of the
Act after paragraph (a) is replaced by the
following:
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(b) the taxpayer shall be deemed to have,
immediately before the taxpayer's death,
disposed of the property and received
proceeds of disposition therefor equal to
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(i) where the property was depreciable
property of a prescribed class, the lesser
of the capital cost and the cost amount to
the taxpayer of the property immediately
before the death, and
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(ii) where the property is land (other than
land to which subparagraph (i) applies),
its adjusted cost base to the taxpayer
immediately before the death,
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and the child shall be deemed to have
acquired the property at the time of the
death at a cost equal to those proceeds, and
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(c) where the property was depreciable
property of a prescribed class, paragraphs
(5)(c) and (d) apply as if the references
therein to ``paragraph (a)'' and ``paragraph
(b)'' were read as ``paragraph (9)(b)'',
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except that, where the taxpayer's legal
representative so elects in the taxpayer's
return of income under this Part for the year in
which the taxpayer died, paragraph (b) shall
be read as follows:
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``(b) the taxpayer shall be deemed to have,
immediately before the taxpayer's death,
disposed of the property and received
proceeds of disposition therefor equal to
such amount as the legal representative
elects in the taxpayer's return of income
under this Part for the year in which the
taxpayer died, not greater than the greater
of nor less than the lesser of
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(i) where the property was depreciable
property of a prescribed class,
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(A) its fair market value immediately
before the death, and
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(B) the lesser of the capital cost and the
cost amount to the taxpayer of the
property immediately before the
death, and
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(ii) where the property is land (other than
land to which subparagraph (i) applies),
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(A) its fair market value immediately
before the death, and
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(B) its adjusted cost base to the
taxpayer immediately before the
death,
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and the child shall be deemed to have
acquired the property at the time of the
death at a cost equal to those proceeds,
except that for the purpose of this
paragraph, where the elected amount
exceeds the greater of the amounts
determined under clauses (i)(A) and (B) or
(ii)(A) and (B), as the case may be, it shall
be deemed to be equal to the greater thereof,
and where the elected amount is less than
the lesser of the amounts determined under
clauses (i)(A) and (B) or (ii)(A) and (B), as
the case may be, it shall be deemed to be
equal to the lesser thereof, and''.
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(9) The portion of subsection 70(9.1) of
the Act after paragraph (a) is replaced by
the following:
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(b) the trust shall be deemed to have,
immediately before the spouse's death,
disposed of the property and received
proceeds of disposition therefor equal to
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(i) where the property was depreciable
property of a prescribed class, the lesser
of the capital cost and the cost amount to
the trust of the property immediately
before the death, and
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(ii) where the property is land (other than
land to which subparagraph (i) applies),
its adjusted cost base to the trust
immediately before the death,
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and the child shall be deemed to have
acquired the property at the time of the
death at a cost equal to those proceeds,
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(c) where any depreciable property of a
prescribed class that is deemed by
paragraph (b) to have been disposed of by
the trust is acquired by a child of the
taxpayer as a consequence of the spouse's
death (other than where the trust's proceeds
of disposition of the property under
paragraph (b) are redetermined under
subsection 13(21.1)) and the amount that
was the capital cost to the trust of the
property exceeds the amount determined
under paragraph (b) to be the cost to the
child of the property, for the purposes of
sections 13 and 20 and any regulations
made for the purpose of paragraph 20(1)(a),
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(i) its capital cost to the child shall be
deemed to be the amount that was its
capital cost to the trust, and
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(ii) the excess shall be deemed to have
been allowed to the child in respect of the
property under regulations made for the
purpose of paragraph 20(1)(a) in
computing income for taxation years that
ended before the child acquired the
property, and
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(d) where the property of the trust that is
deemed by paragraph (b) to have been
disposed of is acquired by a child of the
taxpayer as a consequence of the spouse's
death and the trust's proceeds of disposition
of the property under paragraph (b) are
redetermined under subsection 13(21.1),
notwithstanding paragraph (b),
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(i) where the property was depreciable
property of a prescribed class and the
amount that was its capital cost to the
trust exceeds the amount so redetermined
under subsection 13(21.1), for the
purposes of sections 13 and 20 and any
regulations made for the purpose of
paragraph 20(1)(a),
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(A) its capital cost to the child shall be
deemed to be the amount that was its
capital cost to the trust, and
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(B) the excess shall be deemed to have
been allowed to the child in respect of
the property under regulations made
for the purpose of paragraph 20(1)(a)
in computing income for taxation
years that ended before the child
acquired the property, and
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(ii) where the property is land (other than
land to which subparagraph (i) applies),
its cost to the child shall be deemed to be
the amount that was the trust's proceeds
of disposition as redetermined under
subsection 13(21.1),
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except that, where the trust so elects in its
return of income under this Part for its taxation
year in which the spouse died, paragraph (b)
shall be read as follows:
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``(b) the trust shall be deemed to have,
immediately before the spouse's death,
disposed of the property and received
proceeds of disposition therefor equal to
such amount as the trust elects in its return
of income under this Part for the year in
which the spouse died, not greater than the
greater of nor less than the lesser of
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(i) where the property was depreciable
property of a prescribed class,
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(A) its fair market value immediately
before the death, and
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(B) the lesser of the capital cost and the
cost amount to the trust of the property
immediately before the death, and
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(ii) where the property is land (other than
land to which subparagraph (i) applies),
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(A) its fair market value immediately
before the death, and
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(B) its adjusted cost base to the trust
immediately before the death,
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and the child shall be deemed to have
acquired the property at the time of the
death at a cost equal to those proceeds,
except that for the purpose of this
paragraph, where the elected amount
exceeds the greater of the amounts
determined under clauses (i)(A) and (B) or
(ii)(A) and (B), as the case may be, it shall
be deemed to be equal to the greater thereof,
and where the elected amount is less than
the lesser of the amounts determined under
clauses (i)(A) and (B) or (ii)(A) and (B),
as the case may be, it shall be deemed to be
equal to the lesser thereof,''.
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(10) The portion of subsection 70(9.2) of
the Act after paragraph (a) is replaced by
the following:
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(b) where the property is a share of the
capital stock of a family farm corporation,
the taxpayer shall be deemed to have,
immediately before the taxpayer's death,
disposed of the property and received
proceeds of disposition therefor equal to its
adjusted cost base to the taxpayer
immediately before the death, and the child
shall be deemed to have acquired the
property at the time of the death at a cost
equal to those proceeds, and
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(c) where the property is an interest in a
family farm partnership (other than an
interest in a partnership to which
subsection 100(3) applies),
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(i) the taxpayer shall, except for the
purpose of paragraph 98(5)(g), be
deemed not to have disposed of the
property as a consequence of the
taxpayer's death,
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(ii) the child shall be deemed to have
acquired the property at the time of the
death at a cost equal to the cost to the
taxpayer of the interest, and
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(iii) each amount added or deducted in
computing the adjusted cost base to the
taxpayer of the property shall be deemed
to be required by subsection 53(1) or (2)
to be added or deducted, as the case may
be, in computing its adjusted cost base to
the child,
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except that, where the taxpayer's legal
representative so elects in the taxpayer's
return of income under this Part for the year in
which the taxpayer died, paragraph (c) does
not apply and paragraph (b) shall be read as
follows:
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``(b) the taxpayer shall be deemed to have,
immediately before the taxpayer's death,
disposed of the property and received
proceeds of disposition therefor equal to
such amount as the legal representative
elects in the taxpayer's return of income
under this Part for the year in which the
taxpayer died, not greater than the greater
of nor less than the lesser of
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(i) its fair market value immediately
before the death, and
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(ii) its adjusted cost base to the taxpayer
immediately before the death,
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and the child shall be deemed to have
acquired the property at the time of the
death at a cost equal to those proceeds,
except that for the purpose of this
paragraph, where the elected amount
exceeds the greater of the amounts
determined under subparagraphs (i) and
(ii), it shall be deemed to be equal to the
greater thereof, and where the elected
amount is less than the lesser of the amounts
determined under subparagraphs (i) and
(ii), it shall be deemed to be equal to the
lesser thereof, and''.
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(11) Section 70 of the Act is amended by
adding the following after subsection (12):
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Capital cost of
certain
depreciable
property
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(13) For the purposes of this section and,
where a provision of this section (other than
this subsection) applies, for the purposes of
sections 13 and 20 (but not for the purposes of
any regulation made for the purpose of
paragraph 20(1)(a)),
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(a) the capital cost to a taxpayer of
depreciable property of a prescribed class
disposed of immediately before the
taxpayer's death, or
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(b) the capital cost to a trust, to which
subsection (9.1) applies, of depreciable
property of a prescribed class disposed of
immediately before the death of the spouse
described in that subsection,
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shall, in respect of property that was not
disposed of by the taxpayer or the trust before
that time, be the amount that it would be if
subsection 13(7) were read without reference
to
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(c) the expression ``the lesser of'' in
paragraph (b) and clause (d)(i)(A) thereof,
and
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(d) subparagraph (b)(ii), subclause
(d)(i)(A)(II), clause (d)(i)(B) and
paragraph (e) thereof.
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Order of
disposal of
depreciable
property
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(14) Where 2 or more depreciable
properties of a prescribed class are disposed of
at the same time as a consequence of a
taxpayer's death, this section and paragraph
(a) of the definition ``cost amount'' in
subsection 248(1) apply as if each property so
disposed of were separately disposed of in the
order designated by the taxpayer's legal
representative or, in the case of a trust
described in subsection (9.1), by the trust and,
where the taxpayer's legal representative or
the trust, as the case may be, does not
designate an order, in the order designated by
the Minister.
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(12) Subsection (1) applies to the 1992
and subsequent taxation years.
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(13) Subsections (2) to (11) apply to
dispositions and acquisitions occurring
after 1992.
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34. (1) The portion of subsection 73(1.1)
of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced
by the following:
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Interpretation
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(1.1) For greater certainty, where, under the
laws of a province or because of a decree,
order or judgment of a competent tribunal
made in accordance with those laws, a person
referred to in subsection (1)
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(2) Subsection (1) applies to transfers
occurring after July 13, 1990.
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35. (1) Paragraph 84(1)(c.3) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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(c.3) where the corporation is neither an
insurance corporation nor a bank, any
action by which it converts into paid-up
capital in respect of a class of shares of its
capital stock any of its contributed surplus
that arose after March 31, 1977
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(i) on the issuance of shares of that class
or shares of another class for which the
shares of that class were substituted
(other than an issuance to which section
51, 66.3, 84.1, 85, 85.1, 86 or 87,
subsection 192(4.1) or 194(4.1) or
section 212.1 applied),
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(ii) on the acquisition of property by the
corporation from a person who at the
time of the acquisition held any of the
issued shares of that class or shares of
another class for which shares of that
class were substituted for no
consideration or for consideration that
did not include shares of the capital stock
of the corporation, or
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(iii) as a result of any action by which the
paid-up capital in respect of that class of
shares or in respect of shares of another
class for which shares of that class were
substituted was reduced by the
corporation, to the extent of the reduction
in paid-up capital that resulted from the
action,
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(2) Section 84 of the Act is amended by
adding the following after subsection (10):
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Computation
of contributed
surplus
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(11) For the purpose of subparagraph
(1)(c.3)(ii), where the property acquired by
the corporation (in this subsection referred to
as the ``acquiring corporation'') consists of
shares (in this subsection referred to as the
``subject shares'') of any class of the capital
stock of another corporation resident in
Canada (in this subsection referred to as the
``subject corporation'') and, immediately
after the acquisition of the subject shares, the
subject corporation would be connected
(within the meaning that would be assigned by
subsection 186(4) if the references in that
subsection to ``payer corporation'' and
``particular corporation'' were read as
``subject corporation'' and ``acquiring
corporation'', respectively) with the acquiring
corporation, the contributed surplus of the
acquiring corporation that arose on the
acquisition of the subject shares shall be
deemed to be the lesser of
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(a) the amount added to the contributed
surplus of the acquiring corporation on the
acquisition of the subject shares, and
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(b) the amount, if any, by which the paid-up
capital in respect of the subject shares at the
time of the acquisition exceeded the fair
market value of any consideration given by
the acquiring corporation for the subject
shares.
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(3) Subsection (1) applies to actions
occurring after July 13, 1990, except that
for such actions occurring before
December 21, 1992, subparagraph
84(1)(c.3)(iii) of the Act, as enacted by
subsection (1), shall be read as follows:
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(iii) on the reduction by the corporation
of the paid-up capital in respect of that
class of shares or in respect of shares of
another class for which shares of that
class were substituted,
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(4) Subsection (2) applies to actions
occurring after December 20, 1992.
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36. (1) Paragraph 85(1)(d.1) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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(d.1) for the purpose of determining after
the time of the disposition the amount to be
included under paragraph 14(1)(b) in
computing the corporation's income, there
shall be added to the amount otherwise
determined for Q in the definition
``cumulative eligible capital'' in subsection
14(5) the amount determined by the
formula
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(A x B ) - 2[(D + E) - (F + G)]
C
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A is the amount, if any, determined for Q
in that definition in respect of the
taxpayer's business immediately before
the time of the disposition,
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B is the fair market value immediately
before that time of the eligible capital
property disposed of to the corporation
by the taxpayer,
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C is the fair market value immediately
before that time of all eligible capital
property of the taxpayer in respect of the
business,
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D is the amount, if any, that would be
included under subsection 14(1) in
computing the taxpayer's income as a
result of the disposition if paragraph
14(1)(b) were read as follows:
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``(b) in any other case, the excess
shall be included in computing
the taxpayer's income from that
business for that year.'',
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E is the amount, if any, that would be
deemed under subsection 14(1) to be a
taxable capital gain of the taxpayer as a
result of the disposition if clause
14(1)(a)(v)(B) were read as follows:
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