Definitions
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80.03 (1) In this section,
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(a) ``commercial debt obligation'',
``commercial obligation'', ``distress
preferred share'', ``forgiven amount'' and
``person'' have the meanings assigned by
subsection 80(1); and
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(b) ``taxable dividend'' does not include
any capital gains dividends (within the
meaning assigned by subsection 131(1)).
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Deferred
recognition of
debtor's gain
on settlement
of debt
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(2) Where at any time in a taxation year a
person (in this subsection referred to as the
``transferor'') surrenders a particular capital
property (other than a distress preferred share)
that is a share, a capital interest in a trust or an
interest in a partnership, the person shall be
deemed to have a capital gain from the
disposition at that time of another capital
property (or, where the particular property is
a taxable Canadian property, another taxable
Canadian property) equal to the amount, if
any, by which
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(a) the total of all amounts deducted under
paragraph 53(2)(g.1) in computing the
adjusted cost base to the transferor of the
particular property immediately before that
time
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exceeds the total of
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(b) the amount that would be the
transferor's capital gain for the year from
the disposition of the particular property if
this Act were read without reference to
subsection 100(2), and
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(c) where, at the end of the year, the
transferor is resident in Canada or is a
non-resident person who carries on business
in Canada through a fixed place of business,
the amount designated under subsection (7)
by the transferor in respect of the
disposition, at that time or immediately
after that time, of the particular property.
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Surrender of
capital
property
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(3) For the purpose of subsection (2), a
person shall be considered to have
surrendered a property at any time only where
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(a) in the case of a share of the capital stock
of a particular corporation,
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(i) the person is a corporation that
disposed of the share at that time and the
proceeds of disposition of the share are
determined under paragraph 88(1)(b), or
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(ii) the person is a corporation that owned
the share at that time and, immediately
after that time, amalgamates or merges
with the particular corporation;
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(b) in the case of a capital interest in a trust,
the person disposed of the interest at that
time and the proceeds of disposition are
determined under paragraph 107(2)(c); and
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(c) in the case of an interest in a partnership,
the person disposed of the interest at that
time and the proceeds of disposition are
determined under paragraph 98(3)(a) or
(5)(a).
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Dispositions
by
corporations
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(4) Where at any time in a taxation year a
corporation (in this subsection referred to as
the ``vendor'') disposes of a particular capital
property that is a share, an interest in a
partnership or a capital interest in a trust,
otherwise than by way of a disposition to
which subsection (2) or 53(6) applies, a
disposition to another corporation in
circumstances to which subsection 53(5)
applies, or a disposition the proceeds from
which are determined under subsection 47(1),
section 86 or any of the provisions (other than
subsection 97(2)) referred to in subsection
53(4), the vendor shall be deemed to have a
capital gain from the disposition at that time
of another capital property (or where the
particular property is a taxable Canadian
property, another taxable Canadian property)
equal to the amount, if any, by which the lesser
of
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(a) all amounts deducted under paragraph
53(2)(g.1) in computing the adjusted cost
base to the vendor of the particular property
immediately before that time, and
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(b) where the particular property
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(i) is a share, the total of all amounts each
of which is
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(A) a taxable dividend on the share that
was received in the specified period
relating to the disposition of the share,
to the extent that the dividend is
deductible in computing taxable
income of a holder of the share or a
beneficiary under a trust that held the
share, or
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(B) a capital dividend on the share that
was received in the specified period
relating to the disposition of the share,
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(ii) is an interest in a partnership, the total
of all amounts each of which is
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(A) the share of a taxable dividend
relating to the interest that was
received after July 12, 1994 and in a
fiscal period of the partnership that
ended in the specified period relating
to the disposition of the interest, to the
extent that such share is deductible in
computing taxable income of a person
holding the interest in the partnership
or a beneficiary under a trust that held
the interest in the partnership, or
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(B) the share of a capital dividend
relating to the interest that was
received after July 12, 1994 and in a
fiscal period of the partnership that
ended in the specified period relating
to the disposition of the interest, or
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(iii) is a capital interest in a trust, the total
of all amounts each of which is such
portion of a taxable dividend that was
received by the trust in the specified
period relating to the disposition of the
capital interest and that was deemed by
subsection 104(19) to have been received
in respect of the capital interest, to the
extent that such portion was deductible in
computing taxable income of a person
holding the capital interest
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exceeds the total of
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(c) the amount that would be the vendor's
capital gain for the year from the
disposition of the particular property if this
Act were read without reference to
subparagraph 40(1)(a)(iii) and subsection
100(2), and
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(d) where the vendor is resident in Canada
at the end of the year or is a non-resident
person who carries on business in Canada
through a fixed place of business at the end
of the year, the amount designated under
subsection (7) by the vendor in respect of
the disposition of the particular property.
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Specified
period
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(5) For the purpose of subsection (4), the
specified period relating to a disposition at a
particular time of a property by a person is the
period
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(a) that began at or on the later of July 12,
1994 and the last time before the particular
time that the person acquired the property,
and
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(b) that ended at the particular time.
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When
property
acquired
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(6) For the purposes of this subsection and
subsection (5), where, as a consequence of the
disposition at a particular time of a property to
a person, an amount is deducted under
paragraph 53(2)(g.1) in computing the
adjusted cost base of the property after the
particular time, the person shall be deemed not
to have acquired the property at the particular
time and to have acquired the property at the
time it was last acquired before the particular
time.
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Alternative
treatment
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(7) Where at any time in a taxation year a
person disposes of a property, for the purposes
of subsections (2) and (4) and section 80
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(a) the person may designate an amount in
a prescribed form filed with the person's
return of income under this Part for the year;
and
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(b) where an amount is designated by the
person under paragraph (a) in respect of the
disposition,
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(i) the person shall be deemed to have
issued a commercial debt obligation at
that time that is settled immediately after
that time,
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(ii) the lesser of the amount so designated
and the amount that would, but for this
subsection, be a capital gain determined
in respect of the disposition because of
subsection (2) or (4) shall be treated as if
it were the forgiven amount at the time of
the settlement in respect of the obligation
referred to in subparagraph (i),
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(iii) the source in connection with which
the obligation referred to in subparagraph
(i) was issued shall be deemed to be the
business, if any, carried on by the person
at the end of the year, and
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(iv) where the person does not carry on a
business at the end of the year, the person
shall be deemed to carry on an active
business at the end of the year and the
source in connection with which the
obligation referred to in subparagraph (i)
was issued shall be deemed to be the
business deemed by this subparagraph to
be carried on.
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Lifetime
capital gains
exemption
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(8) Where, as a consequence of the
disposition at any time by an individual of a
property that is a qualified farm property of
the individual or a qualified small business
corporation share of the individual (within the
meanings assigned by 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 purpose of section 110.6, the
other property shall be deemed to be a
qualified farm property of the individual or a
qualified small business corporation share of
the individual, as the case may be.
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Definitions
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80.04 (1) In this section, ``commercial debt
obligation'', ``commercial obligation'',
``debtor'', ``directed person'', ``eligible
Canadian partnership'', ``forgiven amount''
and ``person'' have the meanings assigned by
subsection 80(1).
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Eligible
transferee
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(2) For the purpose of this section, an
``eligible transferee'' of a debtor at any time is
a directed person at that time in respect of the
debtor or a taxable Canadian corporation or
eligible Canadian partnership related
(otherwise than because of a right referred to
in paragraph 251(5)(b)) at that time to the
debtor.
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Application
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(3) Paragraphs 80(2)(a), (b), (j), (l) and (n)
apply for the purpose of this section.
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Agreement
respecting
transfer of
forgiven
amount
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(4) Where
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(a) a particular commercial obligation
(other than an obligation deemed by
paragraph (e) to have been issued) issued by
a debtor is settled at a particular time,
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(b) amounts have been designated by the
debtor under subsections 80(5) to (10) to the
maximum extent permitted in respect of the
settlement of the particular obligation at the
particular time,
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(c) the debtor and an eligible transferee of
the debtor at the particular time file under
this section an agreement between them in
respect of that settlement, and
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(d) an amount is specified in that agreement
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the following rules apply:
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(e) except for the purposes of subsection
80(11), the transferee shall be deemed to
have issued a commercial debt obligation
that was settled at the particular time,
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(f) the specified amount shall be deemed to
be the forgiven amount at the particular
time in respect of the obligation referred to
in paragraph (e),
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(g) subject to paragraph (h), the obligation
referred to in paragraph (e) shall be deemed
to have been issued at the same time (in
paragraph (h) referred to as the ``time of
issue'') at which, and in the same
circumstances in which, the particular
obligation was issued,
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(h) where the transferee is a corporation the
control of which was acquired by a person
or group of persons after the time of issue
and the transferee and the debtor were not
related to each other immediately before
that acquisition of control,
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(i) the obligation referred to in paragraph
(e) shall be deemed to have been issued
after that acquisition of control, and
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(ii) paragraph (e) of the definition
``relevant loss balance'' in subsection
80(1), paragraph (f) of the definition
``successor pool'' in that subsection and
paragraph (b) of the definition
``unrecognized loss'' in that subsection
do not apply in respect of that acquisition
of control,
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(i) the source in connection with which the
obligation referred to in paragraph (e) was
issued shall be deemed to be the source in
connection with which the particular
obligation was issued, and
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(j) for the purposes of sections 61.3 and
61.4, the amount included under subsection
80(13) in computing the income of the
eligible transferee in respect of the
settlement of the obligation referred to in
paragraph (e) or deducted under paragraph
80(15)(a) in respect of such income shall be
deemed to be nil.
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Consideration
for agreement
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(5) For the purposes of this Part, where
property is acquired at any time by an eligible
transferee as consideration for entering into an
agreement with a debtor that is filed under this
section
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(a) where the property was owned by the
debtor immediately before that time,
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(i) the debtor shall be deemed to have
disposed of the property at that time for
proceeds equal to the fair market value of
the property at that time, and
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(ii) no amount may be deducted in
computing the debtor's income as a
consequence of the transfer of the
property, except any amount arising as a
consequence of the application of
subparagraph (i);
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(b) the cost at which the property was
acquired by the eligible transferee at that
time shall be deemed to be equal to the fair
market value of the property at that time;
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(c) the eligible transferee shall not be
required to add an amount in computing
income solely because of the acquisition at
that time of the property; and
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(d) no benefit shall be considered to have
been conferred on the debtor as a
consequence of the debtor entering into an
agreement filed under this section.
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Manner of
filing
agreement
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(6) Subject to subsection (7), a particular
agreement between a debtor and an eligible
transferee in respect of an obligation issued by
the debtor that was settled at any time shall be
deemed not to have been filed under this
section
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(a) where it is not filed with the Minister in
a prescribed form
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(i) on or before the later of
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(A) the day on or before which the
debtor's return of income under this
Part is required to be filed for the
taxation year or fiscal period, as the
case may be, that includes that time (or
would be required to be filed if tax
under this Part were payable by the
debtor for the year), and
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(B) the day on or before which the
transferee's return of income under
this Part is required to be filed for the
taxation year or fiscal period, as the
case may be, that includes that time, or
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(ii) within the period within which the
debtor or the transferee may serve a
notice of objection to an assessment of
tax payable under this Part for a taxation
year or fiscal period, as the case may be,
described in clause (i)(A) or (B), as the
case may be;
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(b) where it is not accompanied by,
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(i) where the debtor is a corporation and
its directors are legally entitled to
administer its affairs, a certified copy of
their resolution authorizing the
agreement to be made,
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(ii) where the debtor is a corporation and
its directors are not legally entitled to
administer its affairs, a certified copy of
the document by which the person legally
entitled to administer its affairs
authorized the agreement to be made,
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(iii) where the transferee is a corporation
and its directors are legally entitled to
administer its affairs, a certified copy of
their resolution authorizing the
agreement to be made, and
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(iv) where the transferee is a corporation
and its directors are not legally entitled to
administer its affairs, a certified copy of
the document by which the person legally
entitled to administer its affairs
authorized the agreement to be made; or
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(c) if an agreement amending the particular
agreement has been filed in accordance
with this section, except where subsection
(8) applies to the particular agreement.
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Filing by
partnership
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(7) For the purpose of subsection (6), where
an obligation is settled at any time in a fiscal
period of a partnership, it shall be assumed
that
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(a) the partnership is required to file a return
of income under this Part for the fiscal
period on or before the latest day on or
before which any member of the
partnership during the fiscal period is
required to file a return of income under this
Part for the taxation year in which that fiscal
period ends (or would be required to file
such a return of income if tax under this Part
were payable by the member for that year);
and
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(b) the partnership may serve a notice of
objection described in subparagraph
(6)(a)(ii) within each period within which
any member of the partnership during the
fiscal period may serve a notice of objection
to tax payable under this Part for a taxation
year in which that fiscal period ends.
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Related
corporations
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(8) Where at any time a corporation
becomes related to another corporation and it
can reasonably be considered that the main
purpose of the corporation becoming related
to the other corporation is to enable the
corporations to file an agreement under this
section, the amount specified in the agreement
shall be deemed to be nil for the purpose of the
description of C in subsection 80(13).
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Assessment of
taxpayers in
respect of
agreement
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(9) The Minister shall, notwithstanding
subsections 152(4) to (5), assess or reassess
the tax, interest and penalties payable under
this Act by any taxpayer in order to take into
account an agreement filed under this section.
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Liability of
debtor
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(10) Without affecting the liability of any
person under any other provision of this Act,
where a debtor and an eligible transferee file
an agreement between them under this section
in respect of an obligation issued by the debtor
that was settled at any time, the debtor is, to
the extent of 30% of the amount specified in
the agreement, liable to pay
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(a) where the transferee is a corporation, all
taxes payable under this Act by it for
taxation years that end in the period that
begins at that time and ends 10 calendar
years after that time;
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