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Accrued
capital gains
election limit
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(9) Where a taxpayer has made an election
under subsection (8) in which a property was
designated under subparagraph (8)(a)(iv), the
election is deemed not to have been made
where
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exceeds the total of
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Accrued
capital losses
election limit
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(10) Where a taxpayer has made an election
under subsection (8) in which a property was
designated under subparagraph (8)(b)(iv), the
election is deemed not to have been made
where
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(2) Subsection (1) applies to the 1993 and
subsequent taxation years.
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94. (1) The Act is amended by adding the
following after section 143.1:
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Cost of Tax Shelter Investments
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Definitions
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143.2 (1) The definitions in this subsection
apply in this section.
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``expenditure'
' « dépense »
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``expenditure'' means an outlay or expense or
the cost or capital cost of a property.
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``limited
partner'' « commandita i- re »
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``limited partner'' has the meaning that would
be assigned by subsection 96(2.4) if that
subsection were read without reference to
``if the member's partnership interest is not
an exempt interest (within the meaning as
signed by subsection (2.5)) at that time
and''.
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``limited- recourse amount'' « montant à recours limité »
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``limited-recourse amount'' means the unpaid
principal amount of any indebtedness for
which recourse is limited, either immedi
ately or in the future and either absolutely
or contingently.
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``taxpayer'' « contribua- ble »
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``taxpayer'' includes a partnership.
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``tax shelter
investment'' « abri fiscal déterminé »
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``tax shelter investment'' means
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(A) is a tax shelter investment, and
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(B) the taxpayer's partnership inter
est would be a tax shelter investment
if
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(I) this Act were read without
reference to this paragraph and to
the words ``having regard to state
ments or representations made or
proposed to be made in connec
tion with the property'' in the
definition ``tax shelter'' in sub
section 237.1(1),
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(II) the references in that defini
tion to ``represented'' were read
as references to ``that can reason
ably be expected'', and
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(III) the reference in that defini
tion to ``is represented'' were read
as a reference to ``can reasonably
be expected'',
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(A) another taxpayer holding a part
nership interest is entitled, directly
or indirectly, to a share of the
income or loss of the particular
partnership, and
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(B) that other taxpayer's partnership
interest is a tax shelter investment.
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At-risk
adjustment
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(2) For the purpose of this section, an at-risk
adjustment in respect of an expenditure of a
particular taxpayer, other than the cost of a
partnership interest to which subsection
96(2.2) applies, means any amount or benefit
that the particular taxpayer, or another taxpay
er not dealing at arm's length with the
particular taxpayer, is entitled, either immedi
ately or in the future and either absolutely or
contingently, to receive or to obtain, whether
by way of reimbursement, compensation,
revenue guarantee, proceeds of disposition,
loan or any other form of indebtedness, or in
any other form or manner whatever, granted or
to be granted for the purpose of reducing the
impact, in whole or in part, of any loss that the
particular taxpayer may sustain in respect of
the expenditure or, where the expenditure is
the cost or capital cost of a property, any loss
from the holding or disposition of the proper
ty.
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Amount or
benefit not
included
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(3) For the purpose of subsection (2), an
at-risk adjustment in respect of a taxpayer's
expenditure does not include an amount or
benefit
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Amount or
benefit
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(4) For the purposes of subsections (2) and
(3), where the amount or benefit to which a
taxpayer is entitled at any time is provided by
way of an agreement or other arrangement
under which the taxpayer has a right, either
immediately or in the future and either
absolutely or contingently (otherwise than as
a consequence of the death of the taxpayer), to
acquire property, for greater certainty the
amount or benefit to which the taxpayer is
entitled under the agreement or arrangement
is considered to be not less than the fair market
value of the property at that time.
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Amount or
benefit
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(5) For the purposes of subsections (2) and
(3), where the amount or benefit to which a
taxpayer is entitled at any time is provided by
way of a guarantee, security or similar indem
nity or covenant in respect of any loan or other
obligation of the taxpayer, for greater certain
ty the amount or benefit to which the taxpayer
is entitled under the guarantee or indemnity at
any particular time is considered to be not less
than the total of the unpaid amount of the loan
or obligation at that time and all other amounts
outstanding in respect of the loan or obligation
at that time.
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Amount of
expenditure
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(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, the amount of any expenditure that is,
or is the cost or capital cost of, a taxpayer's tax
shelter investment, and the amount of any
expenditure of a taxpayer an interest in which
is a tax shelter investment, shall be reduced to
the amount, if any, by which
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exceeds
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Repayment of
indebtedness
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(7) For the purpose of this section, the
unpaid principal of an indebtedness is deemed
to be a limited-recourse amount unless
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Limited- recourse amount
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(8) For the purpose of this section, the
unpaid principal of an indebtedness is deemed
to be a limited-recourse amount of a taxpayer
where the taxpayer is a partnership and
recourse against any member of the partner
ship in respect of the indebtedness is limited,
either immediately or in the future and either
absolutely or contingently.
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Timing
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(9) Where at any time a taxpayer has paid an
amount (in this subsection referred to as the
``repaid amount'') on account of the principal
amount of an indebtedness that was, before
that time, the unpaid principal amount of a
loan or any other form of indebtedness to
which subsection (2) applies (in this subsec
tion referred to as the ``former amount or
benefit'') relating to an expenditure of the
taxpayer,
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Timing
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(10) Where at any time a taxpayer has paid
an amount (in this subsection referred to as the
``repaid amount'') on account of the principal
amount of an indebtedness which was, before
that time, an unpaid principal amount that was
a limited-recourse amount (in this subsection
referred to as the ``former limited-recourse
indebtedness'') relating to an expenditure of
the taxpayer,
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Short-term
debt
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(11) Where a taxpayer pays all of the
principal of an indebtedness no later than 60
days after that indebtedness arose and the
indebtedness would otherwise be considered
to be a limited-recourse amount solely be
cause of the application of subsection (7) or
(8), that subsection does not apply to the
indebtedness unless
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Series of loans
or repayments
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(12) For the purpose of paragraph (7)(a), a
debtor is considered not to have made arrange
ments to repay an indebtedness within 10
years where the debtor's arrangement to repay
can reasonably be considered to be part of a
series of loans or other indebtedness and
repayments that ends more than 10 years after
it begins.
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Information
located
outside
Canada
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(13) For the purpose of this section, where
it can reasonably be considered that informa
tion relating to indebtedness that relates to a
taxpayer's expenditure is available outside
Canada and the Minister is not satisfied that
the unpaid principal of the indebtedness is not
a limited-recourse amount, the unpaid princi
pal of the indebtedness relating to the taxpay
er's expenditure is deemed to be a limited-re
course amount relating to the expenditure
unless
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