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Technical Tax Amendments Act, 2012 (S.C. 2013, c. 34)

Assented to 2013-06-26

  •  (1) The portion of subparagraph 204.4(2)(a)(ii) of the Act after clause (A) is replaced by the following:

    • (B) the amount by which the fair market value at the time of acquisition of its real or immovable property that may reasonably be regarded as being held for the purpose of producing income from property exceeds the total of all amounts each of which is owing by it on account of its acquisition of the real or immovable property

    is not less than 80% of the amount by which the fair market value at the time of acquisition of all its property exceeds the total of all amounts each of which is owing by it on account of its acquisition of real or immovable property,

  • (2) Subparagraphs 204.4(2)(a)(iii) and (iv) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    • (iii) the fair market value at the time of acquisition of its shares, bonds, mortgages, hypothecary claims and other securities of any one corporation or debtor (other than bonds, mortgages, hypothecary claims and other securities of or guaranteed by Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province or Canadian municipality) is not more than 10% of the amount by which the fair market value at the time of acquisition of all its property exceeds the total of all amounts each of which is an amount owing by it on account of its acquisition of real or immovable property,

    • (iv) the amount by which

      • (A) the fair market value at the time of acquisition of any one of its real or immovable properties

      exceeds

      • (B) the total of all amounts each of which is owing by it on account of its acquisition of the real or immovable property

      is not more than 10% of the amount by which the fair market value at the time of acquisition of all its property exceeds the total of all amounts each of which is owing by it on account of its acquisition of real or immovable property,

  • (3) Clause 204.4(2)(a)(viii)(A) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (A) a mortgage or hypothecary claim (other than a mortgage or hypothecary claim insured under the National Housing Act or by a corporation that offers its services to the public in Canada as an insurer of mortgages or hypothecary claims and that is approved as a private insurer of mortgages or hypothecary claims by the Superintendent of Financial Institutions pursuant to the powers assigned to the Superintendent under subsection 6(1) of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act), or an interest therein, or for civil law a right therein, in respect of which the mortgagor or hypothecary debtor is the annuitant under a registered retirement savings plan or registered retirement income fund, or a person with whom the annuitant is not dealing at arm’s length, if any of the funds of a trust governed by such a plan or fund have been used to acquire an interest in the applicant, or

  •  (1) Subparagraph 204.6(2)(b)(ii) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (ii) the total of all amounts each of which is an amount owing by the trust at the end of the month in respect of the acquisition of real property or immovables.

  • (2) Subsection 204.6(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Tax payable — real property or immovables

      (3) If at the end of any month a taxpayer that is a registered investment described in paragraph 204.4(2)(a) holds real or immovable property, it shall, in respect of that month, pay a tax under this Part equal to 1% of the total of all amounts each of which is the amount by which the excess of

      • (a) the fair market value at the time of its acquisition of any one real or immovable property of the taxpayer

      over

      • (b) the total of all amounts each of which was an amount owing by it at the end of the month on account of its acquisition of the real or immovable property

      was greater than 10% of the amount by which the total of all amounts each of which is the fair market value at the time of its acquisition of a property held by it at the end of the month exceeds the total of all amounts each of which was an amount owing by it at the end of the month on account of its acquisition of real or immovable property.

 Paragraphs (c) and (c.1) of the definition “carved-out property” in subsection 209(1) of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • (c) an interest, or for civil law a right, in respect of a property that was acquired by the person solely in consideration of the person’s undertaking under an agreement to incur Canadian exploration expense or Canadian development expense in respect of the property and, where the agreement so provides, to acquire gas or oil well equipment (as defined in subsection 1104(2) of the Income Tax Regulations) in respect of the property,

  • (c.1) an interest, or for civil law a right, in respect of a property that was retained by the person under an agreement under which another person obtained an absolute or conditional right to acquire another interest, or for civil law another right, in respect of the property, if the other interest or right is not carved-out property of the other person because of paragraph (c),

  •  (1) Subparagraphs 212(1)(d)(viii) and (ix) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    • (viii) a payment made under a bona fide cost-sharing arrangement under which the person making the payment shares on a reasonable basis with one or more non-resident persons research and development expenses in exchange for an interest, or for civil law a right, in any or all property or other things of value that may result therefrom,

    • (ix) a rental payment for the use of or the right to use outside Canada any tangible, or for civil law corporeal, property,

  • (2) Paragraph 212(13)(f) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (f) interest on any mortgage, hypothecary claim or other indebtedness entered into or issued or modified after March 31, 1977 and secured by real property situated in Canada or an interest therein, or by immovables situated in Canada or real rights therein, to the extent that the amount so paid or credited is deductible in computing the non-resident person’s taxable income earned in Canada or the amount on which the non-resident person is liable to pay tax under Part I,

  •  (1) Paragraph 216(1)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (b) the non-resident person’s income from the non-resident person’s interest in real property, or real right in immovables, in Canada and interest in, or for civil law right in, timber resource properties and timber limits in Canada, and the non-resident person’s share of the income of a partnership of which the non-resident person was a member from its interest in real property, or real right in immovables, in Canada and interest in, or for civil law right in, timber resource properties and timber limits in Canada, were the non-resident person’s only income;

  • (2) Paragraphs 216(2)(a) and (b) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    • (a) rent on real or immovable property or from timber royalties paid to the person, and

    • (b) the person’s share of the rent on real or immovable property or from timber royalties paid to a partnership of which the person is a member

  • (3) The portion of subsection 216(4) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Optional method of payment

      (4) If a non-resident person or, in the case of a partnership, each non-resident person who is a member of the partnership files with the Minister an undertaking in prescribed form to file within six months after the end of a taxation year a return of income under Part I for the year as permitted by this section, a person who is otherwise required by subsection 215(3) to remit in the year, in respect of the non-resident person or the partnership, an amount to the Receiver General in payment of tax on rent on real or immovable property or on a timber royalty may elect under this section not to remit under that subsection, and if that election is made, the elector shall,

  • (4) Paragraph 216(5)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (b) the person’s income from the person’s interest in real property, or real right in immovables, in Canada or interest in, or for civil law right in, timber resource properties and timber limits in Canada, and the person’s share of the income of a partnership of which the person was a member from its interest in real property, or real right in immovables, in Canada or interest in, or for civil law right in, timber resource properties and timber limits in Canada, were the person’s only income;

 Subsection 219(1.1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Excluded gains

    (1.1) For the purpose of subsection (1), the definition “taxable Canadian property” in subsection 248(1) shall be read without reference to paragraphs (a) and (c) to (k) of that definition and as if the only options, interests or rights referred to in paragraph (l) of that definition were those in respect of property described in paragraph (b) of that definition.

  •  (1) The portion of subsection 223(5) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Charge on property

      (5) A document issued by the Federal Court evidencing a certificate in respect of a debtor registered under subsection (3), a writ of that Court issued pursuant to the certificate or any notification of the document or writ (such document, writ or notification in this section referred to as a “memorial”) may be filed, registered or otherwise recorded for the purpose of creating a charge, lien or priority on, or a binding interest in, property in a province, or any interest in, or for civil law any right in, such property, held by the debtor in the same manner as a document evidencing

  • (2) Subsection 223(6) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Creation of charge

      (6) If a memorial has been filed, registered or otherwise recorded under subsection (5),

      • (a) a charge, lien or priority is created on, or a binding interest is created in, property in the province, or any interest in, or for civil law any right in, such property, held by the debtor, or

      • (b) such property, or interest or right in the property, is otherwise bound,

      in the same manner and to the same extent as if the memorial were a document evidencing a judgment referred to in paragraph (5)(a) or an amount referred to in paragraph (5)(b), and the charge, lien, priority or binding interest created shall be subordinate to any charge, lien, priority or binding interest in respect of which all steps necessary to make it effective against other creditors were taken before the time the memorial was filed, registered or otherwise recorded.

  • (3) Paragraphs 223(7)(c) and (d) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    • (c) to cancel or withdraw the memorial wholly or in respect of any of the property, or interests or rights, affected by the memorial, or

    • (d) to postpone the effectiveness of the filing, registration or other recording of the memorial in favour of any right, charge, lien or priority that has been or is intended to be filed, registered or otherwise recorded in respect of any property, or interest or right, affected by the memorial,

  • (4) Paragraph 223(8)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (a) a memorial is presented for filing, registration or other recording under subsection (5) or a document relating to the memorial is presented for filing, registration or other recording for the purpose of any proceeding described in subsection (7) to any official in the land registry system, personal property or movable property registry system, or other registry system, of a province, it shall be accepted for filing, registration or other recording, or

 

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