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Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2 (S.C. 2016, c. 12)

Assented to 2016-12-15

  •  (1) Subsection 253.1(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    Marginal note:Investments in limited partnerships
    • 253.1 (1) For the purposes of subparagraph 108(2)(b)(ii), paragraphs 130.1(6)(b), 131(8)(b), 132(6)(b) and 146.1(2.1)(c), subsection 146.2(6), paragraph 146.4(5)(b), subsection 147.5(8), paragraph 149(1)(o.2), the definition private holding corporation in subsection 191(1), the definition investment fund in subsection 251.2(1) and regulations made for the purposes of paragraphs 149(1)(o.3) and (o.4), if a trust or corporation holds an interest as a member of a partnership and, by operation of any law governing the arrangement in respect of the partnership, the liability of the member as a member of the partnership is limited, the member shall not, solely because of its acquisition and holding of that interest, be considered to carry on any business or other activity of the partnership.

  • (2) Subsection (1) is deemed to have come into force on March 21, 2013.

  •  (1) Subsection 256(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Corporations associated through a third corporation

      (2) For the purposes of

      • (a) this Act, subject to paragraph (b), two corporations are deemed to be associated with each other at a particular time if

        • (i) they would, but for this subsection, not be associated with each other at the particular time, and

        • (ii) each corporation is associated with, or is deemed by this subsection to be associated with, the same corporation (in this subsection referred to as the third corporation) at the particular time; and

      • (b) section 125,

        • (i) if the third corporation is not a Canadian-controlled private corporation at the particular time, the two corporations are deemed not to be associated with each other at the particular time, and

        • (ii) if the third corporation is a Canadian-controlled private corporation that elects in prescribed form to apply this subparagraph in its taxation year that includes the particular time, the two corporations are deemed not to be associated with each other at the particular time and the business limit of the third corporation for its taxation year that includes the particular time is deemed to be nil.

  • (2) The portion of subsection 256(8) of the French version of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Présomption d’exercice de droit

      (8) Pour ce qui est de déterminer, d’une part, si le contrôle d’une société a été acquis pour l’application des paragraphes 10(10) et 13(24), de l’article 37, des paragraphes 55(2), 66(11), (11.4) et (11.5), 66.5(3) et 66.7(10) et (11), de l’article 80, de l’alinéa 80.04(4)h), du sous-alinéa 88(1)c)(vi), de l’alinéa 88(1)c.3), des paragraphes 88(1.1) et (1.2), des articles 111 et 127, des paragraphes 181.1(7), 190.1(6) et 249(4) et de l’alinéa 251.2(2)a) et, d’autre part, si une société est contrôlée par une personne ou par un groupe de personnes pour l’application de l’article 251.1, de l’alinéa b) de la définition de fiducie de placement déterminée au paragraphe 251.2(1) et des alinéas 251.2(3)c) et d), le contribuable qui a acquis un droit visé à l’alinéa 251(5)b) afférent à une action est réputé être dans la même position relativement au contrôle de la société que si le droit était immédiat et absolu et que s’il l’avait exercé au moment de l’acquisition, dans le cas où il est raisonnable de conclure que l’un des principaux motifs de l’acquisition du droit consistait :

  • (3) Paragraph 256(8)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (b) to avoid the application of subsection 10(10) or 13(24), paragraph 37(1)(h) or subsection 55(2) or 66(11.4) or (11.5), paragraph 88(1)(c.3) or subsection 111(4), (5.1) or (5.3), 181.1(7), 190.1(6) or 251.2(2),

  • (4) The portion of subsection 256(8) of the English version of the Act after paragraph (e) is replaced by the following:

    the taxpayer is deemed to be in the same position in relation to the control of the corporation as if the right were immediate and absolute and as if the taxpayer had exercised the right at that time for the purpose of determining whether control of a corporation has been acquired for the purposes of subsections 10(10) and 13(24), section 37, subsections 55(2), 66(11), (11.4) and (11.5), 66.5(3), 66.7(10) and (11), section 80, paragraph 80.04(4)(h), subparagraph 88(1)(c)(vi), paragraph 88(1)(c.3), subsections 88(1.1) and (1.2), sections 111 and 127, subsections 181.1(7), 190.1(6) and 249(4) and paragraph 251.2(2)(a) and in determining for the purposes of section 251.1, paragraph (b) of the definition investment fund in subsection 251.2(1) and paragraphs 251.2(3)(c) and (d) and 256(7)(i) whether a corporation is controlled by any other person or group of persons.

  • (5) Subsection (1) applies to taxation years that begin after March 21, 2016.

  • (6) Subsections (2) and (4) are deemed to have come into force on March 21, 2013.

  • (7) Subsection (3) comes into force or is deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2017.

  •  (1) The definition specified provision in subsection 256.1(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    specified provision

    specified provision means any of subsections 10(10) and 13(24), paragraph 37(1)(h), subsections 66(11.4) and (11.5), 66.7(10) and (11), 69(11) and 111(4), (5), (5.1) and (5.3), paragraphs (j) and (k) of the definition investment tax credit in subsection 127(9), subsections 181.1(7) and 190.1(6) and any provision of similar effect. (dispositions déterminées)

  • (2) Subsection (1) comes into force or is deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2017.

  •  (1) Paragraph 261(2)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (b) subject to this section, other than this subsection, subsections 20(14.2) and 79(7) and paragraphs 80(2)(k) and 142.7(8)(b), if a particular amount that is relevant in computing those Canadian tax results is expressed in a currency other than Canadian currency, the particular amount is to be converted to an amount expressed in Canadian currency using the relevant spot rate for the day on which the particular amount arose.

  • (2) Paragraph 261(5)(c) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (c) subject to paragraph (9)(b), subsection (15), subsections 20(14.2) and 79(7) and paragraphs 80(2)(k) and 142.7(8)(b), if a particular amount that is relevant in computing the taxpayer’s Canadian tax results for the particular taxation year is expressed in a currency other than the taxpayer’s elected functional currency, the particular amount is to be converted to an amount expressed in the taxpayer’s elected functional currency using the relevant spot rate for the day on which the particular amount arose;

  • (3) Subparagraph 261(5)(f)(i) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (i) section 76.1, subsections 20(14.2) and 79(7), paragraph 80(2)(k), subsections 80.01(11), 80.1(8), 93(2.01) to (2.31), 142.4(1) and 142.7(8) and the definition amortized cost in subsection 248(1), and subparagraph 231(6)(a)(iv) of the Income Tax Regulations, to “Canadian currency” is, in respect of the taxpayer and the particular taxation year, and with such modifications as the context requires, to be read as “the taxpayer’s elected functional currency”, and

  • (4) Subparagraph 261(7)(d)(i) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (i) is in respect of the taxpayer’s undepreciated capital cost of depreciable property of a prescribed class, cumulative Canadian exploration expense (as defined in subsection 66.1(6)), cumulative Canadian development expense (as defined in subsection 66.2(5)), cumulative foreign resource expense in respect of a country other than Canada (as defined in subsection 66.21(1)) or cumulative Canadian oil and gas property expense (as defined in subsection 66.4(5)) (each of which is referred to in this paragraph as a pool amount), and

  • (5) Section 261 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (10):

    • Marginal note:Debt parking — foreign exchange

      (10.1) For the purposes of determining a taxpayer’s gain under subsection (10), if at a particular time a pre-transition debt of the taxpayer (referred to in this subsection as the debtor) that is denominated in a currency other than Canadian currency becomes a parked obligation (within the meaning assigned by subsection 39(2.02)), the debtor is deemed to have made, at that time, a particular payment on account of the principal amount of the debt equal to

      • (a) if the debt has become a parked obligation at that particular time as a result of its acquisition by the holder of the debt, the portion of the amount paid by the holder to acquire the debt that can reasonably be considered to relate to the principal amount of the debt at the particular time; and

      • (b) in any other case, the portion of the fair market value of the debt that can reasonably be considered to relate to the principal amount of the debt at the particular time.

  • (6) Section 261 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (14):

    • Marginal note:Debt parking — foreign exchange

      (14.1) For the purposes of determining a taxpayer’s gain under subsection (14), if at a particular time a pre-reversion debt of the taxpayer (referred to in this subsection as the debtor) that is denominated in a currency other than the taxpayer’s elected functional currency becomes a parked obligation (within the meaning assigned by subsection 39(2.02)), the debtor is deemed to have made, at that time, a particular payment on account of the principal amount of the debt equal to

      • (a) if the debt has become a parked obligation at that particular time as a result of its acquisition by the holder of the debt, the portion of the amount paid by the holder to acquire the debt that can reasonably be considered to relate to the principal amount of the debt at the particular time; and

      • (b) in any other case, the portion of the fair market value of the debt that can reasonably be considered to relate to the principal amount of the debt at the particular time.

  • (7) Subsections (1) to (4) come into force or are deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2017.

  • (8) Subsections (5) and (6) are deemed to have come into force on March 22, 2016. However, subsections (5) and (6) do not apply to a debtor in respect of a debt owing by that debtor at the time that the debt meets the conditions to become a parked obligation under subsection 39(2.02) of the Act (as enacted by subsection 13(4)), because of a written agreement entered into before March 22, 2016, if that time is before 2017.

 

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