Income Tax Act
Marginal note:Recaptured depreciation
13 (1) If, at the end of a taxation year, the total of the amounts determined for E to K in the definition undepreciated capital cost in subsection (21) in respect of a taxpayer’s depreciable property of a particular prescribed class exceeds the total of the amounts determined for A to D.1 in that definition in respect of that property, the excess shall be included in computing the taxpayer’s income of the year.
Marginal note:Idem
(2) Notwithstanding subsection 13(1), where an excess amount is determined under that subsection at the end of a taxation year in respect of a passenger vehicle having a cost to a taxpayer in excess of $20,000 or such other amount as may be prescribed, that excess amount shall not be included in computing the taxpayer’s income for the year but shall be deemed, for the purposes of B in the definition undepreciated capital cost in subsection 13(21), to be an amount included in the taxpayer’s income for the year by reason of this section.
Marginal note:“Taxation year”, “year” and “income” of individual
(3) Where a taxpayer is an individual whose income for a taxation year includes income from a business the fiscal period of which does not coincide with the calendar year and depreciable property acquired for the purpose of gaining or producing income from the business has been disposed of,
(a) for greater certainty, each reference in subsections 13(1) and 13(2) to a “taxation year” and “year” shall be read as a reference to a “fiscal period”; and
(b) a reference in subsection 13(1) to “the income” shall be read as a reference to “the income from the business”.
Marginal note:Exchanges of property
(4) Where an amount in respect of the disposition in a taxation year (in this subsection referred to as the “initial year”) of depreciable property (in this section referred to as the “former property”) of a prescribed class of a taxpayer would, but for this subsection, be the amount determined for F or G in the definition undepreciated capital cost in subsection 13(21) in respect of the disposition of the former property that is either
(a) property the proceeds of disposition of which were proceeds referred to in paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of the definition proceeds of disposition in subsection 13(21), or
(b) a property that was, immediately before the disposition, a former business property of the taxpayer,
and the taxpayer so elects under this subsection in the taxpayer’s return of income for the taxation year in which the taxpayer acquires a depreciable property of a prescribed class of the taxpayer that is a replacement property for the taxpayer’s former property,
(c) the amount otherwise determined for F or G in the definition undepreciated capital cost in subsection 13(21) in respect of the disposition of the former property shall be reduced by the lesser of
(i) the amount, if any, by which the amount otherwise determined for F or G in that definition exceeds the undepreciated capital cost to the taxpayer of property of the prescribed class to which the former property belonged at the time immediately before the time that the former property was disposed of, and
(ii) the amount that has been used by the taxpayer to acquire
(A) if the former property is described in paragraph (a), before the later of the end of the second taxation year following the initial year and 24 months after the end of the initial year, or
(B) in any other case, before the later of the end of the first taxation year following the initial year and 12 months after the end of the initial year,
a replacement property of a prescribed class that has not been disposed of by the taxpayer before the time at which the taxpayer disposed of the former property, and
(d) the amount of the reduction determined under paragraph 13(4)(c) shall be deemed to be proceeds of disposition of a depreciable property of the taxpayer that had a capital cost equal to that amount and that was property of the same class as the replacement property, from a disposition made on the later of
(i) the time the replacement property was acquired by the taxpayer, and
(ii) the time the former property was disposed of by the taxpayer.
Marginal note:Replacement for a former property
(4.1) For the purposes of subsection 13(4), a particular depreciable property of a prescribed class of a taxpayer is a replacement for a former property of the taxpayer if
(a) it is reasonable to conclude that the property was acquired by the taxpayer to replace the former property;
(a.1) it was acquired by the taxpayer and used by the taxpayer or a person related to the taxpayer for a use that is the same as or similar to the use to which the taxpayer or a person related to the taxpayer put the former property;
(b) where the former property was used by the taxpayer or a person related to the taxpayer for the purpose of gaining or producing income from a business, the particular depreciable property was acquired for the purpose of gaining or producing income from that or a similar business or for use by a person related to the taxpayer for such a purpose;
(c) where the former property was a taxable Canadian property of the taxpayer, the particular depreciable property is a taxable Canadian property of the taxpayer; and
(d) where the former property was a taxable Canadian property (other than treaty-protected property) of the taxpayer, the particular depreciable property is a taxable Canadian property (other than treaty-protected property) of the taxpayer.
Marginal note:Election — limited period franchise, concession or license
(4.2) Subsection (4.3) applies if
(a) a taxpayer (in this subsection and subsection (4.3) referred to as the “transferor”) has, pursuant to a written agreement with a person or partnership (in this subsection and subsection (4.3) referred to as the “transferee”), at any time disposed of or terminated a former property that is a franchise, concession or licence for a limited period that is wholly attributable to the carrying on of a business at a fixed place;
(b) the transferee acquired the former property from the transferor or, on the termination, acquired a similar property in respect of the same fixed place from another person or partnership; and
(c) the transferor and the transferee jointly elect in their returns of income for their taxation years that include that time to have subsection (4.3) apply in respect of the acquisition and the disposition or termination.
Marginal note:Effect of election
(4.3) If this subsection applies in respect of an acquisition and a disposition or termination,
(a) if the transferee acquired a similar property referred to in paragraph (4.2)(b), the transferee is deemed to have also acquired the former property at the time that the former property was terminated and to own the former property until the transferee no longer owns the similar property;
(b) if the transferee acquired the former property referred to in paragraph (4.2)(b), the transferee is deemed to own the former property until such time as the transferee owns neither the former property nor a similar property in respect of the same fixed place to which the former property related;
(c) for the purpose of calculating the amount deductible under paragraph 20(1)(a) in respect of the former property in computing the transferee’s income, the life of the former property remaining on its acquisition by the transferee is deemed to be equal to the period that was the life of the former property remaining on its acquisition by the transferor; and
(d) any amount that would, if this Act were read without reference to this subsection, be an eligible capital amount to the transferor or an eligible capital expenditure to the transferee in respect of the disposition or termination of the former property by the transferor is deemed to be
(i) neither an eligible capital amount nor an eligible capital expenditure,
(ii) an amount required to be included in computing the capital cost to the transferee of the former property, and
(iii) an amount required to be included in computing the proceeds of disposition to the transferor in respect of a disposition of the former property.
Marginal note:Reclassification of property
(5) Where one or more depreciable properties of a taxpayer that were included in a prescribed class (in this subsection referred to as the “old class”) become included at any time (in this subsection referred to as the “transfer time”) in another prescribed class (in this subsection referred to as the “new class”), for the purpose of determining at any subsequent time the undepreciated capital cost to the taxpayer of depreciable property of the old class and the new class
(a) the value of A in the definition undepreciated capital cost in subsection 13(21) shall be determined as if each of those depreciable properties were
(i) properties of the new class acquired before the subsequent time, and
(ii) never included in the old class; and
(b) there shall be deducted in computing the total depreciation allowed to the taxpayer for property of the old class before the subsequent time, and added in computing the total depreciation allowed to the taxpayer for property of the new class before the subsequent time, the greater of
(i) the amount determined by the formula
A - B
where
- A
- is the total of all amounts each of which is the capital cost to the taxpayer of each of those depreciable properties, and
- B
- is the undepreciated capital cost to the taxpayer of depreciable property of the old class at the transfer time, and
(ii) the total of all amounts each of which is an amount that would have been deducted under paragraph 20(1)(a) in respect of a depreciable property that is one of those properties in computing the taxpayer’s income for a taxation year that ended before the transfer time and at the end of which the property was included in the old class if
(A) the property had been the only property included in a separate prescribed class, and
(B) the rate allowed by the regulations made for the purpose of paragraph 20(1)(a) in respect of that separate class had been the effective rate that was used by the taxpayer to calculate a deduction under that paragraph in respect of the old class for the year.
Marginal note:Rules applicable
(5.1) Where at any time in a taxation year a taxpayer acquires a particular property in respect of which, immediately before that time, the taxpayer had a leasehold interest that was included in a prescribed class, for the purposes of this section, section 20 and any regulations made under paragraph 20(1)(a), the following rules apply:
(a) the leasehold interest shall be deemed to have been disposed of by the taxpayer at that time for proceeds of disposition equal to the amount, if any, by which
(i) the capital cost immediately before that time of the leasehold interest
exceeds
(ii) the total of all amounts claimed by the taxpayer in respect of the leasehold interest and deductible under paragraph 20(1)(a) in computing the taxpayer’s income in previous taxation years;
(b) the particular property shall be deemed to be depreciable property of a prescribed class of the taxpayer acquired by the taxpayer at that time and there shall be added to the capital cost to the taxpayer of the property an amount equal to the capital cost referred to in subparagraph 13(5.1)(a)(i); and
(c) the total referred to in subparagraph 13(5.1)(a)(ii) shall be added to the total depreciation allowed to the taxpayer before that time in respect of the class to which the particular property belongs.
Marginal note:Deemed cost and depreciation
(5.2) If, at any time, a taxpayer has acquired a capital property that is depreciable property or real or immovable property in respect of which, before that time, the taxpayer or any person with whom the taxpayer was not dealing at arm’s length was entitled to a deduction in computing income in respect of any amount paid or payable for the use of, or the right to use, the property and the cost or the capital cost (determined without reference to this subsection) at that time of the property to the taxpayer is less than the fair market value thereof at that time determined without reference to any option with respect to that property, for the purposes of this section, section 20 and any regulations made under paragraph 20(1)(a), the following rules apply:
(a) the property shall be deemed to have been acquired by the taxpayer at that time at a cost equal to the lesser of
(i) the fair market value of the property at that time determined without reference to any option with respect to that property, and
(ii) the total of the cost or the capital cost (determined without reference to this subsection) of the property to the taxpayer and all amounts (other than amounts paid or payable to a person with whom the taxpayer was not dealing at arm’s length) each of which is an outlay or expense made or incurred by the taxpayer or by a person with whom the taxpayer was not dealing at arm’s length at any time for the use of, or the right to use, the property,
and for the purposes of this paragraph and subsection 13(5.3), where a particular corporation has been incorporated or otherwise formed after the time any other corporation with which the particular corporation would not have been dealing at arm’s length had the particular corporation been in existence before that time, the particular corporation shall be deemed to have been in existence from the time of the formation of the other corporation and to have been not dealing at arm’s length with the other corporation;
(b) the amount by which the cost to the taxpayer of the property determined under paragraph 13(5.2)(a) exceeds the cost or the capital cost thereof (determined without reference to this subsection) shall be added to the total depreciation allowed to the taxpayer before that time in respect of the prescribed class to which the property belongs; and
(c) where the property would, but for this paragraph, not be depreciable property of the taxpayer, it shall be deemed to be depreciable property of a separate prescribed class of the taxpayer.
Marginal note:Deemed recapture
(5.3) If, at any time in a taxation year, a taxpayer has disposed of a capital property that is an option with respect to depreciable property or real or immovable property in respect of which the taxpayer or any person with whom the taxpayer was not dealing at arm’s length was entitled to a deduction in computing income in respect of any amount paid for the use of, or the right to use, the property, for the purposes of this section, the amount, if any, by which the proceeds of disposition to the taxpayer of the option exceed the taxpayer’s cost in respect thereof is deemed to be an excess referred to in subsection (1) in respect of the taxpayer for the year.
Marginal note:Idem
(5.4) Where, before the time of disposition of a capital property that was depreciable property of a taxpayer, the taxpayer, or any person with whom the taxpayer was not dealing at arm’s length, was entitled to a deduction in computing income in respect of any outlay or expense made or incurred for the use of, or the right to use, during a period of time, that capital property (other than an outlay or expense made or incurred by the taxpayer or a person with whom the taxpayer was not dealing at arm’s length before the acquisition of the property), except where the taxpayer disposed of the property to a person with whom the taxpayer was not dealing at arm’s length and that person was subject to the provisions of subsection 13(5.2) with respect to the acquisition by that person of the property, the following rules apply:
(a) an amount equal to the lesser of
(i) the total of all amounts (other than amounts paid or payable to the taxpayer or a person with whom the taxpayer was not dealing at arm’s length) each of which was a deductible outlay or expense made or incurred before the time of disposition by the taxpayer, or by a person with whom the taxpayer was not dealing at arm’s length, for the use of, or the right to use, during the period of time, the property, and
(ii) the amount, if any, by which the fair market value of the property at the earlier of
(A) the expiration of the last period of time in respect of which the deductible outlay or expense referred to in subparagraph 13(5.4)(a)(i) was made or incurred, and
(B) the time of the disposition
exceeds the capital cost to the taxpayer of the property immediately before that time
shall immediately before the time of the disposition, be added to the capital cost of the property to the person who owned the property at that time; and
(b) the amount added to the capital cost to the taxpayer of the property pursuant to paragraph 13(5.4)(a) shall be added immediately before the time of the disposition to the total depreciation allowed to the taxpayer before that time in respect of the prescribed class to which the property belongs.
Marginal note:Lease cancellation payment
(5.5) For the purposes of subsection 13(5.4), an amount deductible by a taxpayer under paragraph 20(1)(z) or 20(1)(z.1) in respect of a cancellation of a lease of property shall, for greater certainty, be deemed not to be an outlay or expense that was made or incurred by the taxpayer for the use of, or the right to use, the property.
Marginal note:Misclassified property
(6) Where, in calculating the amount of a deduction allowed to a taxpayer under subsection 20(16) or regulations made for the purposes of paragraph 20(1)(a) in respect of depreciable property of the taxpayer of a prescribed class (in this subsection referred to as the “particular class”), there has been added to the capital cost to the taxpayer of depreciable property of the particular class the capital cost of depreciable property (in this subsection referred to as “added property”) of another prescribed class, for the purposes of this section, section 20 and any regulations made for the purposes of paragraph 20(1)(a), the added property shall, if the Minister so directs with respect to any taxation year for which, under subsection 152(4), the Minister may make any reassessment or additional assessment or assess tax, interest or penalties under this Part, be deemed to have been property of the particular class and not of the other class at all times before the beginning of the year and, except to the extent that the added property or any part thereof has been disposed of by the taxpayer before the beginning of the year, to have been transferred from the particular class to the other class at the beginning of the year.
Marginal note:Rules applicable
(7) Subject to subsection 70(13), for the purposes of paragraphs 8(1)(j) and 8(1)(p), this section, section 20 and any regulations made for the purpose of paragraph 20(1)(a),
(a) where a taxpayer, having acquired property for the purpose of gaining or producing income, has begun at a later time to use it for some other purpose, the taxpayer shall be deemed to have disposed of it at that later time for proceeds of disposition equal to its fair market value at that time and to have reacquired it immediately thereafter at a cost equal to that fair market value;
(b) where a taxpayer, having acquired property for some other purpose, has begun at a later time to use it for the purpose of gaining or producing income, the taxpayer shall be deemed to have acquired it at that later time at a capital cost to the taxpayer equal to the lesser of
(i) the fair market value of the property at that later time, and
(ii) the total of
(A) the cost to the taxpayer of the property at that later time determined without reference to this paragraph, paragraph 13(7)(a) and subparagraph 13(7)(d)(ii), and
(B) 1/2 of the amount, if any, by which
(I) the fair market value of the property at that later time
exceeds the total of
(II) the cost to the taxpayer of the property as determined under clause 13(7)(b)(ii)(A), and
(III) twice the amount deducted by the taxpayer under section 110.6 in respect of the amount, if any, by which the fair market value of the property at that later time exceeds the cost to the taxpayer of the property as determined under clause 13(7)(b)(ii)(A);
(c) where property has, since it was acquired by a taxpayer, been regularly used in part for the purpose of gaining or producing income and in part for some other purpose, the taxpayer shall be deemed to have acquired, for the purpose of gaining or producing income, the proportion of the property that the use regularly made of the property for gaining or producing income is of the whole use regularly made of the property at a capital cost to the taxpayer equal to the same proportion of the capital cost to the taxpayer of the whole property and, if the property has, in such a case, been disposed of, the proceeds of disposition of the proportion of the property deemed to have been acquired for gaining or producing income shall be deemed to be the same proportion of the proceeds of disposition of the whole property;
(d) where, at any time after a taxpayer has acquired property, there has been a change in the relation between the use regularly made by the taxpayer of the property for gaining or producing income and the use regularly made of the property for other purposes,
(i) if the use regularly made by the taxpayer of the property for the purpose of gaining or producing income has increased, the taxpayer shall be deemed to have acquired at that time depreciable property of that class at a capital cost equal to the total of
(A) the proportion of the lesser of
(I) its fair market value at that time, and
(II) its cost to the taxpayer at that time determined without reference to this subparagraph, subparagraph 13(7)(d)(ii) and paragraph 13(7)(a)
that the amount of the increase in the use regularly made by the taxpayer of the property for that purpose is of the whole of the use regularly made of the property, and
(B) 1/2 of the amount, if any, by which
(I) the amount deemed under subparagraph 45(1)(c)(ii) to be the taxpayer’s proceeds of disposition of the property in respect of the change
exceeds the total of
(II) that proportion of the cost to the taxpayer of the property as determined under subclause 13(7)(d)(i)(A)(II) that the amount of the increase in the use regularly made by the taxpayer of the property for that purpose is of the whole of the use regularly made of the property, and
(III) twice the amount deducted by the taxpayer under section 110.6 in respect of the amount, if any, by which the amount determined under subclause 13(7)(d)(i)(B)(I) exceeds the amount determined under subclause 13(7)(d)(i)(B)(II), and
(ii) if the use regularly made of the property for the purpose of gaining or producing income has decreased, the taxpayer shall be deemed to have disposed at that time of depreciable property of that class and the proceeds of disposition shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the proportion of the fair market value of the property as of that time that the amount of the decrease in the use regularly made by the taxpayer of the property for that purpose is of the whole use regularly made of the property;
(e) notwithstanding any other provision of this Act except subsection 70(13), where at a particular time a person or partnership (in this paragraph referred to as the “taxpayer”) has, directly or indirectly, in any manner whatever, acquired (otherwise than as a consequence of the death of the transferor) a depreciable property (other than a timber resource property) of a prescribed class from a person or partnership with whom the taxpayer did not deal at arm’s length (in this paragraph referred to as the “transferor”) and, immediately before the transfer, the property was a capital property of the transferor,
(i) where the transferor was an individual resident in Canada or a partnership any member of which was either an individual resident in Canada or another partnership and the cost of the property to the taxpayer at the particular time determined without reference to this paragraph exceeds the cost, or where the property was depreciable property, the capital cost of the property to the transferor immediately before the transferor disposed of it, the capital cost of the property to the taxpayer at the particular time shall be deemed to be the amount that is equal to the total of
(A) the cost or capital cost, as the case may be, of the property to the transferor immediately before the particular time, and
(B) 1/2 of the amount, if any, by which
(I) the transferor’s proceeds of disposition of the property
exceed the total of
(II) the cost or capital cost, as the case may be, to the transferor immediately before the particular time,
(III) twice the amount deducted by any person under section 110.6 in respect of the amount, if any, by which the amount determined under subclause 13(7)(e)(i)(B)(I) exceeds the amount determined under subclause 13(7)(e)(i)(B)(II), and
(IV) the amount, if any, required by subsection 110.6(21) to be deducted in computing the capital cost to the taxpayer of the property at that time
and for the purposes of paragraph 13(7)(b) and subparagraph 13(7)(d)(i), the cost of the property to the taxpayer shall be deemed to be the same amount,
(ii) where the transferor was neither an individual resident in Canada nor a partnership any member of which was either an individual resident in Canada or another partnership and the cost of the property to the taxpayer at the particular time determined without reference to this paragraph exceeds the cost, or where the property was depreciable property, the capital cost of the property to the transferor immediately before the transferor disposed of it, the capital cost of the property to the taxpayer at that time shall be deemed to be the amount that is equal to the total of
(A) the cost or capital cost, as the case may be, of the property to the transferor immediately before the particular time, and
(B) 1/2 of the amount, if any, by which the transferor’s proceeds of disposition of the property exceed the cost or capital cost, as the case may be, to the transferor immediately before the particular time
and for the purposes of paragraph 13(7)(b) and subparagraph 13(7)(d)(i), the cost of the property to the taxpayer shall be deemed to be the same amount, and
(iii) where the cost or capital cost, as the case may be, of the property to the transferor immediately before the transferor disposed of it exceeds the capital cost of the property to the taxpayer at that time determined without reference to this paragraph, the capital cost of the property to the taxpayer at that time shall be deemed to be the amount that was the cost or capital cost, as the case may be, of the property to the transferor immediately before the transferor disposed of it and the excess shall be deemed to have been allowed to the taxpayer in respect of the property under regulations made under paragraph 20(1)(a) in computing the taxpayer’s income for taxation years ending before the acquisition of the property by the taxpayer;
(e.1) where a taxpayer is deemed by paragraph 110.6(19)(a) to have disposed of and reacquired a property that immediately before the disposition was a depreciable property, the taxpayer shall be deemed to have acquired the property from himself, herself or itself and, in so having acquired the property, not to have been dealing with himself, herself or itself at arm’s length;
(f) if a taxpayer is deemed under paragraph 111(4)(e) to have disposed of and reacquired depreciable property (other than a timber resource property), the capital cost to the taxpayer of the property at the time of the reacquisition is deemed to be equal to the total of
(i) the capital cost to the taxpayer of the property at the time of the disposition, and
(ii) 1/2 of the amount, if any, by which the taxpayer’s proceeds of disposition of the property exceed the capital cost to the taxpayer of the property at the time of the disposition;
(g) where the cost to a taxpayer of a passenger vehicle exceeds $20,000 or such other amount as is prescribed, the capital cost to the taxpayer of the vehicle shall be deemed to be $20,000 or that other prescribed amount, as the case may be; and
(h) notwithstanding paragraph 13(7)(g), where a passenger vehicle is acquired by a taxpayer at any time from a person with whom the taxpayer does not deal at arm’s length, the capital cost at that time to the taxpayer of the vehicle shall be deemed to be the least of
(i) the fair market value of the vehicle at that time,
(ii) the amount that immediately before that time was the cost amount to that person of the vehicle, and
(iii) $20,000 or such other amount as is prescribed.
Marginal note:Deemed capital cost of certain property
(7.1) For the purposes of this Act, where section 80 applied to reduce the capital cost to a taxpayer of a depreciable property or a taxpayer deducted an amount under subsection 127(5) or 127(6) in respect of a depreciable property or received or is entitled to receive assistance from a government, municipality or other public authority in respect of, or for the acquisition of, depreciable property, whether as a grant, subsidy, forgivable loan, deduction from tax, investment allowance or as any other form of assistance other than
(a) an amount described in paragraph 37(1)(d),
(b) an amount deducted as an allowance under section 65, or
(b.1) an amount included in income by virtue of paragraph 12(1)(u) or 56(1)(s),
the capital cost of the property to the taxpayer at any particular time shall be deemed to be the amount, if any, by which the total of
(c) the capital cost of the property to the taxpayer, determined without reference to this subsection, subsection 13(7.4) and section 80, and
(d) such part, if any, of the assistance as has been repaid by the taxpayer, pursuant to an obligation to repay all or any part of that assistance, in respect of that property before the disposition thereof by the taxpayer and before the particular time
exceeds the total of
(e) where the property was acquired in a taxation year ending before the particular time, all amounts deducted under subsection 127(5) or 127(6) by the taxpayer for a taxation year ending before the particular time,
(f) the amount of assistance the taxpayer has received or is entitled, before the particular time, to receive, and
(g) all amounts by which the capital cost of the property to the taxpayer is required because of section 80 to be reduced at or before that time,
in respect of that property before the disposition thereof by the taxpayer.
Marginal note:Receipt of public assistance
(7.2) For the purposes of subsection 13(7.1), where at any time a taxpayer who is a beneficiary of a trust or a member of a partnership has received or is entitled to receive assistance from a government, municipality or other public authority whether as a grant, subsidy, forgivable loan, deduction from tax, investment allowance or as any other form of assistance, the amount of the assistance that may reasonably be considered to be in respect of, or for the acquisition of, depreciable property of the trust or partnership shall be deemed to have been received at that time by the trust or partnership, as the case may be, as assistance from the government, municipality or other public authority for the acquisition of depreciable property.
Marginal note:Control of corporations by one trustee
(7.3) For the purposes of paragraph (7)(e), where at a particular time one corporation would, but for this subsection, be related to another corporation by reason of both corporations being controlled by the same executor, liquidator of a succession or trustee and it is established that
(a) the executor, liquidator or trustee did not acquire control of the corporations as a result of one or more estates or trusts created by the same individual or by two or more individuals not dealing with each other at arm’s length, and
(b) the estate or trust under which the executor, liquidator or trustee acquired control of each of the corporations arose only on the death of the individual creating the estate or trust,
the two corporations are deemed not to be related to each other at the particular time.
Marginal note:Deemed capital cost
(7.4) Notwithstanding subsection 13(7.1), where a taxpayer has in a taxation year received an amount that would, but for this subsection, be included in the taxpayer’s income under paragraph 12(1)(x) in respect of the cost of a depreciable property acquired by the taxpayer in the year, in the three taxation years immediately preceding the year or in the taxation year immediately following the year and the taxpayer elects under this subsection on or before the day on or before which the taxpayer is required to file the taxpayer’s return of income under this Part for the year, or, where the property is acquired in the taxation year immediately following the year, for that following year, the capital cost of the property to the taxpayer shall be deemed to be the amount by which the total of
(a) the capital cost of the property to the taxpayer otherwise determined, applying the provisions of subsection 13(7.1), where necessary, and
(b) such part, if any, of the amount received by the taxpayer as has been repaid by the taxpayer pursuant to a legal obligation to repay all or any part of that amount, in respect of that property and before the disposition thereof by the taxpayer, and as may reasonably be considered to be in respect of the amount elected under this subsection in respect of the property
exceeds the amount elected by the taxpayer under this subsection, but in no case shall the amount elected under this subsection exceed the least of
(c) the amount so received by the taxpayer,
(d) the capital cost of the property to the taxpayer otherwise determined, and
(e) where the taxpayer has disposed of the property before the year, nil.
Marginal note:Deemed capital cost
(7.5) For the purposes of this Act,
(a) where a taxpayer, to acquire a property prescribed in respect of the taxpayer, is required under the terms of a contract made after March 6, 1996 to make a payment to Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province or to a Canadian municipality in respect of costs incurred or to be incurred by the recipient of the payment
(i) the taxpayer is deemed to have acquired the property at a capital cost equal to the portion of that payment made by the taxpayer that can reasonably be regarded as being in respect of those costs, and
(ii) the time of acquisition of the property by the taxpayer is deemed to be the later of the time the payment is made and the time at which those costs are incurred;
(b) where
(i) at any time after March 6, 1996 a taxpayer incurs a cost on account of capital for the building of, for the right to use or in respect of, a prescribed property, and
(ii) the amount of the cost would, if this paragraph did not apply, not be included in the capital cost to the taxpayer of depreciable property of a prescribed class,
the taxpayer is deemed to have acquired the property at that time at a capital cost equal to the amount of the cost;
(c) if a taxpayer acquires an intangible property, or for civil law an incorporeal property, as a consequence of making a payment to which paragraph (a) applies or incurring a cost to which paragraph (b) applies,
(i) the property referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) is deemed to include the intangible or incorporeal property, and
(ii) the portion of the capital cost referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) that applies to the intangible or incorporeal property is deemed to be the amount determined by the formula
A × B/C
where
- A
- is the lesser of the amount of the payment made or cost incurred and the amount determined for C,
- B
- is the fair market value of the intangible or incorporeal property at the time the payment was made or the cost was incurred, and
- C
- is the fair market value at the time the payment was made or the cost was incurred of all intangible or incorporeal properties acquired as a consequence of making the payment or incurring the cost; and
(d) any property deemed by paragraph 13(7.5)(a) or (b) to have been acquired at any time by a taxpayer as a consequence of making a payment or incurring a cost
(i) is deemed to have been acquired for the purpose for which the payment was made or the cost was incurred, and
(ii) is deemed to be owned by the taxpayer at any subsequent time that the taxpayer benefits from the property.
Marginal note:Disposition after ceasing business
(8) Notwithstanding subsections 13(3) and 11(2), where a taxpayer, after ceasing to carry on a business, has disposed of depreciable property of the taxpayer of a prescribed class that was acquired by the taxpayer for the purpose of gaining or producing income from the business and that was not subsequently used by the taxpayer for some other purpose, in applying subsection 13(1) or 13(2), each reference therein to a “taxation year” and “year” shall not be read as a reference to a “fiscal period”.
Meaning of gaining or producing income
(9) In applying paragraphs 13(7)(a) to 13(7)(d) in respect of a non-resident taxpayer, a reference to gaining or producing income in relation to a business shall be read as a reference to “gaining or producing income from a business wholly carried on in Canada or such part of a business as is wholly carried on in Canada”.
Marginal note:Deemed capital cost
(10) For the purposes of this Act, where a taxpayer has, after December 3, 1970 and before April 1, 1972, acquired prescribed property
(a) for use in a prescribed manufacturing or processing business carried on by the taxpayer, and
(b) that was not used for any purpose whatever before it was acquired by the taxpayer,
the taxpayer shall be deemed to have acquired that property at a capital cost to the taxpayer equal to 115% of the amount that, but for this subsection and section 21, would have been the capital cost to the taxpayer of that property.
Marginal note:Deduction in respect of property used in performance of duties
(11) Any amount deducted under subparagraph 8(1)(j)(ii) or 8(1)(p)(ii) of this Act or subsection 11(11) of The Income Tax Act, chapter 52 of the Statutes of Canada, 1948, shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section to have been deducted under regulations made under paragraph 20(1)(a).
Marginal note:Application of para. 20(1)(cc)
(12) Where, in computing the income of a taxpayer for a taxation year, an amount has been deducted under paragraph 20(1)(cc) or the taxpayer has elected under subsection 20(9) to make a deduction in respect of an amount that would otherwise have been deductible under that paragraph, the amount shall, if it was a payment on account of the capital cost of depreciable property, be deemed to have been allowed to the taxpayer in respect of the property under regulations made under paragraph 20(1)(a) in computing the income of the taxpayer
(a) for the year, or
(b) for the year in which the property was acquired,
whichever is the later.
Marginal note:Deduction under Canadian Vessel Construction Assistance Act
(13) Where a deduction has been made under the Canadian Vessel Construction Assistance Act for any taxation year, subsection 13(1) is applicable in respect of the prescribed class created by that Act or any other prescribed class to which the vessel may have been transferred.
Marginal note:Conversion cost
(14) For the purposes of this section, section 20 and any regulations made under paragraph 20(1)(a), a vessel in respect of which any conversion cost is incurred after March 23, 1967 shall, to the extent of the conversion cost, be deemed to be included in a separate prescribed class.
Marginal note:Where s. (1) and subdivision c do not apply
(15) Where a vessel owned by a taxpayer on January 1, 1966 or constructed pursuant to a construction contract entered into by the taxpayer prior to 1966 and not completed by that date was disposed of by the taxpayer before 1974,
(a) subsection 13(1) and subdivision c do not apply to the proceeds of disposition
(i) if an amount at least equal to the proceeds of disposition was used by the taxpayer, before May, 1974 and during the taxation year of the taxpayer in which the vessel was disposed of or within 4 months after the end of that taxation year, under conditions satisfactory to the appropriate minister, either for replacement or to incur any conversion cost with respect to a vessel owned by the taxpayer, or
(ii) if the appropriate minister certified that the taxpayer had, on satisfactory terms, deposited
(A) on or before the day on which the taxpayer was required to file a return of the taxpayer’s income for the taxation year in which the vessel was disposed of, or
(B) on or before such day subsequent to the day referred to in clause 13(15)(a)(ii)(A) as the appropriate minister specified in respect of the taxpayer,
an amount at least equal to the tax that would, but for this subsection, have been payable by the taxpayer under this Part in respect of the proceeds of disposition, or satisfactory security therefor, as a guarantee that the proceeds of disposition would be used before 1975 for replacement; and
(b) if within the time specified for the filing of a return of the taxpayer’s income for the taxation year in which the vessel was disposed of
(i) the taxpayer elected to have the vessel constituted a prescribed class, or
(ii) where any conversion cost in respect of the vessel was included in a separate prescribed class, the taxpayer elected to have the vessel transferred to that class,
the vessel shall be deemed to have been so transferred immediately before the disposition thereof, but this paragraph does not apply unless the proceeds of disposition of the vessel exceed the amount that would be the undepreciated capital cost of property of the class to which it would be so transferred.
Marginal note:Election concerning vessel
(16) Where a vessel owned by a taxpayer is disposed of by the taxpayer, the taxpayer may, if subsection 13(15) does not apply to the proceeds of disposition or if the taxpayer did not make an election under paragraph 13(15)(b) in respect of the vessel, within the time specified for the filing of a return of the taxpayer’s income for the taxation year in which the vessel was disposed of, elect to have the proceeds that would be included in computing the taxpayer’s income for the year under this Part treated as proceeds of disposition of property of another prescribed class that includes a vessel owned by the taxpayer.
Marginal note:Separate prescribed class concerning vessel
(17) Where a separate prescribed class has been constituted either under this Act or the Canadian Vessel Construction Assistance Act by reason of the conversion of a vessel owned by a taxpayer and the vessel is disposed of by the taxpayer, if no election in respect of the vessel was made under paragraph 13(15)(b), the separate prescribed class constituted by reason of the conversion shall be deemed to have been transferred to the class in which the vessel was included immediately before the disposition thereof.
Marginal note:Reassessments
(18) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, where a taxpayer has
(a) used an amount as described in paragraph 13(4)(c), or
(b) made an election under paragraph 13(15)(b) in respect of a vessel and the proceeds of disposition of the vessel were used before 1975 for replacement under conditions satisfactory to the appropriate minister,
such reassessments of tax, interest or penalties shall be made as are necessary to give effect to subsections 13(4) and 13(15).
Marginal note:Ascertainment of certain property
(18.1) For the purpose of determining whether property meets the criteria set out in the Regulations in respect of prescribed energy conservation property, the Technical Guide to Class 43.1, as amended from time to time and published by the Department of Natural Resources, shall apply conclusively with respect to engineering and scientific matters.
Marginal note:Disposition of deposit
(19) All or any part of a deposit made under subparagraph 13(15)(a)(ii) or under the Canadian Vessel Construction Assistance Act may be paid out to or on behalf of any person who, under conditions satisfactory to the appropriate minister and as a replacement for the vessel disposed of, acquires a vessel before 1975
(a) that was constructed in Canada and is registered in Canada or is registered under conditions satisfactory to the appropriate minister in any country or territory to which the British Commonwealth Merchant Shipping Agreement, signed at London on December 10, 1931, applies, and
(b) in respect of the capital cost of which no allowance has been made to any other taxpayer under this Act or the Canadian Vessel Construction Assistance Act,
or incurs any conversion cost with respect to a vessel owned by that person that is registered in Canada or is registered under conditions satisfactory to the appropriate minister in any country or territory to which the agreement referred to in paragraph 13(19)(a) applies, but the ratio of the amount paid out to the amount of the deposit shall not exceed the ratio of the capital cost to that person of the vessel or the conversion cost to that person of the vessel, as the case may be, to the proceeds of disposition of the vessel disposed of, and any deposit or part of a deposit not so paid out before July 1, 1975 or not paid out pursuant to subsection 13(20) shall be paid to the Receiver General and form part of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
Marginal note:Idem
(20) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, where a taxpayer made a deposit under subparagraph 13(15)(a)(ii) and the proceeds of disposition in respect of which the deposit was made were not used by any person before 1975 under conditions satisfactory to the appropriate minister as a replacement for the vessel disposed of,
(a) to acquire a vessel described in paragraphs 13(19)(a) and 13(19)(b), or
(b) to incur any conversion cost with respect to a vessel owned by that person that is registered in Canada or is registered under conditions satisfactory to the appropriate minister in any country or territory to which the agreement referred to in paragraph 13(19)(a) applies,
the appropriate minister may refund to the taxpayer the deposit, or the part thereof not paid out to the taxpayer under subsection 13(19), as the case may be, in which case there shall be added, in computing the income of the taxpayer for the taxation year of the taxpayer in which the vessel was disposed of, that proportion of the amount that would have been included in computing the income for the year under this Part had the deposit not been made under subparagraph 13(15)(a)(ii) that the portion of the proceeds of disposition not so used before 1975 as such a replacement is of the proceeds of disposition, and, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, such reassessments of tax, interest or penalties shall be made as are necessary to give effect to this subsection.
Marginal note:Definitions
(21) In this section,
appropriate minister
ministre compétent
appropriate minister means the Canadian Maritime Commission, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce, the Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion, the Minister of Industry, Science and Technology or the Minister of Industry or any other minister or body that was or is legally authorized to perform the act referred to in the provision in which this expression occurs at the time the act was or is performed; (ministre compétent)
conversion
conversion
conversion, in respect of a vessel, means a conversion or major alteration in Canada by a taxpayer; (conversion)
conversion cost
frais de conversion
conversion cost, in respect of a vessel, means the cost of a conversion; (frais de conversion)
depreciable property
bien amortissable
depreciable property of a taxpayer as of any time in a taxation year means property acquired by the taxpayer in respect of which the taxpayer has been allowed, or would, if the taxpayer owned the property at the end of the year and this Act were read without reference to subsection 13(26), be entitled to, a deduction under paragraph 20(1)(a) in computing income for that year or a preceding taxation year; (bien amortissable)
- disposition of property
disposition of property[Repealed, 2001, c. 17, s. 6(5)]
proceeds of disposition
produit de disposition
proceeds of disposition of property includes
(a) the sale price of property that has been sold,
(b) compensation for property unlawfully taken,
(c) compensation for property destroyed and any amount payable under a policy of insurance in respect of loss or destruction of property,
(d) compensation for property taken under statutory authority or the sale price of property sold to a person by whom notice of an intention to take it under statutory authority was given,
(e) compensation for property injuriously affected, whether lawfully or unlawfully or under statutory authority or otherwise,
(f) compensation for property damaged and any amount payable under a policy of insurance in respect of damage to property, except to the extent that the compensation or amount, as the case may be, has within a reasonable time after the damage been expended on repairing the damage,
(g) an amount by which the liability of a taxpayer to a mortgagee or hypothecary creditor is reduced as a result of the sale of mortgaged or hypothecated property under a provision of the mortgage or hypothec, plus any amount received by the taxpayer out of the proceeds of the sale, and
(h) any amount included because of section 79 in computing a taxpayer’s proceeds of disposition of the property; (produit de disposition)
timber resource property
avoir forestier
timber resource property of a taxpayer means
(a) a right or licence to cut or remove timber from a limit or area in Canada (in this definition referred to as an “original right”) if
(i) that original right was acquired by the taxpayer (other than in the manner referred to in paragraph 13(21) timber resource property (b)) after May 6, 1974, and
(ii) at the time of the acquisition of the original right
(A) the taxpayer may reasonably be regarded as having acquired, directly or indirectly, the right to extend or renew that original right or to acquire another such right or licence in substitution therefor, or
(B) in the ordinary course of events, the taxpayer may reasonably expect to be able to extend or renew that original right or to acquire another such right or licence in substitution therefor, or
(b) any right or licence owned by the taxpayer to cut or remove timber from a limit or area in Canada if that right or licence may reasonably be regarded
(i) as an extension or renewal of or as one of a series of extensions or renewals of an original right of the taxpayer, or
(ii) as having been acquired in substitution for or as one of a series of substitutions for an original right of the taxpayer or any renewal or extension thereof; (avoir forestier)
total depreciation
amortissement total
total depreciation allowed to a taxpayer before any time for property of a prescribed class means the total of all amounts each of which is an amount deducted by the taxpayer under paragraph 20(1)(a) in respect of property of that class or an amount deducted under subsection 20(16), or that would have been so deducted but for subsection 20(16.1), in computing the taxpayer’s income for taxation years ending before that time; (amortissement total)
undepreciated capital cost
fraction non amortie du coût en capital
undepreciated capital cost to a taxpayer of depreciable property of a prescribed class as of any time means the amount determined by the formula
(A + B + C + D + D.1) - (E + E.1 + F + G + H + I + J + K)
where
- A
- is the total of all amounts each of which is the capital cost to the taxpayer of a depreciable property of the class acquired before that time,
- B
- is the total of all amounts included in the taxpayer’s income under this section for a taxation year ending before that time, to the extent that those amounts relate to depreciable property of the class,
- C
- is the total of all amounts each of which is such part of any assistance as has been repaid by the taxpayer, pursuant to an obligation to repay all or any part of that assistance, in respect of a depreciable property of the class subsequent to the disposition thereof by the taxpayer that would have been included in an amount determined under paragraph 13(7.1)(d) had the repayment been made before the disposition,
- D
- is the total of all amounts each of which is an amount repaid in respect of a property of the class subsequent to the disposition thereof by the taxpayer that would have been an amount described in paragraph 13(7.4)(b) had the repayment been made before the disposition,
- D.1
- is the total of all amounts each of which is an amount paid by the taxpayer before that time as or on account of an existing or proposed countervailing or anti-dumping duty in respect of depreciable property of the class,
- E
- is the total depreciation allowed to the taxpayer for property of the class before that time, including, if the taxpayer is an insurer, depreciation deemed to have been allowed before that time under subsection (22) or (23) as they read in their application to the taxpayer’s last taxation year that began before November 2011,
- E.1
- is the total of all amounts each of which is an amount by which the undepreciated capital cost to the taxpayer of depreciable property of that class is required (otherwise than because of a reduction in the capital cost to the taxpayer of depreciable property) to be reduced at or before that time because of subsection 80(5),
- F
- is the total of all amounts each of which is an amount in respect of a disposition before that time of property (other than a timber resource property) of the taxpayer of the class, and is the lesser of
(a) the proceeds of disposition of the property minus any outlays and expenses to the extent that they were made or incurred by the taxpayer for the purpose of making the disposition, and
(b) the capital cost to the taxpayer of the property,
- G
- is the total of all amounts each of which is the proceeds of disposition before that time of a timber resource property of the taxpayer of the class minus any outlays and expenses to the extent that they were made or incurred by the taxpayer for the purpose of making the disposition,
- H
- is, where the property of the class was acquired by the taxpayer for the purpose of gaining or producing income from a mine and the taxpayer so elects in prescribed manner and within a prescribed time in respect of that property, the amount equal to that portion of the income derived from the operation of the mine that is, by virtue of the provisions of the Income Tax Application Rules relating to income from the operation of new mines, not included in computing income of the taxpayer or any other person,
- I
- is the total of all amounts deducted under subsection 127(5) or 127(6), in respect of a depreciable property of the class of the taxpayer, in computing the taxpayers tax payable for a taxation year ending before that time and subsequent to the disposition of that property by the taxpayer,
- J
- is the total of all amounts of assistance that the taxpayer received or was entitled to receive before that time, in respect of or for the acquisition of a depreciable property of the class of the taxpayer subsequent to the disposition of that property by the taxpayer, that would have been included in an amount determined under paragraph 13(7.1)(f) had the assistance been received before the disposition, and
- K
- is the total of all amounts each of which is an amount received by the taxpayer before that time in respect of a refund of an amount added to the undepreciated capital cost of depreciable property of the class because of the description of D.1;
vessel
navire
vessel means a vessel as defined in the Canada Shipping Act. (navire)
Marginal note:Disposition of building
(21.1) Notwithstanding subsection 13(7) and the definition proceeds of disposition in section 54, where at any particular time in a taxation year a taxpayer disposes of a building of a prescribed class and the proceeds of disposition of the building determined without reference to this subsection and subsection 13(21.2) are less than the lesser of the cost amount and the capital cost to the taxpayer of the building immediately before the disposition, for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the description of F in the definition undepreciated capital cost in subsection 13(21) and subdivision c,
(a) where in the year the taxpayer or a person with whom the taxpayer does not deal at arm’s length disposes of land subjacent to, or immediately contiguous to and necessary for the use of, the building, the proceeds of disposition of the building are deemed to be the lesser of
(i) the amount, if any, by which
(A) the total of the fair market value of the building at the particular time and the fair market value of the land immediately before its disposition
exceeds
(B) the lesser of the fair market value of the land immediately before its disposition and the amount, if any, by which the cost amount to the vendor of the land (determined without reference to this subsection) exceeds the total of the capital gains (determined without reference to subparagraphs 40(1)(a)(ii) and (iii)) in respect of dispositions of the land within 3 years before the particular time by the taxpayer or by a person with whom the taxpayer was not dealing at arm’s length to the taxpayer or to another person with whom the taxpayer was not dealing at arm’s length, and
(ii) the greater of
(A) the fair market value of the building at the particular time, and
(B) the lesser of the cost amount and the capital cost to the taxpayer of the building immediately before its disposition,
and notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the proceeds of disposition of the land are deemed to be the amount, if any, by which
(iii) the total of the proceeds of disposition of the building and of the land determined without reference to this subsection and subsection 13(21.2)
exceeds
(iv) the proceeds of disposition of the building as determined under this paragraph,
and the cost to the purchaser of the land shall be determined without reference to this subsection; and
(b) where paragraph 13(21.1)(a) does not apply with respect to the disposition and, at any time before the disposition, the taxpayer or a person with whom the taxpayer did not deal at arm’s length owned the land subjacent to, or immediately contiguous to and necessary for the use of, the building, the proceeds of disposition of the building are deemed to be an amount equal to the total of
(i) the proceeds of disposition of the building determined without reference to this subsection and subsection 13(21.2), and
(ii) 1/2 of the amount by which the greater of
(A) the cost amount to the taxpayer of the building, and
(B) the fair market value of the building
immediately before its disposition exceeds the proceeds of disposition referred to in subparagraph 13(21.1)(b)(i).
Marginal note:Loss on certain transfers
(21.2) Where
(a) a person or partnership (in this subsection referred to as the “transferor”) disposes at a particular time (otherwise than in a disposition described in any of paragraphs (c) to (g) of the definition superficial loss in section 54) of a depreciable property — other than, for the purposes of computing the exempt surplus or exempt deficit and taxable surplus or taxable deficit of a foreign affiliate of a taxpayer, in respect of the taxpayer, where the transferor is the affiliate or is a partnership of which the affiliate is a member, depreciable property that is, or would be, if the transferor were a foreign affiliate of the taxpayer, excluded property (within the meaning assigned by subsection 95(1)) of the transferor — of a particular prescribed class of the transferor,
(b) the lesser of
(i) the capital cost to the transferor of the transferred property, and
(ii) the proportion of the undepreciated capital cost to the transferor of all property of the particular class immediately before that time that
(A) the fair market value of the transferred property at that time
is of
(B) the fair market value of all property of the particular class immediately before that time
exceeds the amount that would otherwise be the transferor’s proceeds of disposition of the transferred property at the particular time, and
(c) on the 30th day after the particular time, a person or partnership (in this subsection referred to as the “subsequent owner”) who is the transferor or a person affiliated with the transferor owns or has a right to acquire the transferred property (other than a right, as security only, derived from a mortgage, hypothec, agreement for sale or similar obligation),
the following rules apply:
(d) sections 85 and 97 do not apply to the disposition,
(e) for the purposes of applying this section and section 20 and any regulations made for the purpose of paragraph 20(1)(a) to the transferor for taxation years that end after the particular time,
(i) the transferor is deemed to have disposed of the transferred property for proceeds equal to the lesser of the amounts determined under subparagraphs 13(21.2)(b)(i) and 13(21.2)(b)(ii) with respect to the transferred property,
(ii) where two or more properties of a prescribed class of the transferor are disposed of at the same time, subparagraph (i) applies as if each property so disposed of had been separately disposed of in the order designated by the transferor or, if the transferor does not designate an order, in the order designated by the Minister,
(iii) the transferor is deemed to own a property that was acquired before the beginning of the taxation year that includes the particular time at a capital cost equal to the amount of the excess described in paragraph 13(21.2)(b), and that is property of the particular class, until the time that is immediately before the first time, after the particular time,
(A) at which a 30-day period begins throughout which neither the transferor nor a person affiliated with the transferor owns or has a right to acquire the transferred property (other than a right, as security only, derived from a mortgage, hypothec, agreement for sale or similar obligation),
(B) at which the transferred property is not used by the transferor or a person affiliated with the transferor for the purpose of earning income and is used for another purpose,
(C) at which the transferred property would, if it were owned by the transferor, be deemed by section 128.1 or subsection 149(10) to have been disposed of by the transferor,
(D) that is immediately before the transferor is subject to a loss restriction event, or
(E) if the transferor is a corporation,
(I) for the purposes of computing the transferor’s foreign accrual property income, exempt surplus or exempt deficit, and taxable surplus or taxable deficit, in respect of a taxpayer for a taxation year of the transferor where the transferor is a foreign affiliate of the taxpayer, at which the liquidation and dissolution of the transferor begins, unless the liquidation and dissolution is
1. a qualifying liquidation and dissolution (within the meaning assigned by subsection 88(3.1)) of the transferor, or
2. a designated liquidation and dissolution (within the meaning assigned by subsection 95(1)) of the transferor, and
(II) for any other purposes, at which the winding-up (other than a winding-up to which subsection 88(1) applies) of the transferor begins, and
(iv) the property described in subparagraph 13(21.2)(e)(iii) is considered to have become available for use by the transferor at the time at which the transferred property is considered to have become available for use by the subsequent owner,
(f) for the purposes of subparagraphs 13(21.2)(e)(iii) and 13(21.2)(e)(iv), where a partnership otherwise ceases to exist at any time after the particular time, the partnership is deemed not to have ceased to exist, and each person who was a member of the partnership immediately before the partnership would, but for this paragraph, have ceased to exist is deemed to remain a member of the partnership, until the time that is immediately after the first time described in clauses 13(21.2)(e)(iii)(A) to 13(21.2)(e)(iii)(E), and
(g) for the purposes of applying this section and section 20 and any regulations made for the purpose of paragraph 20(1)(a) to the subsequent owner,
(i) the subsequent owner’s capital cost of the transferred property is deemed to be the amount that was the transferor’s capital cost of the transferred property, and
(ii) the amount by which the transferor’s capital cost of the transferred property exceeds its fair market value at the particular time is deemed to have been deducted under paragraph 20(1)(a) by the subsequent owner in respect of property of that class in computing income for taxation years that ended before the particular time.
(22) to (23.1) [Repealed, 2013, c. 34, s. 175]
Marginal note:Loss restriction event
(24) If at any time a taxpayer is subject to a loss restriction event and, within the 12-month period that ended immediately before that time, the taxpayer, a partnership of which the taxpayer was a majority-interest partner or a trust of which the taxpayer was a majority-interest beneficiary (as defined in subsection 251.1(3)) acquired depreciable property (other than property that was held, by the taxpayer, partnership or trust or by a person that would be affiliated with the taxpayer if section 251.1 were read without reference to the definition controlled in subsection 251.1(3), throughout the period that began immediately before the 12-month period began and ended at the time the property was acquired by the taxpayer, partnership or trust) that was not used, or acquired for use, by the taxpayer, partnership or trust in a business that was carried on by it immediately before the 12-month period began
(a) subject to paragraph (b), for the purposes of the description of A in the definition undepreciated capital cost in subsection (21) and of sections 127 and 127.1, the property is deemed
(i) not to have been acquired by the taxpayer, partnership or trust, as the case may be, before that time, and
(ii) to have been acquired by it immediately after that time; and
(b) if the property was disposed of by the taxpayer, partnership or trust, as the case may be, before that time and was not reacquired by it before that time, for the purposes of the description of A in that definition, the property is deemed to have been acquired by it immediately before the property was disposed of.
Marginal note:Affiliation — subsection (24)
(25) For the purposes of subsection (24), if the taxpayer referred to in that subsection was formed or created in the 12-month period referred to in that subsection, the taxpayer is deemed to have been, throughout the period that began immediately before the 12-month period and ended immediately after it was formed or created,
(a) in existence; and
(b) affiliated with every person with whom it was affiliated (otherwise than because of a right referred to in paragraph 251(5)(b)) throughout the period that began when it was formed or created and that ended immediately before the time at which the taxpayer was subject to the loss restriction event referred to in that subsection.
Marginal note:Restriction on deduction before available for use
(26) In applying the definition undepreciated capital cost in subsection 13(21) for the purpose of paragraph 20(1)(a) and any regulations made for the purpose of that paragraph, in computing a taxpayer’s income for a taxation year from a business or property, no amount shall be included in calculating the undepreciated capital cost to the taxpayer of depreciable property of a prescribed class in respect of the capital cost to the taxpayer of a property of that class (other than property that is a certified production, as defined by regulations made for the purpose of paragraph 20(1)(a)) before the time the property is considered to have become available for use by the taxpayer.
Marginal note:Interpretation — available for use
(27) For the purposes of subsection 13(26) and subject to subsection 13(29), property (other than a building or part thereof) acquired by a taxpayer shall be considered to have become available for use by the taxpayer at the earliest of
(a) the time the property is first used by the taxpayer for the purpose of earning income,
(b) the time that is immediately after the beginning of the first taxation year of the taxpayer that begins more than 357 days after the end of the taxation year of the taxpayer in which the property was acquired by the taxpayer,
(c) the time that is immediately before the disposition of the property by the taxpayer,
(d) the time the property
(i) is delivered to the taxpayer, or to a person or partnership (in this paragraph referred to as the “other person”) that will use the property for the benefit of the taxpayer, or, where the property is not of a type that is deliverable, is made available to the taxpayer or the other person, and
(ii) is capable, either alone or in combination with other property in the possession at that time of the taxpayer or the other person, of being used by or for the benefit of the taxpayer or the other person to produce a commercially saleable product or to perform a commercially saleable service, including an intermediate product or service that is used or consumed, or to be used or consumed, by or for the benefit of the taxpayer or the other person in producing or performing any such product or service,
(e) in the case of property acquired by the taxpayer for the prevention, reduction or elimination of air or water pollution created by operations carried on by the taxpayer or that would be created by such operations if the property had not been acquired, the time at which the property is installed and capable of performing the function for which it was acquired,
(f) in the case of property acquired by
(i) a corporation a class of shares of the capital stock of which is listed on a designated stock exchange,
(ii) a corporation that is a public corporation because of an election made under subparagraph (b)(i) of the definition public corporation in subsection 89(1) or a designation made by the Minister in a notice to the corporation under subparagraph (b)(ii) of that definition, or
(iii) a subsidiary wholly-owned corporation of a corporation described in subparagraph 13(27)(f)(i) or 13(27)(f)(ii),
the end of the taxation year for which depreciation in respect of the property is first deducted in computing the earnings of the corporation in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and for the purpose of the financial statements of the corporation for the year presented to its shareholders,
(g) in the case of property acquired by the taxpayer in the course of carrying on a business of farming or fishing, the time at which the property has been delivered to the taxpayer and is capable of performing the function for which it was acquired,
(h) in the case of property of a taxpayer that is a motor vehicle, trailer, trolley bus, aircraft or vessel for which one or more permits, certificates or licences evidencing that the property may be operated by the taxpayer in accordance with any laws regulating the use of such property are required to be obtained, the time all those permits, certificates or licences have been obtained,
(i) in the case of property that is a spare part intended to replace a part of another property of the taxpayer if required due to a breakdown of that other property, the time the other property became available for use by the taxpayer,
(j) in the case of a concrete gravity base structure and topside modules intended to be used at an oil production facility in a commercial discovery area (within the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Canada Petroleum Resources Act) on which the drilling of the first well that indicated the discovery began before March 5, 1982, in an offshore region prescribed for the purposes of subsection 127(9), the time the gravity base structure deballasts and lifts the assembled topside modules, and
(k) where the property is (within the meaning assigned by subsection 13(4.1)) a replacement for a former property described in paragraph 13(4)(a) that was acquired before 1990 or that became available for use at or before the time the replacement property is acquired, the time the replacement property is acquired,
and, for the purposes of paragraph 13(27)(f), where depreciation is calculated by reference to a portion of the cost of the property, only that portion of the property shall be considered to have become available for use at the end of the taxation year referred to in that paragraph.
Marginal note:Idem
(28) For the purposes of subsection 13(26) and subject to subsection 13(29), property that is a building or part thereof of a taxpayer shall be considered to have become available for use by the taxpayer at the earliest of
(a) the time all or substantially all of the building is first used by the taxpayer for the purpose for which it was acquired,
(b) the time the construction of the building is complete,
(c) the time that is immediately after the beginning of the taxpayer’s first taxation year that begins more than 357 days after the end of the taxpayer’s taxation year in which the property was acquired by the taxpayer,
(d) the time that is immediately before the disposition of the property by the taxpayer, and
(e) where the property is (within the meaning assigned by subsection 13(4.1)) a replacement for a former property described in paragraph 13(4)(a) that was acquired before 1990 or that became available for use at or before the time the replacement property is acquired, the time the replacement property is acquired,
and, for the purpose of this subsection, a renovation, alteration or addition to a particular building shall be considered to be a building separate from the particular building.
Marginal note:Idem
(29) For the purposes of subsection 13(26), where a taxpayer acquires property (other than a building that is used or is to be used by the taxpayer principally for the purpose of gaining or producing gross revenue that is rent) in the taxpayer’s first taxation year (in this subsection referred to as the “particular year”) that begins more than 357 days after the end of the taxpayer’s taxation year in which the taxpayer first acquired property after 1989, that is part of a project of the taxpayer, or in a taxation year subsequent to the particular year, and at the end of any taxation year (in this subsection referred to as the “inclusion year”) of the taxpayer
(a) the property can reasonably be considered to be part of the project, and
(b) the property has not otherwise become available for use,
if the taxpayer so elects in prescribed form filed with the taxpayer’s return of income under this Part for the particular year, that particular portion of the property the capital cost of which does not exceed the amount, if any, by which
(c) the total of all amounts each of which is the capital cost to the taxpayer of a depreciable property (other than a building that is used or is to be used by the taxpayer principally for the purpose of gaining or producing gross revenue that is rent) that is part of the project, that was acquired by the taxpayer after 1989 and before the end of the taxpayer’s last taxation year that ends more than 357 days before the beginning of the inclusion year and that has not become available for use at or before the end of the inclusion year (except where the property has first become available for use before the end of the inclusion year because of this subsection or paragraph 13(27)(b) or 13(28)(c))
exceeds
(d) the total of all amounts each of which is the capital cost to the taxpayer of a depreciable property, other than the particular portion of the property, that is part of the project to the extent that the property is considered, because of this subsection, to have become available for use before the end of the inclusion year
shall be considered to have become available for use immediately before the end of the inclusion year.
Marginal note:Transfers of property
(30) Notwithstanding subsections 13(27) to 13(29), for the purpose of subsection 13(26), property of a taxpayer shall be deemed to have become available for use by the taxpayer at the earlier of the time the property was acquired by the taxpayer and, if applicable, a prescribed time, where
(a) the property was acquired
(i) from a person with whom the taxpayer was not dealing at arm’s length (otherwise than because of a right referred to in paragraph 251(5)(b)) at the time the property was acquired by the taxpayer, or
(ii) in the course of a reorganization in respect of which, if a dividend were received by a corporation in the course of the reorganization, subsection 55(2) would not apply to the dividend because of paragraph 55(3)(b); and
(b) before the property was acquired by the taxpayer, it became available for use (determined without reference to paragraphs 13(27)(c) and 13(28)(d)) by the person from whom it was acquired.
Marginal note:Idem
(31) For the purposes of paragraphs 13(27)(b) and 13(28)(c) and subsection 13(29), where a property of a taxpayer was acquired from a person (in this subsection referred to as “the transferor”)
(a) with whom the taxpayer was, at the time the taxpayer acquired the property, not dealing at arm’s length (otherwise than because of a right referred to in paragraph 251(5)(b)), or
(b) in the course of a reorganization in respect of which, if a dividend were received by a corporation in the course of the reorganization, subsection 55(2) would not apply to the dividend because of the application of paragraph 55(3)(b), the taxpayer shall be deemed to have acquired the property at the time it was acquired by the transferor.
Marginal note:Leased property
(32) Where a taxpayer has leased property that is depreciable property of a person with whom the taxpayer does not deal at arm’s length, the amount, if any, by which
(a) the total of all amounts paid or payable by the taxpayer for the use of, or the right to use, the property in a particular taxation year and before the time the property would have been considered to have become available for use by the taxpayer if the taxpayer had acquired the property, and that, but for this subsection, would be deductible in computing the taxpayer’s income for any taxation year
exceeds
(b) the total of all amounts received or receivable by the taxpayer for the use of, or the right to use, the property in the particular taxation year and before that time and that are included in the income of the taxpayer for any taxation year shall be deemed to be a cost to the taxpayer of a property included in Class 13 in Schedule II to the Income Tax Regulations and not to be an amount paid or payable for the use of, or the right to use, the property.
Marginal note:Consideration given for depreciable property
(33) For greater certainty, where a person acquires a depreciable property for consideration that can reasonably be considered to include a transfer of property, the portion of the cost to the person of the depreciable property attributable to the transfer shall not exceed the fair market value of the transferred property.
Marginal note:Deductible expenses
(34) Notwithstanding paragraph 1102(1)(a) of the Regulations, for taxation years that end after 1987 and before December 6, 1996, the classes of property prescribed for the purpose of paragraph 20(1)(a) are deemed to include property of a taxpayer that, if the Act were read without reference to sections 66 to 66.4, would be included in one of the classes.
- [NOTE: Application provisions are not included in the consolidated text
- see relevant amending Acts and regulations.]
- R.S., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.), s. 13
- 1994, c. 7, Sch. II, s. 9, Sch. VIII, s. 4, c. 21, s. 7
- 1995, c. 1, s. 44, c. 3, s. 4, c. 21, s. 2
- 1997, c. 25, s. 3
- 1998, c. 19, s. 73
- 1999, c. 22, s. 6
- 2001, c. 17, ss. 6, 196
- 2007, c. 35, s. 68
- 2013, c. 34, ss. 54, 92, 175, c. 40, s. 6
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