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(iv) the type and fair market value of each
property distributed to residents of
Canada,
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(v) the name and address of each resident
of Canada that received property with
respect to the distribution,
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(vi) in the case of a distribution that is not
prescribed, that the distribution is not
taxable under the United States Internal
Revenue Code applicable to the
distribution,
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(vii) in the case of a distribution that is
prescribed, that the distribution is not
taxable under the law of the foreign
country, and
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(viii) such other matters that are required,
in prescribed form; and
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(f) except where Part XI applies in respect
of the taxpayer, the taxpayer elects in
writing filed with the taxpayer's return of
income for the taxation year in which the
distribution occurs (or, in the case of a
distribution received before October 18,
2000, filed with the Minister before July
2001) that this section apply to the
distribution and provides information
satisfactory to the Minister
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(i) of the number, cost amount
(determined without reference to this
section) and fair market value of the
taxpayer's original shares immediately
before the distribution,
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(ii) of the number, and fair market value,
of the taxpayer's original shares and the
spin-off shares immediately after the
distribution of the spin-off shares to the
taxpayer,
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(iii) except where the election is filed
with the taxpayer's return of income for
the year in which the distribution occurs,
concerning the amount of the
distribution, the manner in which the
distribution was reported by the taxpayer
and the details of any subsequent
disposition of original shares or spin-off
shares for the purpose of determining any
gains or losses from those dispositions,
and
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(iv) of such other matters that are
required, in prescribed form.
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adjustments
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(3) Where a spin-off share is distributed by
a corporation to a taxpayer pursuant to an
eligible distribution with respect to an original
share of the taxpayer,
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(a) there shall be deducted for the purpose
of computing the cost amount to the
taxpayer of the original share at any time
the amount determined by the formula
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A x (B/C)
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A is the cost amount, determined without
reference to this section, to the taxpayer
of the original share at the time that is
immediately before the distribution or,
if the original share is disposed of by the
taxpayer, before the distribution, at the
time that is immediately before its
disposition,
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B is the fair market value of the spin-off
share immediately after its distribution
to the taxpayer, and
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(i) the fair market value of the original
share immediately after the
distribution of the spin-off share to the
taxpayer, and
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(ii) the fair market value of the spin-off
share immediately after its distribution
to the taxpayer; and
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(b) the cost to the taxpayer of the spin-off
share is the amount by which the cost
amount of the taxpayer's original share was
reduced as a result of paragraph (a).
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(4) For the purpose of calculating the value
of the property described in an inventory of a
taxpayer's business,
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(a) an eligible distribution to the taxpayer of
a spin-off share that is included in the
inventory is deemed not to be an acquisition
of property in the fiscal period of the
business in which the distribution occurs;
and
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(b) for greater certainty, the value of the
spin-off share is to be included in
computing the value of the inventory at the
end of that fiscal period.
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Reassess-
ments
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(5) Notwithstanding subsections 152(4) to
(5), the Minister may make at any time such
assessments, reassessments, determinations
and redeterminations that are necessary where
information is obtained that the conditions in
subparagraph (2)(c)(iii) or (d)(iii) are not, or
are no longer, satisfied.
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(2) Subsection (1) applies to distributions
received after 1997, except that
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(a) information referred to in paragraph
86.1(2)(e) of the Act, as enacted by
subsection (1), is deemed to be provided
to the Minister of National Revenue on a
timely basis if it is provided to that
Minister before the day that is 90 days
after the day on which this Act receives
royal assent; and
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(b) the election referred to in paragraph
86.1(2)(f) of the Act, as enacted by
subsection (1), is deemed to be filed on a
timely basis if it is filed with the Minister
of National Revenue before the day that
is 90 days after the day on which this Act
receives royal assent.
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65. (1) Subsection 87(1.2) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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corporation
continuation
of a
predecessor
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(1.2) Where there has been an
amalgamation of corporations described in
paragraph (1.1)(a) or of two or more
corporations each of which is a subsidiary
wholly-owned corporation of the same
person, the new corporation is, for the
purposes of section 29 of the Income Tax
Application Rules, subsection 59(3.3) and
sections 66, 66.1, 66.2, 66.21, 66.4 and 66.7,
deemed to be the same corporation as, and a
continuation of, each predecessor
corporation, except that this subsection does
not affect the determination of any
predecessor corporation's fiscal period,
taxable income or tax payable.
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(2) Subparagraph 87(2)(u)(ii) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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(ii) for the purposes of subsections 93(2)
to (2.3), any exempt dividend received
by the predecessor corporation on any
such share is deemed to be an exempt
dividend received by the new corporation
on the share;
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(3) The portion of subsection 87(8) of the
Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the
following:
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merger
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(8) Subject to subsection 95(2), where there
has been a foreign merger in which a
taxpayer's shares or options to acquire shares
of the capital stock of a corporation that was
a predecessor foreign corporation
immediately before the merger were
exchanged for or became shares or options to
acquire shares of the capital stock of the new
foreign corporation or the foreign parent
corporation, unless the taxpayer elects in the
taxpayer's return of income for the taxation
year in which the foreign merger took place
not to have this subsection apply, subsections
(4) and (5) apply to the taxpayer as if the
references in those subsections to
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(4) Subsection 87(8.1) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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``foreign
merger''
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(8.1) For the purposes of this section,
``foreign merger'' means a merger or
combination of two or more corporations each
of which was, immediately before the merger
or combination, resident in a country other
than Canada (each of which is in this section
referred to as a ``predecessor foreign
corporation'') to form one corporate entity
resident in a country other than Canada (in this
section referred to as the ``new foreign
corporation'') in such a manner that, and
otherwise than as a result of the distribution of
property to one corporation on the winding-up
of another corporation,
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(a) all or substantially all the property
(except amounts receivable from any
predecessor foreign corporation or shares of
the capital stock of any predecessor foreign
corporation) of the predecessor foreign
corporations immediately before the
merger or combination becomes property of
the new foreign corporation as a
consequence of the merger or combination;
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(b) all or substantially all the liabilities
(except amounts payable to any
predecessor foreign corporation) of the
predecessor foreign corporations
immediately before the merger or
combination become liabilities of the new
foreign corporation as a consequence of the
merger or combination; and
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(c) all or substantially all of the shares of the
capital stock of the predecessor foreign
corporations (except any shares or options
owned by any predecessor foreign
corporation) are exchanged for or become,
because of the merger or combination,
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(i) shares of the capital stock of the new
foreign corporation, or
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(ii) if, immediately after the merger, the
new foreign corporation was controlled
by another corporation (in this section
referred to as the ``foreign parent
corporation'') that was resident in a
country other than Canada, shares of the
capital stock of the foreign parent
corporation.
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(5) The portion of subsection 87(10) of the
Act after paragraph (f) is replaced by the
following:
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the new share is deemed, for the purposes of
subsection 116(6), the definitions ``qualified
investment'' in subsections 146(1), 146.1(1),
and 146.3(1) and in section 204, and the
definition ``taxable Canadian property'' in
subsection 248(1), to be listed on the exchange
until the earliest time at which it is so
redeemed, acquired or cancelled.
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(6) Subsection (1) applies to
amalgamations that occur after 2000.
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(7) Subsection (2) applies after November
1999.
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(8) Subsections (3) and (4) apply to
mergers and combinations that occur after
1995 and, where a taxpayer notifies the
Minister of National Revenue in writing
before the taxpayer's filing-due date for the
taxation year in which this Act receives
royal assent that the taxpayer makes the
election referred to in subsection 87(8) of
the Act, as enacted by subsection (3), in
respect of a merger or combination that
occurred before 1999, the election is
deemed to have been validly made in
respect of the merger or combination.
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(9) Subsection (5) applies after October 1,
1996.
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66. (1) The portion of subclause
88(1)(c)(vi)(B)(III) of the Act before
sub-subclause 1 is replaced by the
following:
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(III) a corporation (other than a
specified person or the subsidiary)
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(2) Clause 88(1)(c.2)(iii)(A) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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(A) the reference in the definition
``specified shareholder'' in subsection
248(1) to ``the issued shares of any
class of the capital stock of the
corporation or of any other corporation
that is related to the corporation'' shall
be read as ``the issued shares of any
class (other than a specified class) of
the capital stock of the corporation or
of any other corporation that is related
to the corporation and that has a
significant direct or indirect interest in
any issued shares of the capital stock of
the corporation'', and
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(3) Subsection 88(1) of the Act is amended
by adding the following after paragraph
(c.7):
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(c.8) for the purpose of clause (c.2)(iii)(A),
a specified class of the capital stock of a
corporation is a class of shares of the capital
stock of the corporation where
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(i) the paid-up capital in respect of the
class was not, at any time, less than the
fair market value of the consideration for
which the shares of that class then
outstanding were issued,
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(ii) the shares are non-voting in respect of
the election of the board of directors of
the corporation, except in the event of a
failure or default under the terms or
conditions of the shares,
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(iii) under neither the terms and
conditions of the shares nor any
agreement in respect of the shares are the
shares convertible into or exchangeable
for shares other than shares of a specified
class of the capital stock of the
corporation, and
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(iv) under neither the terms and
conditions of the shares nor any
agreement in respect of the shares is any
holder of the shares entitled to receive on
the redemption, cancellation or
acquisition of the shares by the
corporation or by any person with whom
the corporation does not deal at arm's
length an amount (excluding any
premium for early redemption) greater
than the total of the fair market value of
the consideration for which the shares
were issued and the amount of any unpaid
dividends on the shares;
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(4) Subsection 88(1.5) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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| Parent
continuation
of subsidiary
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(1.5) For the purposes of section 29 of the
Income Tax Application Rules, subsection
59(3.3) and sections 66, 66.1, 66.2, 66.21,
66.4 and 66.7, where the rules in subsection
(1) applied to the winding-up of a subsidiary,
its parent is deemed to be the same corporation
as, and a continuation of, the subsidiary.
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(5) The portion of subsection 88(4) of the
Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the
following:
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Amalgama-
tion deemed
not to be
acquisition of
control
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(4) For the purposes of paragraphs (1)(c),
(c.2), (d) and (d.2) and, for greater certainty,
paragraphs (c.3) to (c.8) and (d.3),
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(6) Subsections (1) to (3) and (5) apply to
windings-up that begin after November
1994.
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(7) Subsection (4) applies to windings-up
that occur after 2000.
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67. (1) Clause (a)(i)(A) of the definition
``capital dividend account'' in subsection
89(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
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(A) the amount of the corporation's
capital gain from a disposition
(other than a disposition that is the
making of a gift after December 8,
1997 that is not a gift described in
subsection 110.1(1)) of a property in
the period beginning at the
beginning of its first taxation year
(that began after the corporation last
became a private corporation and
that ended after 1971) and ending
immediately before the particular
time (in this definition referred to as
``the period'')
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(2) Paragraph (c) of the definition
``capital dividend account'' in subsection
89(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
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(c) the total of all amounts each of which
is an amount required to have been
included under this paragraph as it read in
its application to a taxation year that
ended before February 28, 2000,
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(c.1) the amount, if any, by which
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(i) 1/2 of the total of all amounts each
of which is an amount required by
paragraph 14(1)(b) to be included in
computing the corporation's income in
respect of a business carried on by the
corporation for a taxation year that is
included in the period and that ended
after February 27, 2000 and before
October 18, 2000,
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(ii) where the corporation has
deducted an amount under subsection
20(4.2) in respect of a debt established
by it to have become a bad debt in a
taxation year that is included in the
period and that ended after February
27, 2000 and before October 18, 2000,
or has an allowable capital loss for
such a year because of the application
of subsection 20(4.3), the amount
determined by the formula
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V + W
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V is 1/2 of the value determined for
A under subsection 20(4.2) in respect of the
corporation for the last such taxation year that
ended in the period, and
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W is 1/3 of the value determined for
B under subsection 20(4.2) in respect of the
corporation for the last such taxation year that
ended in the period, and
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(iii) in any other case, nil,
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(c.2) the amount, if any, by which
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(i) the total of all amounts each of
which is an amount required by
paragraph 14(1)(b) to be included in
computing the corporation's income in
respect of a business carried on by the
corporation for a taxation year that is
included in the period and that ends
after October 17, 2000,
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(ii) where the corporation has
deducted an amount under subsection
20(4.2) in respect of a debt established
by it to have become a bad debt in a
taxation year that is included in the
period and that ends after October 17,
2000, or has an allowable capital loss
for such a year because of the
application of subsection 20(4.3), the
amount determined by the formula
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X + Y
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X is the value determined for A
under subsection 20(4.2) in respect of the
corporation for the last such taxation year that
ended in the period, and
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Y is 1/3 of the value determined for
B under subsection 20(4.2) in respect of the
corporation for the last such taxation year that
ended in the period, and
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(iii) in any other case, nil,
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(3) The definition ``capital dividend
account'' in subsection 89(1) of the Act is
amended by striking out the word ``and'' at
the end of paragraph (d) and by adding the
following after paragraph (e):
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(f) all amounts each of which is an
amount in respect of a distribution made
in the period by a trust to the corporation
in respect of capital gains of the trust
equal to the lesser of
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(i) the amount, if any, by which
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