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    where

    A is its tax payable under Part VI for the year (determined without reference to subsection 190.1(3)), and

    B is the amount, if any, by which

          (i) the amount that would, but for this section, be its tax payable under this Part for the year

        exceeds

          (ii) the lesser of its Canadian surtax payable (within the meaning assigned by subsection 125.3(4)) and the amount that would, but for subsection 181.1(4), be its tax payable under Part I.3 for the year.

(2) Subsection (1) applies for the purpose of computing the amount that may be deducted by a corporation under subsection 125.2(1) of the Act

    (a) subject to paragraphs (b) and (c), for taxation years that end before 1992 in respect of unused Part VI tax credits for taxation years that end after 1991;

    (b) where the corporation has elected under subsection 111(2) of An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, the Canada Pension Plan, the Income Tax Conventions Interpretation Act, the Tax Rebate Discounting Act, the Unemployment Insurance Act and certain related Acts, being chapter 24 of the Statutes of Canada, 1993, for its taxation years that end before 1991 in respect of unused Part VI tax credits for taxation years that end after 1990, except that for the purpose of computing its unused Part VI tax credits under subsection 125.2(3) of the Income Tax Act, as enacted by subsection (1), for taxation years that end in 1991, the amount determined under subparagraph (ii) of the description of B in subsection 125.2(3) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), shall be deemed to be nil; and

    (c) where paragraph (b) does not apply and the corporation elected under paragraph 88(2)(b), for its taxation years that end before 1992 in respect of unused Part VI tax credits for taxation years that end after 1990, except that

      (i) for the purpose of computing its unused Part VI tax credits under subsection 125.2(3) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), for its taxation years that end in 1991, the amount determined under subparagraph (ii) of the description of B in subsection 125.2(3) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), shall be deemed to be nil, and

      (ii) for the purpose of computing the amount that it may deduct under subsection 125.2(1) of the Act for its taxation years that end in 1991, paragraph 125.2(3)(a) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), shall be read as follows:

    (a) its tax payable under Part VI (determined without reference to subsection 190.1(3)) for the year, and

59. (1) The definition ``Canadian surtax payable'' in subsection 125.3(4) of the Act is replaced by the following:

``Canadian surtax payable''
« surtax canadienne payable »

``Canadian surtax payable'' of a corporation for a taxation year means

      (a) in the case of a corporation that is non-resident throughout the year, the lesser of

        (i) the amount determined under section 123.2 in respect of the corporation for the year, and

        (ii) its tax payable under this Part for the year, and

      (b) in any other case, the lesser of

        (i) the prescribed proportion of the amount determined under section 123.2 in respect of the corporation for the year, and

        (ii) its tax payable under this Part for the year;

(2) Subsection (1) applies to the 1994 and subsequent taxation years.

60. (1) Subclause 126(1)(b)(ii)(A)(II) of the Act is replaced by the following:

        (II) where section 114 applies to the taxpayer in respect of the year, the total of the taxpayer's income for the period or periods in the year referred to in paragraph 114(a) and the amount that would be determined under paragraph 114(b) in respect of the taxpayer for the year if subsection 115(1) were read without reference to paragraphs 115(1)(d) to (f)

(2) Subclause 126(2.1)(a)(ii)(A)(II) of the Act is replaced by the following:

          (II) where section 114 applies to the taxpayer in respect of the year, the total of the taxpayer's income for the period or periods referred to in paragraph 114(a) and the amount that would be determined under paragraph 114(b) in respect of the taxpayer for the year if subsection 115(1) were read without reference to paragraphs 115(1)(d) to (f)

(3) Subparagraph 126(2.1)(b)(ii) of the Act is replaced by the following:

      (ii) the amount, if any, by which,

        (A) where section 114 does not apply to the taxpayer in respect of the year, the taxpayer's income for the year, and

        (B) where section 114 applies to the taxpayer in respect of the year, the total of the taxpayer's income for the period or periods referred to in paragraph 114(a) and the amount that would be determined under paragraph 114(b) in respect of the taxpayer for the year if subsection 115(1) were read without reference to paragraphs 115(1)(d) to (f)

      exceeds

        (C) the taxpayer's income earned in the year in a province (within the meaning assigned by subsection 120(4)).

(4) The portion of subsection 126(2.2) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Non-resident' s foreign tax deduction

(2.2) Where at any time in a taxation year a taxpayer who is not at that time resident in Canada disposes of property that was deemed by subsection 48(2), as it read in its application before 1993, or paragraph 128.1(4)(e) to be taxable Canadian property of the taxpayer, the taxpayer may deduct from the tax for the year otherwise payable under this Part by the taxpayer an amount equal to

(5) Subparagraphs 126(3)(b)(i) and (ii) of the Act are replaced by the following:

      (i) where section 114 does not apply to the individual in respect of the year, the total of the individual's income for the year and the amount, if any, included under subsection 110.4(2) in computing the individual's taxable income for the year, and

      (ii) where section 114 applies to the individual in respect of the year, the total of the individual's income for the period or periods in the year referred to in paragraph 114(a) and the amount that would be determined under paragraph 114(b) in respect of the individual for the year if subsection 115(1) were read without reference to paragraphs 115(1)(d) to (f)

(6) The definition ``non-business-income tax'' in subsection 126(7) of the Act is amended by adding the following before paragraph (d):

    (c.1) that is in respect of an amount deducted because of subsection 104(22.3) in computing the taxpayer's business-income tax,

(7) Subsections (1) to (3) and (5) apply to the 1993 and subsequent taxation years.

(8) Subsection (4) applies after 1992.

(9) Subsection (6) applies to taxation years that end after November 12, 1981.

61. (1) The definition ``qualified expenditure'' in subsection 127(9) of the Act is amended by striking out the word ``nor'' at the end of paragraph (a), by adding the word ``or'' at the end of paragraph (b) and by adding the following after paragraph (b):

      (c) subject to subsection (11.4), an expenditure in respect of which the taxpayer does not, by the day on or before which the taxpayer's return of income under this Part for the taxpayer's taxation year after that in which the expenditure was incurred is required to be filed, or would be required to be filed if tax under this Part were payable by the taxpayer for that following year, file with the Minister a prescribed form containing prescribed information;

(2) The definition ``qualified property'' in subsection 127(9) of the Act is amended by striking out the word ``or'' at the end of paragraph (c) and by adding the following after paragraph (c):

      (c.1) to be used by the taxpayer in Canada primarily for the purpose of producing or processing electrical energy or steam in a prescribed area, where

        (i) all or substantially all of the energy or steam

          (A) is used by the taxpayer for the purpose of gaining or producing income from a business (other than the business of selling the product of the particular property), or

          (B) is sold directly (or indirectly by way of sale to a provincially regulated power utility operating in the prescribed area) to a person related to the taxpayer, and

        (ii) the energy or steam is used by the taxpayer or the person related to the taxpayer primarily for the purpose of manufacturing or processing goods in the prescribed area for sale or lease, or

(3) Paragraph (d) of the definition ``qualified property'' in subsection 127(9) of the Act is amended by striking out the word ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (ii), by adding the word ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (iii) and by adding the following after subparagraph (iii):

        (iv) the property is a fishing vessel, including the furniture, fittings and equipment attached to it, leased by an individual (other than a trust) to a corporation, controlled by the individual, that carries on a fishing business in connection with one or more commercial fishing licences issued by the Government of Canada to the individual,

(4) Section 127 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (11.3):

Reclassified expenditures

(11.4) Paragraph (c) of the definition ``qualified expenditure'' in subsection (9) does not apply to an expenditure incurred in a taxation year by a taxpayer where the expenditure is reclassified by the Minister on an assessment of the taxpayer's tax payable under this Part for the year, or on a determination that no tax under this Part is payable for the year by the taxpayer, as an expenditure in respect of scientific research and experimental development.

(5) Subsections (1) and (4) apply after February 21, 1994 to expenditures incurred at any time except that, for an expenditure incurred by a taxpayer in a taxation year ending before February 22, 1994, the taxpayer may file the prescribed form referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition ``qualified expenditure'' in subsection 127(9) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), by the later of the day referred to in that paragraph and the day that is 90 days after this Act is assented to.

(6) Subsection (2) applies to property acquired after 1991.

(7) Subsection (3) applies to the 1980 and subsequent taxation years.

62. (1) The Act is amended by adding the following after section 128:

Changes in Residence

Immigration

128.1 (1) For the purposes of this Act, where at a particular time a taxpayer becomes resident in Canada,

Year-end, fiscal period

    (a) where the taxpayer is a corporation or a trust,

      (i) the taxpayer's taxation year that would otherwise include the particular time shall be deemed to have ended immediately before the particular time and a new taxation year of the taxpayer shall be deemed to have begun at the particular time, and

      (ii) for the purpose of determining the taxpayer's fiscal period after the particular time, the taxpayer shall be deemed not to have established a fiscal period before the particular time;

Deemed disposition

    (b) the taxpayer shall be deemed to have disposed, at the time (in this subsection referred to as the ``time of disposition'') that is immediately before the time that is immediately before the particular time, of each property owned by the taxpayer, other than

      (i) property that would be taxable Canadian property if the taxpayer had been resident in Canada at no time in the taxpayer's last taxation year that began before the particular time,

      (ii) property that is described in the inventory of a business carried on by the taxpayer in Canada at the time of disposition,

      (iii) eligible capital property in respect of a business carried on by the taxpayer in Canada at the time of disposition,

      (iv) property in respect of which the taxpayer elected under paragraph 48(1)(c), as it read in its application before 1993, or subparagraph (4)(b)(iv) in respect of the last preceding time the taxpayer ceased to be resident in Canada, and

      (v) a right to acquire shares of the capital stock of a corporation where section 7 would apply if the taxpayer disposed of the right to a person with whom the taxpayer was dealing at arm's length,

    for proceeds equal to its fair market value at the time of disposition;

Deemed acquisition

    (c) the taxpayer shall be deemed to have acquired at the particular time each property deemed by paragraph (b) to have been disposed of by the taxpayer, at a cost equal to the proceeds of disposition of the property; and

Foreign affiliate

    (d) where the taxpayer was, immediately before the particular time, a foreign affiliate of another taxpayer that is resident in Canada,

      (i) the affiliate shall be deemed to have been a controlled foreign affiliate (within the meaning assigned by subsection 95(1)) of the other taxpayer immediately before the particular time, and

      (ii) such amount as is prescribed shall be included in the foreign accrual property income (within the meaning assigned by subsection 95(1)) of the affiliate for its taxation year ending immediately before the particular time.

Idem - paid-up capital

(2) For the purposes of this Act, where at a particular time a corporation becomes resident in Canada, in computing the paid-up capital at any time after the particular time in respect of a particular class of shares of the capital stock of the corporation, there shall be deducted the amount determined by the formula

A x (C - D)
B

where

A is the paid-up capital, determined without reference to this subsection, of the particu lar class of shares at the particular time;

B is the paid-up capital, determined without reference to this subsection, in respect of all of the shares of the corporation at the particular time;

C is the total of

        (a) the paid-up capital, determined without reference to this subsection, in respect of all of the shares of the corporation at the particular time,

        (b) all amounts each of which is the amount of any debt owing by the corporation, or any other obligation of the corporation to pay an amount, that is outstanding at the particular time, and

        (c) any amount claimed under paragraph 219(1)(h) by the corporation for its last taxation year that began before the particular time; and

D is the total of

        (a) all amounts each of which is deemed by paragraph (1)(c) to be the cost to the corporation of property (other than property described in paragraph (d)) deemed under paragraph (1)(c) to have been acquired by the corporation at the particular time,

        (b) all amounts each of which is the cost amount to the corporation, immediately after the particular time, of property (other than a Canadian resource property or property described in paragraph (a) or (d)),

        (c) the total of

          (i) all Canadian exploration and development expenses incurred by the corporation before the particular time, except to the extent that those expenses were deducted in computing a taxpayer's income for a taxation year that ended before the particular time,

          (ii) the corporation's cumulative Canadian exploration expense at the particular time (within the meaning assigned by subsection 66.1(6)),