Bill C-298

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	1st Session, 37th Parliament, 49-50 Elizabeth II, 2001
	House of Commons of Canada
	BILL C-298
	An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (exemption from taxation of 50% of U.S. social security payments to Canadian residents)
R.S., c. 1 (5th Supp.)	Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
	*1. Subsection 81(1) of the Income Tax Act* is amended by adding the following after paragraph (f):**
	(f.1) 35% of the aggregate of all amounts paid to the taxpayer in the taxation year by or on behalf of the government of the United States as a benefit under United States social security legislation, which percentage is in addition to and not inclu sive of the 15% of such aggregate that is exempt from Canadian tax pursuant to paragraph 5(a) of Article XVIII of the Convention between Canada and the United States of America with respect to taxes on income and on capital, as amended by Schedule V of the Canada-United States Tax Convention Act, 1984.

BILL C-298