Series 3: Property, Investments and Savings Plans Folio 3: Capital Transactions Chapter 1: Replacement Property Summary Subsections 13(4) and 44(1) permit a taxpayer to elect to defer the recognition of recapture (income) of capital cost allowance (CCA) or capital gains where a property was involuntarily disposed of, or a former business property was voluntarily disposed […]
Series 3: Property, Investments and Savings Plans Folio 4: Capital Cost Allowance Chapter 1: General Discussion of Capital Cost Allowance Summary Capital cost allowance (CCA) replaces accounting depreciation for income tax purposes. A taxpayer who acquires and uses depreciable property to earn income from a business or property is generally entitled to claim a portion of the capital
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Highlights of Bill Morneau’s 2018 fiscal update Overview Responding to U.S. Tax Cuts And Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA): Enhance capital cost allowance (CCA) in the first year; Immediate expensing for manufacturing and processing and clean energy investments Responding to U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) In the U.S., businesses can accelerate
Series 4: Businesses Folio 2: Deducting Business Expenses Chapter 2: Business Use of Home Expenses Summary Expenses incurred in earning income from a business are normally deductible in computing income to the extent they are reasonable. This Chapter deals with the conditions and restrictions placed on the deductibility of business expenses that relate to the
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NO.: IT-92R2 DATE: December 29, 1983 SUBJECT: INCOME TAX ACT Income of Contractors REFERENCE: Subsection 9(1) (also section 125.1, subsections 127(5) and 248(1) and paragraphs 20(1)(gg) and 20(1)(m)) This bulletin replaces and cancels IT-92 dated March 3, 1975. Current revisions are designated by vertical lines. 1. This bulletin applies to any prime contractor or subcontractor who is
NO: IT-464R DATE: October 25, 1985 SUBJECT: INCOME TAX ACT Capital Cost Allowance Leasehold Interests REFERENCE: Paragraph 20(1)(a) and subsections 13(5.1) and 20(16) (also subsections 1100(2.1), 1102(4) and (5) and paragraph 1100(1)(b) and Schedule III of the Income Tax Regulations) Application This bulletins replaces and cancels IT-464 dated December 8, 1980. Discussion and Interpretation General ¶
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NO.: IT-87R2 DATE: February 15, 1996 SUBJECT: INCOME TAX ACT Policyholders Income from Life Insurance Policies REFERENCE: Section 12.2 (also subsections 12(3), 20(20), and 148(1), (2), (4), (8), (8.1) and (8.2), and the definitions of “life insurance policy” in subsection 138(12), and “adjusted cost basis” and “disposition” in subsection 148(9); and paragraphs 56(1)(d.1) and (j) of the
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Income Trusts and Interest Deductibility The typical structure for so-called income trusts is to have the trust hold the shares and notes of a corporation that carries on a business. The interest expense incurred by the corporation offsets the business income. Paragraph 29 of Interpretation Bulletin IT-533 states that interest on a note issued to
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NO: IT-467R2 DATE: November 13, 2002 SUBJECT: INCOME TAX ACT Damages, Settlements and Similar Payments REFERENCE: Paragraphs 18(1)(a), (b), (c), (h) and (e) (also section 67, subsection 40(1), the definition of “eligible capital expenditure” in subsection 14(5), and paragraphs 20(1)(z) and 20(1)(z.1)) Application This bulletin cancels and replaces IT-467R, Damages, Settlements and Similar Payments, dated February 19,
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NO.: IT-109R2 DATE: April 23, 1993 SUBJECT: INCOME TAX ACT Unpaid Amounts REFERENCE: Section 78 (also Part XIII, sections 21, 80, 150, subsections 18(9), 66(15), 66.1(6), 66.2(5), 66.4(5), 88(1), 152(4) and 248(1) definition of “salary deferral arrangement”, and paragraphs 12(1)(i), 18(1)(e), 20(1)(l), (n), and (p)) Application This bulletin replaces and cancels Interpretation Bulletin 109R, dated March 25, 1981.