Chapter 3 - Page 3 of the T2 return

On this page...

• Attachments
• Additional information
  • Line 280 - Is the corporation inactive?
  • Line 281 - Has the major business activity changed since the last return was filed?
  • Line 282 - What is the corporation's major business activity?
  • Line 283 - If the major activity involves the resale of goods, indicate whether it is wholesale or retail
  • Lines 284 to 289 - Specify the principal product(s) mined, manufactured, sold, constructed, or services provided, giving the approximate percentage of the total revenue that each product or service represents
  • Line 291 - Did the corporation immigrate to Canada during the tax year?
  • Line 292 - Did the corporation emigrate from Canada during the tax year?
  • Line 293 - Do you want to be considered as a quarterly instalment remitter, if you are eligible
  • Line 294 - If the corporation was eligible to remit instalments on a quarterly basis for part of the tax year, provide the date the corporation ceased to be eligible
  • Line 295 - If the corporation's major business activity is construction, did you have any subcontractors during the tax year?
• Calculating net income or loss
  • Schedule 1, Net Income (Loss) for Income Tax Purposes
  • Schedule 6, Summary of Dispositions of Capital Property
  • Schedule 8, Capital Cost Allowance (CCA)
  • Schedule 10, Cumulative Eligible Capital Deduction
  • Schedule 12, Resource-Related Deductions
  • Schedule 13, Continuity of Reserves
  • Schedule 16, Patronage Dividend Deduction
  • Schedule 17, Credit Union Deductions
  • Form T661, Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Expenditures Claim
• Losses
  • Current-year losses
  • Applying losses
  • Losses carryback
  • Calculating losses when there is an acquisition of control
• How to complete Schedule 4, Corporation Loss Continuity and Application
  • Part 1 - Non-capital losses
  • Part 2 - Capital losses
  • Part 3 - Farm losses
  • Part 4 - Restricted farm losses
  • Part 5 - Listed personal property losses
  • Part 6 - Analysis of balance of losses by year of origin
  • Part 7 - Limited partnership losses
• Taxable income
  • Line 300 - Net income or (loss) for income tax purposes
  • Line 311 - Charitable donations
  • Line 312 - Gifts to Canada, a province or territory
  • Line 313 - Cultural gifts
  • Line 314 - Ecological gifts
  • Line 315 - Gifts of medicine
  • Line 320 - Taxable dividends deductible under section 112 or 113, or subsection 138(6)
  • Line 325 - Part VI.1 tax deduction
  • Line 331 - Non-capital losses of previous tax years
  • Line 332 - Net-capital losses of previous tax years
  • Line 333 - Restricted farm losses of previous tax years
  • Line 334 - Farm losses of previous tax years
  • Line 335 - Limited partnership losses of previous tax years
  • Line 340 - Taxable capital gains or taxable dividends allocated from a central credit union
  • Line 350 - Prospector's and grubstaker's shares
  • Line 355 - Section 110.5 additions and/or subparagraph 115(1)(a)(vii) additions
  • Line 360 - Taxable income
  • Line 370 - Income exempt under paragraph 149(1)(t)
  • Taxable income for a corporation with exempt income under paragraph 149(1)(t)

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Attachments

See Chapter 2 to complete this section.

Additional information

Provide all the information we request in the "Additional information" area of your return.

Line 280 - Is the corporation inactive?

To answer this question, tick the yes or no box.

Even if a corporation is inactive, which means it has not operated during the tax year, it has to file a return.

Note
Corporations that are inactive throughout the tax year are no longer required to attach Schedule 100, Schedule 125, and Schedule 141 to their T2 return.

Line 281 - Has the major business activity changed since the last return was filed?

To answer this question, tick the yes or no box. First-time filers must indicate yes.

Line 282 - What is the corporation's major business activity?

Complete only if yes is indicated at line 281.

Enter the corporation's major commercial or professional activity.

Include enough detail to support the type of deductions claimed (for example, the manufacturing and processing profits deduction) and to allow an exact industrial classification. If the corporation has several major lines of business, describe each of them.

Here are examples of how to describe your corporation's major activity:

• men's retail clothing store;
• manufacturing of wooden office furniture; or
• single-unit residential building contractor.

If the corporation is involved in trucking, specify if it transports bulk liquids or if the corporation is owner-operator, leased-operator, or a broker-operator working for another trucking company.

Line 283 - If the major activity involves the resale of goods, indicate whether it is wholesale or retail

Tick either the Wholesale or Retail box if the corporation's business involves the resale of goods.

Lines 284 to 289 - Specify the principal product(s) mined, manufactured, sold, constructed, or services provided, giving the approximate percentage of the total revenue that each product or service represents

Break down the business activity you described on line 282 into the following categories:

• the principal products mined, manufactured, sold, or constructed; and
• the services provided.

Also, give the approximate percentage of the corporation's total revenue that each product or service represents.

Line 291 - Did the corporation immigrate to Canada during the tax year?

To answer this question, tick the yes or no box.

Line 292 - Did the corporation emigrate from Canada during the tax year?

To answer this question, tick the yes or no box.

Line 293 - Do you want to be considered as a quarterly instalment remitter, if you are eligible?

To answer this question, tick the yes or no box.

For tax years beginning after 2007, a small-CCPC is eligible to make quarterly instalment payments if it meets certain conditions. To determine if you are eligible, see Guide T7B-Corp, Corporation Instalment Guide.

Line 294 - If the corporation was eligible to remit instalments on a quarterly basis for part of the tax year, provide the date the corporation ceased to be eligible.

Indicate the date that the corporation ceased to be eligible to remit instalments on a quarterly basis.

Line 295 - If the corporation's major business activity is construction, did you have any subcontractors during the tax year?

To answer this question, tick the yes or no box.

Major business activity

All individuals, partnerships, and corporations whose principal business activity is construction have to report payments made to subcontractors. For these purposes, construction is defined as erecting, installing, altering, modifying, repairing, improving, demolishing, dismantling, or removing any structure or part, including but not limited to buildings, roads, and bridges.

Who is a subcontractor?

A subcontractor is an individual, partnership, or corporation that provides construction services. For more information, visit Contract Payment Reporting System (CPRS).

Calculating net income or loss

There are several schedules you may have to use to calculate the net income or loss for income tax purposes. This section explains each of those schedules.

Schedule 1, Net Income (Loss) for Income Tax Purposes

Generally, the net income (loss) reported on your financial statements will not be the same as the net income (loss) required for tax purposes. This is because certain income and expenses reported on your financial statements may not be used in the calculation of net income (loss) for tax purposes.

For example, you do not deduct charitable donations when determining net income for tax purposes, as you would to arrive at net income on your financial statement.

Note
Charitable donations are deducted (afterward) from net income for tax purposes to arrive at taxable income.

Use Schedule 1 to reconcile the net income (loss) reported on your financial statements and the net income (loss) required for tax purposes.

Enter net income or loss after income tax and extraordinary items on line A, page 1 of Schedule 1. Add the taxable items and the non-allowable expenses listed on lines 101 to 199 and subtract from this the non-taxable items and eligible expenses listed on lines 401 to 499.

Additions and deductions identified on lines 101 to 127 and 401 to 417 of Schedule 1 are the most common additions and subtractions. For other additions and deductions, see pages 2 and 3.

Some expenses deducted on your income statement are not allowable for income tax purposes and are not identified on Schedule 1. In this case, use lines 290 to 294, "Other additions," on page 2.

Also, certain items included in income that are not taxable are not identified on this schedule. In such cases, complete lines 390 to 394, "Other deductions," on page 3.

Notes
Only complete lines 203 and 302 if you are converting from an accrual basis to a cash basis. Otherwise, these lines should be left blank.

The deductible portion of expenses you incurred for food, beverages, and entertainment is only 50% of whichever is less: the expenditure actually incurred or the amount that would be reasonable in the circumstances. However, a full deduction is allowed for meals provided to an employee at a temporary construction work camp, if certain conditions are met. For more information on this subject, see Guide T4130, Employer's Guide - Taxable Benefits or visit our Payroll page.

You may have to use the following schedules to calculate certain amounts on Schedule 1:

• Schedule 6, Summary of Dispositions of Capital Property;
• Schedule 8, Capital Cost Allowance (CCA);
• Schedule 10, Cumulative Eligible Capital Deduction;
• Schedule 12, Resource-Related Deductions;
• Schedule 13, Continuity of Reserves;
• Schedule 16, Patronage Dividend Deduction;
• Schedule 17, Credit Union Deductions; and
• Form T661, Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Expenditures Claim

The full resource allowance (formerly deducted at line 346) under paragraph 20(1)(v.1) was gradually reduced to:

• 65% in 2005;
• 35% in 2006; and
• 0 after 2006.

You had to prorate these amounts using the number of days in each period in your tax year. The resource allowance was gradually replaced by the deductibility of Crown royalties and mining taxes against income of the same percentages as the deductibility of the resource allowance was phased out.

Schedule 6, Summary of Dispositions of Capital Property

You have to complete Schedule 6 if you disposed of capital property during the tax year and incurred any capital losses or realized any capital gains. You also have to complete this schedule if you claim an allowable business investment loss.

References
Section 54
IT-170, Sale of Property - When Included in Income Computation
IT-448, Dispositions - Changes in Terms of Securities
IT-460, Dispositions - Absence of Consideration

Designation under paragraph 111(4)(e)

Answer yes or no to the question on line 050, page 1 of Schedule 6.

You can make a designation under paragraph 111(4)(e) if a person or group of persons has acquired control of the corporation. If you make the designation, capital properties will be considered as having been disposed of immediately before that person or group of persons acquired control of the corporation.

Completing Schedule 6

To help you complete Schedule 6, we have provided the following explanations that briefly set out the type of information we need in each column and each part of the schedule.

Column 1 - Types of capital property

There are six categories of capital property you may have disposed of during the tax year. The categories are:

• shares;
• real estate;
• bonds;
• other properties;
• personal-use property; and
• listed personal property.

The first six parts of Schedule 6 reflect these six categories of capital property.

Column 2 - Date of acquisition

In this column, give the date you acquired the property.

Column 3 - Proceeds of disposition

In this column, indicate the proceeds of disposition. The proceeds of disposition are usually the selling price of the property. However, they can also include compensation the corporation received for property that was destroyed, expropriated, stolen, or damaged.

For a gift or a deemed disposition, the proceeds of disposition are usually the fair market value of the property when its owner or use changes.

References
Section 54
IT-259, Exchange of Property

Column 4 - Adjusted cost base

In this column, indicate the cost of the property you used to calculate any capital gain or loss. This amount is called the adjusted cost base (ACB). The ACB is the original cost of the property that has been adjusted to reflect certain transactions or occurrences that took place after acquiring the property.

The cost of a capital property may be the actual cost, a deemed cost, or the valuation-day value of the property. The nature of the property and the circumstances under which you acquired it determine which cost of the capital property you should use.

References
Subsections 53(1) and 53(2)
IT-418, Capital Cost Allowance - Partial Dispositions of Property

The cost of property acquired after 1971 is usually the actual cost of acquiring it, including the purchase price plus any related costs, such as commissions, legal fees, and other reasonable expenses. It also includes the cost of additions and improvements to the property. It does not include current expenses, such as maintenance and repair costs.

Reference
IT-128, Capital Cost Allowance - Depreciable Property

Special rules apply when determining the cost of capital property owned on December 31, 1971. According to these rules, tax is not assessed and losses are not allowed for any gain or loss that arose before that date.

When deductions from the cost base of a property (other than a partnership interest) reduce the balance to a negative amount at any time in the tax year, you are considered to have realized a capital gain equal to the amount of the negative balance, and the ACB becomes nil.

You cannot use later additions to the ACB to reduce previous gains on the property that resulted from a negative balance. You can only consider these additions when you determine future gains or losses.

Reference
Subsection 40(3)
Paragraphs 53(1)(e) and 53(2)(c) outline the rules for determining the ACB of a partnership interest.

You have to reduce the ACB of a partnership interest by the amount of any share purchase tax credit, and one-half of any scientific research and experimental development tax credit the partnership allocated to the corporation.

Note
Interests in a partnership that a limited partner or an inactive partner holds are subject to the negative ACB rule.

Column 5 - Outlays and expenses

In this column, enter the amount of outlays and expenses you deducted when calculating a gain or loss. You can deduct most cash outlays the corporation used to put a property into saleable condition when you calculate a gain or loss. You can also deduct expenses incurred when disposing of the property. These expenses include certain fixing-up costs, finder's fees, commissions, surveyor's fees, transfer taxes, and other reasonable expenses incurred to dispose of the property.

Column 6 - Gain (or loss)

In column 6, enter the amount of the gain or loss. To determine this figure, subtract the amounts in columns 4 and 5 from the amount in column 3.

A capital gain results when the proceeds of disposition of a capital property are more than the ACB and any related outlays or expenses. A capital loss occurs when the proceeds of disposition are less than the ACB and the related outlays and expenses. However, if depreciable property is disposed of, it will result in a terminal loss, not a capital loss. See "Column 6 - Undepreciated capital cost" for more details about terminal losses.

In certain cases, when you dispose of a building and the land on which it stands, and the building is disposed of for less than its undepreciated capital cost, you may have to reduce the gain on the sale of the land by the terminal loss on the sale of the building.

References
Subsection 13(21.1)
IT-220, Capital Cost Allowance - Proceeds of Disposition of Depreciable Property

Part 1 - Shares

In this part, list the shares disposed of during the tax year. Give the number of shares, the name of the corporation in which the shares were held, and the class of the shares.

Usually, disposing of a share of the capital stock of a corporation will result in a taxable capital gain or an allowable capital loss. However, if the corporation that is disposing of the share is in the business of trading shares, the resulting gain or loss is considered business income or loss.

If a share is converted because of a merger or an amalgamation, section 54 deems a disposition to have occurred.

Under paragraph 112(3)(b), a corporation must reduce the losses from the disposition of shares held as capital property by certain dividends received for those shares. On line 160, enter the total adjustment for such losses identified in Part 1.

Reference
IT 328R3, Losses on Shares on Which Dividends Have Been Received

Part 2 - Real estate

In this part, list all real estate disposed of during the tax year. Give the municipal address of each property.

Dispositions of non-depreciable real property (unless the property is inventory) may result in a capital gain or loss. However, dispositions of depreciable property may result in a capital gain, a recapture of CCA, or a terminal loss. See "Column 6 - Undepreciated capital cost" for details about terminal losses and recaptures.

Enter the total amount of gain or loss realized on disposition of real estate on line B.

References
IT-218, Profit, Capital Gains and Losses From the Sale of Real Estate, Including Farmland and Inherited Land and Conversion of Real Estate From Capital Property to Inventory and Vice Versa
IT-478, Capital Cost Allowance - Recapture and Terminal Loss

Part 3 - Bonds

In this part, list all bonds disposed of during the tax year. Give the face value, the maturity date, and the issuer's name for each type of bond.

When you make a capital disposition of a debt obligation, the amount of any realized discount or bonus received is usually considered a capital gain. Similarly, a premium paid is considered a capital loss, either when the obligation matures or on the date you dispose of the obligation. Enter the total amount of gain or loss realized on disposition of bonds on line C.

Reference
IT-479, Transactions in Securities

Part 4 - Other properties

In this part, describe any capital property disposed of during the tax year that you have not already reported in Parts 1, 2, and 3.

Other property includes capital debts established as bad debts, as well as amounts that arise from foreign currency transactions.

When an amount receivable on a capital account becomes a bad debt and you elect on your return to have the provisions of subsection 50(1) applied, a deemed disposition occurs at the end of the year. You are considered to have reacquired the debt immediately afterwards at a cost of nil. This usually allows the corporation to claim a bad debt as a capital loss in the year. Any later recovery of that debt will result in a capital gain.

References
Subsection 50(1)
IT-159, Capital Debts Established to be Bad Debts

Foreign exchange gains or losses from buying or selling capital properties are capital gains or capital losses. Transactions in foreign currency or foreign currency futures that do not form part of the business operations can be considered capital dispositions.

References
Subsection 39(2)
IT-95, Foreign Exchange Gains and Losses

For dispositions of depreciable property, a capital gain results if the proceeds are more than the capital cost. However, losses on depreciable property do not result in capital losses. These losses are terminal losses. See "Column 6 - Undepreciated capital cost" to find out more about terminal losses.

You have to report dispositions of goodwill and other intangible properties on Schedule 10, Cumulative Eligible Capital Deduction.

Enter the total amount of gain or loss realized on disposition of other properties on line D.

Part 5 - Personal-use property

In this part, describe any personal-use property you disposed of during the tax year.

Personal-use property of a corporation is property owned mainly for the personal use or enjoyment of an individual who is related to the corporation.

Use the $1,000 rule to determine gains and losses when you dispose of personal-use property. According to this rule, if the ACB is less than $1,000, it is considered to be $1,000. As well, when the proceeds of disposition are less than $1,000, they are considered to be $1,000.

The $1,000 rule will not apply when donors acquire personal-use property as part of an arrangement in which the property is gifted to a qualified donee, such as a registered charity.

You cannot deduct losses on dispositions of personal-use property (other than listed personal property) from your income.

Enter the total amount of gain realized on disposition of personal-use property on line E.

Reference
Subsection 46(1)

Part 6 - Listed personal property

In this part, describe any listed personal property disposed of during the tax year.

Listed personal property is a special category of personal-use property that usually increases in value. The following is a complete list of the different types of listed personal property:

• prints, etchings, drawings, paintings, sculptures, or other similar works of art;
• jewellery;
• rare folios, rare manuscripts, or rare books;
• stamps; and
• coins.

If you incur losses from disposing of listed personal property, you can only deduct these losses from capital gains realized from disposing of listed personal property.

On line 655, enter the amount of listed personal property losses from previous years you want to apply against current-year net listed personal property gains. Also, enter this amount on line 530 of Schedule 4, Corporation Loss Continuity and Application.

You can apply any unabsorbed losses in the current year to reduce similar net gains realized in the three preceding years, and in the following seven years. See "Part 5 - Listed personal property losses" for more details.

On line F, enter the total amount of gains or losses realized on disposition of listed personal property minus the amount of line 655.

Part 7 - Property qualifying for and resulting in an allowable business investment loss

Generally, a business investment loss arises from the arm's length disposition (or deemed disposition) of:

• shares of a small business corporation; or
• certain debts owed to the corporation by a small business corporation, certain bankrupt corporations, or certain wound-up corporations (these corporations have to deal with the corporation at arm's length).

A small business corporation is defined in subsection 248(1).

If claiming an allowable business investment loss (ABIL), complete Part 7 of Schedule 6 giving the following information in the appropriate column:

column 900 - name of small business corporation;

column 905 - type of disposition (shares or debt);

column 910 - date of acquisition of shares or debts;

column 920 - proceeds of disposition;

column 930 - adjusted cost base; and

column 940 - outlays and expenses (for dispositions).

Deduct, from the proceeds of disposition, the ACB plus the outlays and expenses to get the business investment loss. Enter this result in column 950.

Enter the total amount of business investment loss on line G.

On line H, enter the ABIL (amount G multiplied by 1/2). Enter this amount on line 406 of Schedule 1.

Capital gains reserve

Often, you will not receive part of the proceeds of disposition, usually for real property, until after the end of the year. In these cases, you can defer part of the capital gain to the year it is due to receive the proceeds by setting up a capital gains reserve. By using reserves, you can spread a capital gain over a maximum of five years.

A corporation that has made a gift of a non-qualifying security to a qualified donee may claim a reserve for any gain realized on this security. A reserve can only be claimed if the donation is not deducted for tax purposes and the donee does not dispose of the security. This reserve can only be claimed in tax years ending within 60 months of making the gift. The reserve must be included in income if any of the following occur:

• the corporation becomes a non-resident or tax exempt; or
• the donee disposes of the security.

The reserve that you can claim in a tax year cannot be more than the lesser of the following two amounts:

A.

Capital gain ÷ Proceeds of disposition

×

Amount not due until after the end of the year

and

B.	for the year of disposition 4/5 of the capital gain for the second year 3/5 of the capital gain for the third year 2/5 of the capital gain for the fourth year 1/5 of the capital gain

Add the reserve amount you deducted in a tax year to income in the following tax year. Add the reserve opening balance and subtract the reserve closing balance on lines 880 and 885 of Schedule 6.

Show the continuity of capital gain reserves on Schedule 13, Continuity of Reserves.

References
Subparagraphs 40(1)(a)(ii) and 40(1)(a)(iii)
Subsection 40(1.01)

Part 8 - Determining capital gains or capital losses

The amount on line 890 is the total capital gain or loss, which is determined as follows:

line I - total of amounts A to F, excluding amount F if the result is a loss for the year;

add

line 875 - Capital gains dividends (Capital gains dividends under paragraphs 130.1(4)(a) and (b) and 131(1)(a) and (b) are considered to be capital gains. These paragraphs apply to mortgage investment corporations and mutual fund corporations.) If you received any capital gains dividends in the tax year, enter them on this line; and

line 880 - the balance at the beginning of the year of the capital gains reserve from Schedule 13 (this amount should include any amount from the last tax year of predecessor corporations after amalgamation or wind-up);

minus

line 885 - the balance at the end of the year of the capital gains reserve from Schedule 13; and

line 890 - total capital gain or loss (excluding ABIL).

Part 9 - Determining taxable capital gains and total capital losses

line N - total amount of gain or loss excluding ABILs (amount from line 890);

minus

line 895 - total of:

line O - 1/2 of capital gains realized before May 2, 2006 on donations of a security listed on a stock exchange, a share or unit of a mutual fund, an interest in a segregated fund, or a prescribed debt obligation made to a qualified donee (other than a private foundation); and

line P - the full amount of capital gains realized after May 1, 2006 on donations of a security listed on a stock exchange, a share or unit of a mutual fund, an interest in a segregated fund, or a prescribed debt obligation made to a qualified donee (other than a private foundation).

and

line 896 - total of:

line Q - 1/2 of capital gain realized before May 2, 2006, on donations of ecologically sensitive land; and

line R - the full amount of capital gain realized after May 1, 2006, on donations of ecologically sensitive land.

line S - line 895 plus 896.

line T - capital gain or loss for the year. This amount is the result of line N minus line S. If the amount is a loss, enter it on line 210 of Schedule 4.

line U - taxable capital gains. If the amount at line T is a gain, multiply it by 1/2. Enter the amount of taxable capital gain on line 113 of Schedule 1.

References
Paragraphs 38(a.1) and 38(a.2)

You can deduct an ABIL from all sources of income for the year. If any balance remains after the year the loss occurs, it becomes part of the non-capital loss. You can carry the non-capital loss back three tax years and carry it forward seven tax years. For an ABIL incurred in tax years ending after March 22, 2004, the carry-forward period is for the ten following tax years.

If you are unable to deduct an ABIL as a non-capital loss within this allowed time frame, the unused part becomes a net capital loss, and you can carry it forward indefinitely to reduce taxable capital gains.

Include all unused ABIL after the applicable carry-forward period in Part 2, "Capital losses," of Schedule 4.

References
Paragraph 39(1)(c)
IT-484, Business Investment Losses

Schedule 8, Capital Cost Allowance (CCA)

Paragraph 20(1)(a) allows a corporation to deduct part of the capital cost of certain depreciable property from income it earned in the year from a business or property. This deduction is called capital cost allowance (CCA).

Complete Schedule 8 to calculate CCA.

When a tax year is shorter than 12 months, you generally have to prorate the CCA.

Under Part XI of the Income Tax Regulations, depreciable property is grouped into prescribed classes. Schedule II of the regulations contains a complete list of these prescribed classes.

A maximum rate is prescribed for each class. Apply the prescribed rate to the undepreciated capital cost of the class at year-end to determine the maximum CCA you can claim. You can deduct any amount up to the maximum that is available for the year.

Note
On Schedule 8, do not include capital expenditures (other than first- or second-term shared-use equipment) for which you are requesting SR&ED treatment.

Disability-related modifications

You can deduct outlays and expenses you incur for eligible disability-related modifications made to a building in the year you paid them, instead of having to add them to the capital cost of your building. Eligible disability-related modifications include changes you make to accommodate wheelchairs. You can also deduct expenses paid to install or get disability-related devices and equipment.

You can claim this as "Other deductions" on Schedule 1, Net Income (Loss) for Income Tax Purposes.

Available-for-use rule

The available-for-use rule determines the earliest tax year in which you can claim CCA for depreciable property.

When is property available for use?

Property other than a building is considered available for use at the earliest of several dates. The following are some examples of these dates:

• when the corporation first uses the property to earn income;
• the beginning of the first tax year that starts at least 358 days after the tax year during which the corporation acquired the property;
• immediately before the corporation disposes of the property; or
• when the corporation can use the property to either produce a saleable product or perform a saleable service.

A building is considered available for use on the earliest of the following dates:

• when the corporation uses all or substantially all of the building for its intended purpose;
• when construction of the building is completed;
• the beginning of the first tax year that starts at least 358 days after the tax year during which the corporation acquired the property;
• immediately before the corporation disposes of the property; or
• when the corporation acquires a replacement property, if it is replacing one it involuntarily disposed of (for example, expropriation) that it either acquired before 1990 or had already become available for use.

Note
If a corporation acquires a property for a long-term project, it can elect to limit the impact of the available-for-use rule. This election is not available for rental buildings. To make this election, send us a completed Form T1031, Subsection 13(29) Election in Respect of Certain Depreciable Properties, Acquired for use in a Long Term Project, with your return.

References
Subsections 13(26) to 13(32)

Election under Regulation 1101(5q)

Line 101 - Is the corporation electing under Regulation 1101(5q)?

To answer this question, tick the yes or no box.

This election allows you to include certain property usually included in classes 8, 10, and 43 in a separate class. You have to have acquired each property after April 26, 1993, at a capital cost of at least $1,000. The types of properties that qualify for this election include general-purpose electronic data-processing equipment and ancillary equipment, manufacturing and processing property, computer software, photocopiers, and electronic communications equipment, such as facsimile transmission devices or telephone equipment.

You can elect to classify a property in a separate class or several properties in one or more than one separate class.

This election can allow you to claim a terminal loss, which is any remaining undepreciated capital cost at the time of disposition of the properties in this class. For more information on terminal losses, see "Column 6 - Undepreciated capital cost."

Completing Schedule 8

This section explains how to complete each column of Schedule 8. Use a separate line for each class of property.

Column 1 - Class number

Identify each class of property with the assigned class number.

Generally, you have to group all depreciable property of the same class together. Then, calculate CCA on the undepreciated capital cost of all the property in that class.

However, sometimes you have to maintain a separate record for each property in the same class. For example, list on separate lines property that you would usually group in the same class but use to earn income from different sources. Also, list on a separate line each Class 10.1 passenger vehicle and property you elected to identify in a separate class under Regulation 1101(5q).

Note
If a class number has not been provided in Schedule II of the Income Tax Regulations for a particular class of property, use the subsection provided in Regulation 1101.

Reference
Regulation 1101

Column 2 - Undepreciated capital cost at the beginning of the year

Enter the amount of the undepreciated capital cost at the end of the previous tax year. This is the amount from column 13 of your last tax year's Schedule 8.

Column 3 - Cost of acquisitions during the year

For each class, enter the total cost of depreciable property you acquired in the tax year. Depreciable property is considered acquired when it becomes available for use. For more information, see the available-for-use rule.

The cost of acquisitions generally means the full cost of acquiring the property, including legal, accounting, engineering, and other fees. Land is not a depreciable property, and is therefore not eligible for CCA.

List any acquisitions that are not subject to the 50% rule, separately. See Regulations 1100(2) and (2.2) for more information about these types of acquisitions.

Do not enter section 85 transfers in this column.

References
Regulations 1100(2) and (2.2)

Column 4 - Net adjustments

In some cases, you will have to adjust the capital cost of a property. In column 4, enter the amounts that will either reduce or increase the capital cost.

Reduce the capital cost of a property by the following amounts:

• any goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax (GST/HST) input tax credit claimed or entitled to be claimed, or any rebate received or entitled to be received in the year;
• any federal investment tax credits (ITCs) used to reduce taxes payable or claimed as a refund in the previous tax year;
• any reduction of capital cost after the application of section 80;
• any provincial or territorial ITCs received or entitled to be received in the current year; and
• any government assistance received or entitled to be received in the year.

Add to the capital cost of the property:

• any depreciable property transferred upon amalgamation or upon the wind-up of a subsidiary;
• any repayment of GST/HST input tax credit previously claimed;
• any depreciable property transferred under section 85; and
• any government assistance repaid in the year that previously reduced the capital cost.

Show the amounts that reduce the capital cost in brackets. Do not include them as income.

Note
A corporation that receives an amount of non-government assistance to buy depreciable property has the option of either reducing the capital cost of the property by this amount, or including it in its income.

References
Subsections 13(7.1), 13(7.4), and 13(21)
Paragraph 12(1)(x)
IT-285, Capital Cost Allowance - General Comments

Column 5 - Proceeds of dispositions during the year

For each class, you usually enter the total proceeds of disposition received or are entitled to be received for property disposed of during the year. However, if you disposed of the property for more than its capital cost, enter the capital cost, not the actual proceeds of disposition.

A capital gain results when you dispose of a depreciable property for more than its capital cost. However, losses on depreciable property do not result in capital losses. They may result in terminal losses. See column 6 for more details about terminal losses.

Column 6 - Undepreciated capital cost

To calculate the amount you have to enter in column 6:

• add the amounts in columns 2 and 3;
• either subtract or add the amount in column 4 (subtract if it is a negative amount, or add if it is a positive amount); and
• subtract the amount in column 5.

You cannot claim CCA when the amount in column 6 is:

• positive, and no property is left in that class at the end of the tax year (a terminal loss); or
• negative (a recapture of CCA).

Terminal loss

A terminal loss results when you dispose of all the property in a particular class and there is an amount of undepreciated capital cost left in column 6. You have to deduct the terminal loss from income. For details, see example 1 under the heading "Schedule 8 examples" that follows.

Recapture of CCA

If the amount in column 6 is negative, you have a recapture of CCA. A recapture of CCA occurs when the proceeds of disposition in column 5 are more than the total of columns 2 and 3, plus or minus the amount in column 4 of that class. You have to add the recapture to income. For details, see example 2 under the heading "Schedule 8 examples" that follows.

The recapture and terminal loss rules do not apply to passenger vehicles in Class 10.1.

Enter the recapture or terminal loss from column 6 in column 10 or 11. In this case, do not complete the rest of the columns for that line.

Column 7 - 50% rule

Generally, property acquired during the tax year is only eligible for 50% of the normal maximum CCA for the year. You can claim full CCA for that property in the next tax year.

To apply the 50% rule, the undepreciated capital cost of the property has to be adjusted. This adjustment is equal to one-half of the net amount of additions to the class (the net cost of acquisitions minus the proceeds of dispositions). Enter this amount in column 7. For details, see example 3 under the heading "Schedule 8 examples" that follows.

When applying the 50% rule, the net amount of additions must take into account some adjustments in column 4 (plus or minus). However, do not reduce the net amount of additions by the ITC claimed in the previous tax year and included in column 4.

Certain properties acquired through non-arm's-length transfers or butterfly transfers (which occur in the course of certain reorganizations) are exempt from the 50% rule.

References
Regulation 1100(2)
IT-285, Capital Cost Allowance - General Comments

Column 8 - Reduced undepreciated capital cost

In this column, enter the amount you get when you subtract the amount in column 7 from the amount in column 6.

Column 9 - CCA rate

Enter the prescribed rate that applies, as provided for under Part XI of the Regulations. If a specific rate has not been provided for a particular class of property, enter N/A in this column.

Column 10 - Recapture of capital cost allowance

In column 6, enter the amount of recapture calculated. Be sure you include the recapture as income. Enter the total of amounts in column 10 on line 107 of Schedule 1.

Column 11 - Terminal loss

Enter the terminal loss calculated in column 6. Deduct the terminal loss from income. Enter the total of amounts in column 11 on line 404 of Schedule 1.

Column 12 - Capital cost allowance

To claim the maximum CCA for each class, multiply the amount in column 8 by the rate in column 9, and enter the result in column 12. You do not have to claim the maximum allowable CCA. You can claim any amount up to the maximum.

If the tax year is less than 365 days, prorate the CCA claim for all property except for those classes of property that Regulation 1100(3) excludes. The exceptions in Regulation 1100(3) include:

• Class 14 assets;
• Class 15 assets;
• timber limits and cutting rights;
• industrial mineral mines;
• certified productions;
• Canadian film or video productions; and
• certain mining equipment in classes 28 and 41.

To determine the maximum CCA claim, multiply the maximum CCA for a complete year by the number of days in the tax year divided by 365.

References
Regulation 1100(3)
IT-147, Capital Cost Allowance - Accelerated Write-off of Manufacturing and Processing Machinery and Equipment
IT-285, Capital Cost Allowance - General Comments

The total of all amounts in column 12 is the CCA claim for the tax year. Deduct this amount on line 403 of Schedule 1.

Note
If you want to change the amount of CCA claimed in a tax year, send a written request within 90 days of the date on the notice of assessment or notice of reassessment. Only under certain circumstances can we make adjustments after the 90-day period has expired.

For more information, see Information Circular IC84-1, Revision of Capital Cost Allowance Claims and Other Permissive Deductions.

Column 13 - Undepreciated capital cost at the end of the year

Subtract the amount in column 12 from the amount in column 6 and enter the difference.

When there is a recapture of CCA or a terminal loss for a particular class in the year, the undepreciated capital cost at the end of the year is always nil.

Schedule 8 examples

List of CCA rates and classes

The following chart is a partial list and description of the most common capital cost allowance (CCA) classes. You will find a complete list in Schedule II of the Income Tax Regulations.

Class number	Description	CCA rate
1	Most buildings made of brick, stone, or cement acquired after 1987, including their component parts such as electric wiring, lighting fixtures, plumbing, heating and cooling equipment, elevators, and escalators (additional allowance of 6% for buildings used for manufacturing and processing in Canada and 2% for buildings used for other non-residential purposes, for buildings acquired after March 18, 2007)	4%
3	Most buildings made of brick, stone, or cement acquired before 1988, including their component parts as listed in Class 1 above	5%
6	Buildings made of frame, log, stucco on frame, galvanized iron, or corrugated metal that are used in the business of farming or fishing, or that have no footings below-ground; fences and most greenhouses	10%
7	Canoes, boats, and most other vessels, including their furniture, fittings, or equipment	15%
8	Property that is not included in any other class such as furniture, calculators and cash registers (that do not record multiple sales taxes), photocopy and fax machines, printers, display fixtures, refrigeration equipment, machinery, tools costing $500 or more, and outdoor advertising billboards and greenhouses with rigid frames and plastic covers	20%
9	Aircraft, including furniture, fittings, or equipment attached, and their spare parts	25%
10	Automobiles (except taxis and others used for lease or rent), vans, wagons, trucks, buses, tractors, trailers, drive-in theatres, general-purpose electronic data-processing equipment (e.g., personal computers) and systems software, and timber-cutting and removing equipment	30%
10.1	Passenger vehicles costing more than $30,000 if acquired after 2000	30%
12	Chinaware, cutlery, linen, uniforms, dies, jigs, moulds or lasts, computer software (except systems software), cutting or shaping parts of a machine, certain property used for earning rental income such as apparel or costumes, and videotape cassettes; certain property costing less than $500 such as kitchen utensils, tools, and medical or dental equipment acquired after May 1, 2006	100%
13	Property that is leasehold interest (the maximum CCA rate depends on the type of leasehold and the terms of the lease)	N/A
14	Patents, franchises, concessions, and licences for a limited period - the CCA is limited to whichever is less: the capital cost of the property spread out over the life of the property; or the undepreciated capital cost of the property at the end of the tax year Class 14 also includes patents, and licences to use patents for a limited period, that you elect not to include in Class 44	N/A
16	Automobiles for lease or rent, taxicabs, and coin-operated video games or pinball machines; certain tractors and large trucks acquired after December 6, 1991, that are used to haul freight and that weigh more than 11,788 kilograms	40%
17	Roads, sidewalks, parking-lot or storage areas, telephone, telegraph, or non-electronic data communication switching equipment	8%
38	Most power-operated movable equipment acquired after 1987 used for moving, excavating, placing, or compacting earth, rock, concrete, or asphalt	30%
39	Machinery and equipment acquired after 1987 that is used in Canada mainly to manufacture and process goods for sale or lease	25%
43	Manufacturing and processing machinery and equipment acquired after February 25, 1992, described in Class 39 above	30%
44	Patents and licences to use patents for a limited or unlimited period that the corporation acquired after April 26, 1993 - However, you can elect not to include such property in Class 44 by attaching a letter to the return for the year the corporation acquired the property. In the letter, indicate the property you do not want to include in Class 44	25%
45	Computer equipment that is "general-purpose electronic data processing equipment and system software" included in paragraph f of Class 10 acquired after March 22, 2004. Also see class 50.	45%
46	Data network infrastructure equipment that supports advanced telecommunication applications, acquired after March 22, 2004 - it includes assets such as switches, multiplexers, routers, hubs, modems, and domain name servers that are used to control, transfer, modulate and direct data, but does not include office equipment such as telephones, cell phones or fax machines, or property such as wires, cables or structures	30%
50	General-purpose computer equipment and systems software acquired after March 18, 2007, that is not used principally as electronic process control, communications control, or monitor equipment, and the systems software related to such equipment, and data handling equipment that is not ancillary to general-purpose computer equipment.	55%

Schedule 10, Cumulative Eligible Capital Deduction

Complete Schedule 10 to calculate the cumulative eligible capital deduction.

Some business-related expenditures are capital in nature. Corporations incur these expenditures, called eligible capital expenditures, to buy intangible capital property, known as eligible capital property. Some examples of eligible capital property are:

• goodwill;
• trademarks;
• franchises, concessions, or licences for an unlimited period; and
• patents, and licences to use patents for an unlimited period, that you elect not to include in Class 44. For more information on Class 44, see the CCA rates and classes chart.

Expenses you incur for incorporation, reorganization, or amalgamation also qualify as eligible capital expenditures.

Eligible capital expenditures are not deductible in full, and they are not eligible for CCA. However, they may qualify for a partial deduction called a cumulative eligible capital deduction.

The cumulative eligible capital (CEC) account is the account you set up to keep track of your eligible capital expenditures. Calculate your CEC account balance on Schedule 10. Each year, you can deduct up to 7% of the balance.

Complete Part 1 of Schedule 10 and claim the amount at line 250 on line 405 of Schedule 1.

Show any amount at line 222, "Cost of eligible capital property acquired during the tax year," excluding any adjustments, such as government assistance, repayment of government assistance, and section 85 transfers. Enter adjustments at line 226 if they increase the eligible capital cost or at line 246 if they reduce it.

When completing Part 1 of Schedule 10, if you have a negative balance on your CEC account, you have to complete Part 2.

On line 108 of Schedule 1, enter the amount you calculated at line 410. You must prorate the deduction for a short tax year.

References
Subsection 14(5)
Paragraph 20(1)(b)
Section 85
IT-143, Meaning of Eligible Capital Expenditure

Schedule 12, Resource-Related Deductions

You have to complete the appropriate part(s) of Schedule 12 if you are claiming any of the following deductions on Schedule 1:

• Canadian development expenses;
• Canadian exploration expenses;
• Canadian oil and gas property expenses;
• depletion;
• foreign exploration and development expenses;
• specified foreign exploration and development expenses; or
• foreign resource expenses.

Schedule 12 gives details for the calculations required.

References
Part XII of the Regulations
Sections 65 and 66

Schedule 13, Continuity of Reserves

You have to complete Schedule 13 to show the continuity of all reserves. Indicate, on the appropriate lines, the prior-year and the current-year reserves as well as the reserve transferred from an amalgamation or wind-up. If your corporation or the predecessor corporation deducted a reserve amount last year, add that amount to current-year income and establish a new reserve amount.

Complete Schedule 13 as follows:

Part 1 - Capital gains reserves

Establish the continuity of reserves for each different property. Unlike other reserves, you have to report the total capital gain reserves that you and the predecessor corporation deducted last year. Add the current-year reserve on Schedule 6 to calculate the current-year capital gain.

Part 2 - Other reserves

In this part, establish the continuity of the following reserves:

• reserve for doubtful debts;
• reserve for undelivered goods and services not rendered;
• reserve for prepaid rent;
• reserve for December 31, 1995, income from partnership;
• reserve for returnable containers;
• reserve for unpaid amounts; and
• other tax reserves.

Enter, on line 125 of Schedule 1, the total of the balance of your reserve at the beginning of the year (line 270 of Schedule 13) plus the amount of reserve transferred on wind-up/amalgamation (line 275 of Schedule 13).

Enter, on line 413 of Schedule 1, the balance at the end of the year (line 280 of Schedule 13).

Enter, on line 414 of Schedule 1, the balance at the beginning of the year of reserves from financial statements.

Enter, on line 126 of Schedule 1, the balance at the end of the year of reserves from financial statements.

References
IT-152, Special Reserves - Sale of Land
IT-154, Special Reserves
IT-442, Bad Debts and Reserves for Doubtful Debts

Schedule 16, Patronage Dividend Deduction

Complete Schedule 16 if you are claiming a patronage dividend deduction. This deduction is for payments made to customers for allocations in proportion to patronage. An allocation in proportion to patronage entitles a customer to receive payment calculated at a rate relating to the quantity, quality, or value of either goods or products sold or services rendered.

Corporations have to pay amounts that qualify for this deduction either during the tax year, or in the 12 months that follow the tax year.

An eligible agricultural co-operative for a particular tax year can deduct patronage dividends issued in the form of shares, but deductions cannot be more than 85% of its income for that year that is attributable to business done with its members.

Corporations other than credit unions and co-operative corporations cannot deduct patronage dividends paid after March 22, 2004, to non-arm's length persons.

Parts 1, 2, and 3 of Schedule 16 give details on how to calculate the allowable patronage dividend deduction. Enter this deduction on line 416 of Schedule 1.

If you are claiming a patronage dividend deduction, you also have to complete Part 5 of Schedule 16 entitled "Calculation of income from an active business carried on in Canada (ABI)." Enter the amount from line 124 at line 400 of the return.

File one completed copy of this schedule with your return.

Note
Members of certain agricultural co-operative corporations can defer including in income patronage dividends in the form of shares issued after 2005 and before 2016 to the year of their disposal. However, a member may elect to have an amount included in income before the disposition of the shares. To make this election for 2006 and 2007 tax years, the member must send a letter specifying the amount to be included in income with their return for the particular tax year.

References
Sections 135 and 135.1
IT-362, Patronage Dividends

Schedule 17, Credit Union Deductions

As a credit union, you may be claiming allocations for bonus interest payments and allocations in proportion to borrowing. If so, provide us with the appropriate information by completing Schedule 17.

Use this schedule to calculate the "additional deduction - credit unions" to reduce Part I tax. For details on this additional deduction, see "Line 628 - Additional deductions - credit unions".

A credit union can deduct from its income for a tax year both the total of all bonus interest payments and the payments it made to its members for allocations in proportion to borrowing. It can also deduct payments made in the 12 months after the end of the tax year. However, the credit union cannot deduct an amount if it could have deducted it in the previous tax year.

The allocation in proportion to borrowing for a tax year means an amount a credit union credits to a member that is entitled to, or will receive, this amount.

On Schedule 17, you have to calculate the payment made in proportion to borrowing at a rate that is related to:

• the amount of interest payable by the member on money the member borrowed from the credit union; or
• the amount of money the member borrowed from the credit union.

You have to calculate the bonus interest payment at a rate that is related to:

• the interest payable by the credit union on money standing to the member's credit; or
• the amount of money standing to the member's credit.

The amount the credit union credited to the member has to bear the same rate as the interest or money that the credit union similarly credited to all other members of the credit union of the same class.

Complete the appropriate parts of Schedule 17 to calculate this deduction. Add lines 305 and 315 of Schedule 17 and enter the result on line 315 of Schedule 1.

References
Subsections 137(2) and 137(6)

Form T661, Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Expenditures Claim

We publish Guide T4088, Guide to Form T661 Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Expenditures Claim, which gives details on how to complete Form T661. For more information, visit our Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) page.

File a current version of Form T661 if you carry on business in Canada and have incurred expenditures for scientific research and experimental development (SR&ED) you carried on in Canada.

To be a qualified expenditure, the amount has to be for SR&ED carried on in Canada.

For SR&ED expenditures made after February 22, 2005, the expression "in Canada" includes the "exclusive economic zone" (as defined in the Oceans Act to generally consist of an area that is within 200 nautical miles from the Canadian coastline), including the airspace, seabed, and subsoil in respect of that zone.

For SR&ED expenditures made before February 23, 2005, the expression "in Canada" generally includes the 12-nautical-mile territorial sea.

To avoid delays in processing, use the most recent version of Form T661.

Current and capital SR&ED expenditures form a special pool that you can deduct in the current year. You can also carry forward to any future year the expenditures in that pool as long as you have not deducted them before.

Enter the scientific research expenses claimed in the year, on line 411 of Schedule 1.

Form T661 summarizes the costs for all SR&ED projects. You have to complete the form and place it on top of the return for the tax year you incur SR&ED expenditures. File Form T661 whether or not you claim an ITC. If you do not file Form T661 and Schedule 31, Investment Tax Credit - Corporations, on or before the day that is 12 months after your filing due-date for the tax year in which the SR&ED expenditures were made, you cannot claim SR&ED expenditures and an ITC for that year. For more information, see "Line 652 - Investment tax credit".

When a corporation is a member of a partnership that incurs SR&ED expenditures, the partnership has to file Form T661 along with the T5013 Summary, Information Return of Partnership Income. Each partner has to file a T5013 slip, Statement of Partnership Income, showing its share of the expenditures. If the partnership is exempt from filing (for example, it has fewer than six members), each partner has to file Form T661 with its return.

References
Subsections 37(1), 149(7), and 149(7.1)
Regulation 2900
IC 86-4, Scientific Research and Experimental Development
IT-151, Scientific Research and Experimental Development Expenditures
RC4472, Overview of the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Tax Incentive Program
T4088, Guide to Form T661 Scientific Research and Experimental Development Expenditure Claim

Losses

Current-year losses

A corporation may not always have net income to report. Instead, it may have incurred a loss for the year. The different types of losses a corporation can incur are:

• non-capital loss;
• farm loss;
• restricted farm loss; and
• limited partnership loss.

The application and continuity of these losses are calculated on Schedule 4, Corporation Loss Continuity and Application. Information on how to complete Schedule 4 follows this section.

A corporation may also incur a capital loss. These types of losses are determined on Schedule 6, Summary of Dispositions of Capital Property.

Applying losses

A corporation can apply unused losses and deduct them from income it earned in the current tax year or in prior tax years.

Note
You can choose whether or not to deduct an available loss from income in a tax year. You can deduct losses in any order. However, for each type of loss, make sure to deduct the oldest available loss first.

Losses carryback

You can use losses in any order, but consider the following:

• a current-year non-capital loss or farm loss can reduce any kind of income or taxable dividends subject to Part IV tax for the three previous years;
• a net capital loss can reduce taxable capital gains included in your income for the three previous years;
• a restricted farm loss can reduce farming income for the three previous years; and
• a listed personal property loss can reduce capital gains incurred on listed personal property for the three previous years.

Except for net capital losses, you cannot use other year losses to create or increase a non-capital loss for the tax year.

Use Schedule 4 to request the carryback of any losses to prior years. If you do not attach your request to the return, you can send it separately to your tax centre.

Calculating losses when there is an acquisition of control

Following an acquisition of control, special rules apply for calculating and deducting net capital losses, non-capital losses, and farm losses. You will find more information about these rules on Schedule 4 and at lines 063 and 065. Also, see the following references for details.

References
Subsections 111(4) and 111(5)
IT-302, Losses of a Corporation - The Effect That Acquisitions of Control, Amalgamations, and Windings-Up Have on Their Deductibility -After January 15, 1987

How to complete Schedule 4, Corporation Loss Continuity and Application

Part 1 - Non-capital losses

Determination of current-year non-capital loss

To determine the current-year non-capital loss, you have to complete Part 1 as follows:

Net income (loss) for income tax purposes - income from all sources minus losses from business and property, plus or minus the adjustments on Schedule 1;

deduct

Subtotal - if the result is positive, enter "0";

deduct

section 110.5 or subparagraph 115(1)(a)(vii) - addition for foreign tax deductions - any amounts added to the taxable income to use foreign tax deductions you could not otherwise deduct from Part I tax. For details, see line 355;

add

current-year farm loss - whichever is less: the net loss from farming or fishing included in the income, or the non-capital loss before deducting the farm loss.

Calculating current-year farm loss

The current-year farm loss is whichever of the following amounts is less:

• the loss from farming or fishing that is more than the farming or fishing income for the year; or
• the amount of the current-year non-capital loss as calculated in Part 1 of Schedule 4 before you deduct the farm loss for the year.

Enter the farm loss calculated on line 310 of Schedule 4.

The farm loss can also include an amount allocated from a partnership.

If the result after the calculation shown under Part 1 is negative, enter this result (as positive) on line 110 of Schedule 4 as the current-year non-capital loss.

Note
You cannot use prior-year losses to create or increase a current-year non-capital loss, except with net capital losses of other years.

References
Subsection 111(8)
IT-302, Losses of a Corporation - The Effect That Acquisitions of Control, Amalgamations and Windings-Up Have on Their Deductibility -After January 15, 1987

Continuity of non-capital losses and request for carryback

Use this area to establish the continuity of non-capital losses and to carry back a current-year non-capital loss to prior years.

The current-year non-capital loss can reduce any kind of income or taxable dividends subject to Part IV tax for the 3 previous tax years and for the 7 following tax years.

For non-capital losses incurred in tax years ending after March 22, 2004, the carry-forward period is for the 10 following tax years.

For non-capital losses incurred in tax years ending after 2005, the carry-forward period is for the 20 following tax years.

Complete this area as follows:

Amount of non-capital losses at the end of the previous tax year;

deduct

Line 102 - amount of non-capital losses at the beginning of the tax year (this is the result of the two previous lines);

add

deduct

deduct

Subtotal - this is the amount of non-capital losses available to carry back or carry forward to other years;

deduct

lines 901 to 913 - on the appropriate line, enter the amount of non-capital loss you carry back to prior years against taxable income and taxable dividends subject to Part IV tax;

line 180 - the result is the closing balance of non-capital losses you carry forward to future years.

Complete Part 6 to establish the balance of non-capital losses by year of origin.

Election under paragraph 88(1.1)(f)

Further to a winding-up of a subsidiary, the portion of a non-capital loss, restricted farm loss, farm loss, or limited partnership loss incurred by the subsidiary is deemed to be the parent corporation's loss for its tax year beginning after the commencement of the winding-up.

Paragraph 88(1.1)(f) allows the parent corporation to elect that this loss is deemed to be a loss from its tax year previous the year mentioned above.

Tick box 190 if you are making an election under paragraph 88(1.1)(f).

Part 2 - Capital losses

Continuity of capital losses and request for a carryback

The current-year capital loss is calculated on Schedule 6. Complete this part to establish the continuity and the application of capital losses.

To establish the continuity, you have to enter the amount of capital losses and not the amount of net capital losses available. The inclusion rate will be used only when the loss is applied. You have to indicate the balance of any previous-year capital losses carried forward.

The net capital loss can reduce taxable capital gains included as income for the three previous tax years and indefinitely for future years.

Complete this part as follows:

line 200 - amount of capital losses at the end of the previous tax year;

add

deduct

add

deduct

line 225 - amount of capital losses from prior years used to reduce a net capital gain incurred in the year [to get the net capital losses required to reduce the taxable capital gain included in the net income (loss) for the purpose of current-year tax, multiply the amount on line 225 by 50% and enter the result on line 332 of the return].

Subtotal - this is the amount of capital losses available to carry back or carry forward to other years;

deduct

lines 951 to 953 - on the appropriate line, enter the amount of capital loss you carry back to prior years. The net capital loss amount will be calculated at the inclusion rate of the year to which the net capital loss is applied (see note below);

line 280 - the result obtained is the closing balance of available capital losses you carry forward to future years.

Part 3 - Farm losses

Continuity of farm losses and request for a carryback

Use this part to establish the continuity of farm losses and to carry back a current-year farm loss to prior years. (Farm losses include losses from farming and fishing businesses.)

Complete this part as follows:

Amount of farm losses at the end of the previous tax year;

deduct

Line 302 - amount of farm losses at the beginning of the tax year (this is the result of the two previous lines);

add

deduct

Subtotal - this is the amount of farm losses available to carry back or carry forward to other years;

deduct

lines 921 to 933 - on the appropriate line, enter the amounts of farm loss you apply to prior years against taxable income and taxable dividends subject to Part IV tax;

line 380 - the result is the closing balance of farm losses to be carried forward to future years.

Complete Part 6 to establish the balance of farm losses by year of origin.

Part 4 - Restricted farm losses

Calculating current-year restricted farm loss

If your chief source of income is neither farming nor a combination of farming and another source of income, the loss arising from the farming activity that you can deduct is restricted. An amount of farm loss allocated from a partnership may also be restricted.

Use this part to calculate the current-year restricted farm loss.

The amount of farm loss you can deduct from net income for income tax purposes is C or F, whichever is less:

C. net loss from the farming business for the year; or

F. $2,500 plus one of the following amounts, whichever is less:

(i) (net loss from the farming business for the year minus $2,500) divided by 2; or

(ii) $6,250.

Add to your income, on line 233 of Schedule 1, the difference between:

• the actual farm loss you deducted on the financial statements or entered on line 485; and
• the deductible farm loss you calculated above.

This difference is called the current-year restricted farm loss, and you have to enter it on line 410.

References
Subsection 31(1)
IT-232, Losses - Their Deductibility in the Loss Year or in Other Years

Continuity of restricted farm losses and request for a carryback

Use this part to establish the continuity of restricted farm losses and to carry back a current-year restricted farm loss to prior years.

The current-year restricted farm loss can reduce farm income for the 3 previous tax years and for the 10 following tax years.

For restricted farm losses incurred in tax years ending after 2005, the carry-forward period will be for the 20 following tax years.

Complete this part as follows:

Amount of the restricted farm losses at the end of previous tax year;

deduct

Line 402 - amount of the restricted farm losses at the beginning of the tax year (this is the result of the two previous lines);

add

deduct

Subtotal - this is the amount of restricted farm losses available to carry back or carry forward to other years;

deduct

lines 941 to 943 - on the appropriate line, enter the amount of loss you carry back to prior years against farm income;

line 480 - the result is the closing balance of restricted farm losses you carry forward to future years.

Complete Part 6 to establish the balance of restricted farm losses by year of origin.

Part 5 - Listed personal property losses

Continuity of listed personal property loss and request for a carryback

Use this part to establish the continuity of listed personal property losses and to carry back a current-year listed personal property loss against net capital gains incurred on the same kind of property of the three previous years.

A listed personal property loss cannot be transferred.

Complete this part as follows:

Amount of listed personal property losses at the end of the previous tax year;

deduct

line 500 - amount of listed personal property loss expired after seven tax years (this amount is the balance of listed property loss from the eighth previous year that would otherwise be available).

Line 502 - amount of listed personal property losses at the beginning of the tax year (this is the result of the two previous lines);

add

line 510 - amount of listed personal property loss for the current year previously calculated on Schedule 6;

deduct

Subtotal - this is the amount of listed personal property losses available to carry back or carry forward to other years;

deduct

lines 961 to 963 - on the appropriate line, enter the amount of loss you carry back to prior years against listed personal property gains;

line 580 - the result is the closing balance of listed personal property losses you carry forward to future years.

Complete Part 6 to establish the balance of listed personal property losses by year of origin.

Part 6 - Analysis of balance of losses by year of origin

Use this part to show by year of origin the balance of losses you can carry forward to future years. Enter each loss by year of origin, starting with the current year, going down to the 7^th, 10^th, or 20^th previous year, whichever applies.

Part 7 - Limited partnership losses

Current-year limited partnership losses

Use this part to calculate the current-year limited partnership losses that are deductible for the year. The amount that cannot be deducted may be carried to other years.

A corporation that is a limited partner and receives a T5013 slip, Statement of Partnership Income, will find the amount of limited partnership loss allocated to it in box 23 of the slip.

If the limited partner does not receive this slip because the partnership is exempt from filing (for example, if it has fewer than six members), you have to file the partnership's financial statements with the return to prove the corporation's share of the partnership loss for the year.

Report the amount in the tax year of the partnership's tax year-end.

The part of a partnership loss that a limited partner can deduct in determining net income for income tax purposes may be restricted.

Complete this part as follows:

column 600 - partnership identifier;

column 602 - fiscal period ending of the partnership;

column 604 - corporation's share of limited partnership loss from a business (other than a farming business) or from property;

column 606 - corporation's at-risk amount at the fiscal period ending of the partnership;

column 608 - total of corporation's share in:

• partnership ITCs for the year,
• partnership's loss from a farming business for the year, and
• partnership's resource expenses for the year;

column 620 - enter the result of:

column 604 minus (column 606 minus column 608)

In general terms, you have to calculate a limited partner's at-risk amount as follows:

the adjusted cost base of its partnership interest;

plus

its share of the current-year's income from the partnership;

minus

all amounts the partner owes to the partnership, and any amount or benefit to which the partner is entitled that is intended to protect it from the loss of its investment.

Interests in partnerships that were operating on a regular and continuous basis on and after February 25, 1986, are exempt from the at-risk rules. However, partnership interests may lose their exempt status if, after February 25, 1986, there has been either a substantial contribution of capital to the partnership, or substantial partnership borrowings.

The difference between the corporation's share of the actual loss of the limited partnership shown on the financial statements and the corporation's at-risk amount is called a limited partnership loss. This amount is from column 620. You have to add the total of column 620 to line 222 of Schedule 1. You also have to enter all those losses in column 670 to establish the continuity of losses.

References
Subsection 96(2.1)
IT-232, Losses - Their Deductibility in the Loss Year or in Other Years

Limited partnership losses from prior tax years that may be applied in the current year

Complete this part if you want to apply limited partnership losses from previous years to reduce any kind of income in the current year. However, the deductible amount is limited to the difference between the balance of losses and the corporation's at-risk amount for each limited partnership. See earlier in this chapter for details.

Complete this part as follows:

column 630 - partnership identifier;

column 632 - fiscal period ending of the partnership that ends in the corporation's tax year;

column 634 - amount of the limited partnership losses at the end of the previous tax year;

column 636 - corporation's at-risk amount;

column 638 - total of corporation's shares in:

• partnership's investment tax credit;
• partnership's business or property losses; and
• partnership's resource expenses.

column 650 - enter whichever of the two following amounts is less:

• column 634; or
• column 636 minus column 638.

The result is the amount of limited partnership losses from previous years you can apply against other income in the current year.

Continuity of limited partnership losses that can be carried forward to future tax years

Limited partnership losses can be carried forward indefinitely to future years. To establish the continuity of those losses, complete this part by entering the following information on each partnership:

column 660 - partnership identifier;

column 662 - limited partnership losses at the end of the previous tax year;

column 664 - amount of limited partnership losses transferred from a predecessor corporation after amalgamation, or a subsidiary after wind-up, where not less than 90% of the issued shares in each class were, immediately before the wind-up, owned by the corporation (this amount is the unused limited partnership losses available to carry forward at the end of the tax year of the predecessor corporation or subsidiary ending immediately before the amalgamation or wind-up);

column 670 - amount of current-year limited partnership losses as calculated in column 620 above;

column 675 - amount of limited partnership losses applied on line 335 of the return (this amount cannot be more than the amount calculated in column 650 above); and

column 680 - amount of limited partnership losses carried forward to later years. This is the result of the following calculation:

column 662 + column 664 + column 670 - column 675

Taxable income

The following section explains how to calculate the deductions you may be able to claim to reduce net income. You will use these amounts to arrive at your taxable income.

Line 300 - Net income or (loss) for income tax purposes

On line 300, enter the net income or loss for income tax purposes, as you calculated on Schedule 1. If you did not have to make any adjustments to the net income or loss from the financial statements, enter on line 300 the net income or loss from the income statement. Show the amount of any loss in brackets.

Note
On Schedule 1, do not deduct charitable donations, taxable dividends, net capital losses, non-capital losses, farm losses, or restricted farm losses from other years. You have to deduct these items from net income for income tax purposes to arrive at taxable income.

Line 311 - Charitable donations

Complete Schedule 2, Charitable Donations and Gifts, if, during the tax year, you made charitable donations, or unused charitable donations were transferred from a predecessor corporation after amalgamation or from a subsidiary corporation after wind-up. You can claim a deduction for charitable donations made to any of the following organizations:

• registered charities (including registered national arts service organizations);
• registered Canadian amateur athletic associations;
• housing corporations resident in Canada and exempt from Part I tax under paragraph 149(1)(i);
• Canadian municipalities;
• municipal or public bodies performing a function of government in Canada;
• the United Nations or its agencies;
• prescribed universities outside Canada listed in Schedule VIII of the Income Tax Regulations;
• charitable organizations outside Canada to which the federal government has made a gift during the corporation's tax year, or the 12 months immediately before that tax year; or
• Her Majesty in right of Canada, a province, or territory.

The maximum amount of charitable donations that a corporation can deduct is equal to 75% of its net income (line 300). This limitation can be increased by the following amounts:

• 25% of the taxable capital gains arising from gifts of capital property (other than for gifts of ecologically sensitive land or of Canadian cultural property) made in the year and included in taxable income for the year;
• 25% of all taxable capital gains in the year from the disposition in a previous year of a non-qualifying security of a corporation that is making a gift to a qualified donee; and
• 25% of whichever is less:
  • the amount of recapture, included in the income of the year, arising from the donation of a prescribed class of depreciable property; or
  • the lesser of the capital cost and the proceeds of disposition of the property minus any outlays and expenses made for the purpose of making the disposition.

Charitable donations are deducted in the order they were made (first-in, first-out rule).

If you are reporting nil net income or a loss for the year, you cannot claim donations to create or increase a loss.

However, you can carry forward unused charitable donations and claim them in any of the five following tax years.

Note
On line 255 of Schedule 2, enter the amount of any other adjustments (these adjustments would apply to corporations that have undergone an acquisition of control and whose donations carryforward that accrued before the acquisition of control and after March 22, 2004, are not deductible after the acquisition of control).

Complete Part 1 of Schedule 2 to calculate the total donations available and the charitable donations closing balance.

Complete Part 2 of Schedule 2 to calculate the maximum deduction allowable and to determine the amount to claim for charitable donations including gifts of capital property.

On line 311, enter the amount you want to apply against taxable income. This amount cannot be more than the lesser of:

• the total donations available; or
• the maximum deduction allowable.

Complete Part 7 of Schedule 2 to establish the continuity of charitable donations.

You do not have to file receipts with your return. However, you have to keep them in case we ask for them later.

References
Paragraph 110.1(1)(a)
Subsections 110.1(1.1) and 40(1.01)

Line 312 - Gifts to Canada, a province or a territory

Complete Part 3 of Schedule 2 if, during the tax year:

• you made donations to Canada, a province, or a territory before February 19, 1997, or under a written agreement made before that day; or
• the donations to Canada, a province, or a territory were transferred from a predecessor corporation after amalgamation or from a subsidiary corporation after wind-up.

You can claim a deduction from net income for a gift you made to Canada, a province, or a territory. The amount of the deduction is not limited to 75% of net income, as is the case for charitable donations. The most you can deduct is the total gifts you made before February 19, 1997, or made under a written agreement made before that date, and any gifts you have not previously deducted from the five previous years.

If the amount of the gift is more than net income for the year minus any other donations you claim, you can carry the excess forward for up to five years.

Note
On line 355 of Schedule 2, enter the amount of any other adjustments (these adjustments would apply to corporations that have undergone an acquisition of control and whose donations carryforward that accrued before the acquisition of control and after March 22, 2004, are not deductible after the acquisition of control).

Gifts to Canada, a province, or a territory are deducted in the order they were made (first-in, first-out rule).

On line 312, enter the amount of gifts to Canada, a province, or a territory that you want to apply against taxable income.

Complete Part 7 of Schedule 2 to establish the continuity of those gifts.

You do not have to file receipts with your return. However, keep them in case we ask for them later. Regulation 3501(1.1) outlines the information that has to appear on the receipt.

References
Paragraph 110.1(1)(b)
Subsection 110.1(1.1)

Line 313 - Cultural gifts

Complete Part 4 of Schedule 2 if, during the tax year:

• you donated cultural gifts; or
• the cultural gifts were transferred from a predecessor corporation after amalgamation or from a subsidiary corporation after wind-up.

You can claim a deduction from net income for a gift of certified cultural property made to designated institutions or public authorities. The most you can deduct is the total gifts donated in the current tax year and any undeducted gifts from the five previous years.

If the amount of cultural gifts is more than your net income for the year minus other donations you claim, you can carry the excess forward for up to five years.

Note
On line 455 of Schedule 2, enter the amount of any other adjustments (these adjustments would apply to corporations that have undergone an acquisition of control and whose donations carryforward that accrued before the acquisition of control and after March 22, 2004, are not deductible after the acquisition of control).

Cultural gifts are deducted in the order they were made (first-in, first-out rule).

On line 313, enter the amount for cultural gifts you want to apply against taxable income.

Complete Part 7 of Schedule 2 to establish the continuity of cultural gifts.

The Cultural Property Export Review Board will issue you a certificate, as well as a receipt containing prescribed information. You do not have to file receipts and certificates with your return. However, keep them in case we ask for them later.

References
Paragraph 110.1(1)(c)
Subsection 110.1(1.1)
IT-407, Dispositions of Cultural Property to Designated Canadian Institutions

Line 314 - Ecological gifts

Complete Part 5 of Schedule 2 if, during the tax year:

• you made certified ecological gifts; or
• the ecological gifts were transferred from a predecessor corporation after amalgamation, or from a subsidiary corporation after wind-up.

You can claim a deduction from net income for certified ecological gifts made to Canada, a province, territory or Canadian municipality, municipal or public bodies performing a function of government in Canada or an approved registered charity. An ecological gift is a gift of land (including a covenant, an easement, or a real servitude) that is certified by the Minister of the Environment as ecologically sensitive.

The fair market value of ecologically sensitive land and, consequently, the corporate donor's proceeds of disposition are deemed to be the amount determined by the Minister of the Environment.

The maximum deduction you can claim is the total of gifts made during the current tax year plus the unclaimed gifts from the five previous tax years.

If the amount of ecological gifts is more than your net income for the year minus any other donations, you claim, you can carry the excess forward for up to five years.

Note
On line 555 of Schedule 2, enter the amount of any other adjustments (these adjustments would apply to corporations that have undergone an acquisition of control and whose donations carryforward that accrued before the acquisition of control and after March 22, 2004, are not deductible after the acquisition of control).

Deduct ecological gifts in the order they were made (first-in, first-out rule).

On line 314, enter the amount of ecological gifts you want to apply against taxable income.

Complete Part 7 of Schedule 2 to establish the continuity of ecological gifts.

For an ecological gift, you must get a certificate issued by the Minister of the Environment as well as a receipt and a Certificate for Donation of Ecologically Sensitive Land. You do not have to file the receipt and the two certificates with your return. However, keep them in case we ask for them later.

References
Paragraph 110.1(1)(d)
Subsections 110.1(5) and 110.1(1.1)

Line 315 - Gifts of medicine

Complete Part 6 of Schedule 2 if, during the tax year:

• you made a gift of medicine after March 18, 2007; or
• your gifts of medicine made after March 18, 2007, were transferred from a predecessor corporation after amalgamation, or from a subsidiary corporation after wind-up.

You can claim a deduction from net income for an eligible gift of medicine made to a registered charity if the gift is made for activities of the charity outside Canada. An eligible gift is a gift of medicine that was part of the corporation's inventory immediately before being donated and, for a donation made after October 2, 2007, the medicine qualifies as a drug within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act, and generally meets the requirements of that Act but is not a food, cosmetic, or device (as those terms are used in that Act), a natural health product (as defined in the Natural Health Products Regulations) or a veterinary drug.

For gifts of medicine made before July 1, 2008, the registered charity must have received a disbursement under a program of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

The maximum deduction you can claim is the lesser of:

• the cost to the corporation of the gifts of medicine; and
• 50% of the amount, if any, by which the proceeds of disposition of the donated medicine exceeds the cost to the corporation of the medicine;

multiplied by

• the eligible amount of the gift divided by the proceeds of disposition for the gift.

If the amount of the gifts of medicine minus any other donations you claim is more than your net income for the year, you can carry the excess forward for up to five years.

Note
On line 655 of Schedule 2, enter the amount of any other adjustments (these adjustments would apply to corporations that have undergone an acquisition of control and whose donations carryforward that accrued before the acquisition of control and are not deductible after the acquisition of control).

Gifts of medicine are deducted in the order they were made (first-in, first-out rule).

On line 315, enter the amount for gifts of medicine you want to apply against taxable income.

Complete Part 7 of Schedule 2 to establish the continuity of the gifts of medicine.

Reference
Paragraph 110.1(1)(a.1)
Subsection 110.1(8)
Proposed Regulation 3505(1)

Line 320 - Taxable dividends deductible under section 112 or 113, or subsection 138(6)

Complete Schedule 3, Dividends Received, Taxable Dividends Paid, and Part IV Tax Calculation, if you either received or paid dividends. For details on how to complete Schedule 3, see Parts 3 and 4 of Schedule 3 and "Line 712 - Part IV tax payable".

When calculating taxable income, you can deduct, under section 112, any of the following types of taxable dividends received:

• dividends from a taxable Canadian corporation, or from a corporation resident in Canada and controlled by the receiving corporation; and
• dividends (or a portion of them) from a non-resident corporation (other than a foreign affiliate) that has carried on business in Canada continuously since June 18, 1971.

The following types of taxable dividends received are not deductible under section 112:

• dividends from a corporation that is exempt from Part I tax;
• dividends on collateralized preferred shares (loss rental plans);
• dividends that are part of a dividend rental arrangement, as defined in subsection 248(1);
• dividends on term preferred shares received by certain financial institutions; and
• dividends on shares guaranteed by a specified financial institution, as described in subsection 112(2.2).

References
Subsections 112(1), 112(2), and 112(2.1) to 112(2.9)

Section 113 contains the authority and the limitations concerning the deduction of dividends received from foreign affiliates.

Subsection 138(6) contains the authority for a life insurer to deduct the taxable dividends received from taxable Canadian corporations, other than dividends on term preferred shares that are acquired in the ordinary course of its business.

On line 320, enter the amount of taxable dividends (as per Schedule 3) deductible from income under section 112, or 113, or subsection 138(6). This amount is the total of column 240 of Schedule 3.

Note
A dividend does not include stock dividends received from a non-resident corporation.

By deducting taxable dividends received from net income or loss amount shown on line 300, you can create or increase a non-capital loss for the year.

Reference
IT-269, Part IV Tax on Taxable Dividends Received by a Private Corporation or a Subject Corporation

Line 325 - Part VI.1 tax deduction

A corporation that pays Part VI.1 tax on dividends it paid on taxable preferred shares and short-term preferred shares can deduct three times the Part VI.1 tax the corporation has to pay.

For details on how to calculate Part VI.1 tax, see "Line 724 - Part VI.1 tax payable".

On line 325, enter the Part VI.1 tax times three.

Reference
Paragraph 110(1)(k)

Line 331 - Non-capital losses of previous tax years

On line 331, enter any non-capital losses carried forward from previous years to reduce taxable income from line 130 of Schedule 4.

On line 330 of Schedule 3, enter the amount of current-year non-capital losses, and on line 335, enter the non-capital losses from previous years to be used to reduce dividends subject to Part IV tax.

The total of those two amounts has to be entered as an applied amount on line 135 of Schedule 4. For details, see "How to complete Schedule 4, Part 1 - Non-capital losses".

References
Paragraphs 111(1)(a), 186(1)(c), and 186(1)(d)

Line 332 - Net-capital losses of previous tax years

On line 332, enter the amount of net capital losses from previous years that you applied against taxable capital gain incurred in the year. This amount is the capital loss entered on line 225 of Schedule 4 that you multiply by 50%. See "How to complete Schedule 4, Part 2 - Capital losses" for details.

Note
A net capital loss can create a non-capital loss in the year you apply it, because the net capital loss is not limited to reducing the taxable income, but to reducing the taxable capital gain in that year.

References
Section 38
Subsections 111(1.1) and 111(8)
Paragraph 111(1)(b)

Line 333 - Restricted farm losses of previous tax years

On line 333, enter the amount you want to apply to reduce the current-year farm income. On line 430 of Schedule 4, enter the amount of restricted farm loss used. For details, see "Line 430 - Small business deduction".

Reference
Paragraph 111(1)(c)

Line 334 - Farm losses of previous tax years

On line 334, enter the farm losses you are carrying forward from previous years to reduce taxable income from line 330 of Schedule 4.

On line 340 of Schedule 3, enter the amount of the current-year farm loss, and on line 345, enter the previous years' farm losses that you are using to reduce dividends subject to Part IV tax.

The total of those two amounts has to be entered on line 335 of Schedule 4 as the amount applied. For details, see "How to complete Schedule 4, Part 3 - Farm losses".

References
Paragraphs 111(1)(d), 186(1)(c), and 186(1)(d)

Line 335 - Limited partnership losses of previous tax years

On line 335, enter the deductible amount of limited partnership losses from previous years that were applied against other incomes in the current year from Part 7 of Schedule 4.

Reference
Paragraph 111(1)(e)

Line 340 - Taxable capital gains or taxable dividends allocated from a central credit union

If a central credit union has made an election under subsection 137(5.1), amounts allocated to a member credit union as taxable dividends or net capital gains may be claimed by that member as a deduction from taxable income under paragraph 137(5.2)(c). Enter these amounts on line 340.

Line 350 - Prospector's and grubstaker's shares

You can deduct 1/2 of the value of any shares received from a corporation after disposition of a right or a mining property, except if the amount is exempt under a tax treaty.

Reference
Paragraph 110(1)(d.2)

Line 355 - Section 110.5 additions and/or subparagraph 115(1)(a)(vii) additions

You can use foreign tax deductions to reduce Part I tax that you would otherwise have to pay. Under section 110.5 and subparagraph 115(1)(a)(vii), a corporation that cannot deduct its foreign income tax deductions (for example, if it has no Part I tax payable for the year) can choose to add an amount to its taxable income. In this way, the corporation can use these otherwise non-deductible foreign tax deductions.

The amount you add to income for this purpose forms part of the non-capital loss. See "Non-capital losses" for details. However, you cannot add an amount under section 110.5 if that addition increases any of the following deductible amounts:

• the small business deduction;
• the manufacturing and processing profits deduction;
• the federal logging tax credit;
• the federal political contribution tax credit;
• the investment tax credit (ITC);
• the share-purchase tax credit; or
• the SR&ED tax credit.

If the corporation is an authorized foreign bank, you cannot add an amount under subparagraph 115(1)(a)(vii) if that addition increases any of the following deductible amounts:

• the federal logging tax credit;
• the federal political contribution tax credit; or
• the ITC.

On line 355, enter the amount you added to income under section 110.5 and/or subparagraph 115(1)(a)(vii).

Line 360 - Taxable income

To calculate this amount, subtract all the deductions you entered on lines 311 to 350 from the net income for income tax purposes on line 300. Add, if it applies, section 110.5 or subparagraph 115(1)(a)(vii) additions (line 355). Enter the taxable income on line 360.

If the result is a loss, enter "0" on line 360.

Note
If you want to carry back a current-year loss to a prior tax year, see "How to complete Schedule 4" for details.

Line 370 - Income exempt under paragraph 149(1)(t)

Insurers who are not engaged in any other business except insurance and who earn at least 20% of their gross premium income (net of reinsurance ceded) from the business of property used in a fishing or farming business, or residences of farmers or fishermen, are eligible for an exemption from Part I tax on their taxable income.

On line 370, enter the exempt income if you meet the criteria of paragraph 149(1)(t).

Taxable income for a corporation with exempt income under paragraph 149(1)(t)

Enter on this line the result of line 360 minus line 370.

References
Subsections 149(4.1) and 149(4.2)

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