VIII, s. 109
[NOTE: Application provisions are not included in the consolidated textsee relevant amending Acts and regulations.]1994, c. 29, s. 161997, c. 26, s. 772000, c. 30, s. 1732001, c. 16, s. 432007, c. 35, s. 542017, c. 20, ss. 26, 27
[NOTE: Application provisions are not included in the consolidated textsee relevant amending Acts and regulations.]1994, c. 29, s. 162000, c. 30, s. 1742017, c. 20, s. 27
183.1(1)This Part applies to a corporation (other than a mutual fund corporation) for a taxation year in which the corporation, at any time in the year,(a)was a public corporation; or(b)was resident in Canada and had a class of shares outstanding that were purchased and sold in the manner in which such shares normally are purchased and sold by any member of the public in the open market.Marginal note:Tax payable(2)Where, as a part of a transaction or series of transactions or events,(a)a corporation, or any person with whom the corporation was not dealing at arm’s length, has, at any time, paid an amount, directly or indirectly, to any person as proceeds of disposition of any property, and(b)all or any portion of the amount may reasonably be considered, having regard to all the circumstances, to have been paid as a substitute for dividends that would otherwise have been paid in the normal course by the corporation,the corporation shall, on or before its balance-due day for its taxation year that includes that time, pay tax of 45% of that amount or portion of it, as the case may be.Marginal note:Stock dividend(3)Where, as a part of a transaction or series of transactions or events,(a)a share was issued by a corporation as a stock dividend and the amount of the stock dividend was less than the fair market value of the share at the time that it was issued, and(b)the share or any other share of the capital stock of the corporation was purchased, directly or indirectly, by the corporation, or by a person with whom the corporation was not dealing at arm’s length, for an amount in excess of its paid-up capital,that excess shall, for the purposes of subsection 183.1(2), be deemed to have been paid as a substitute for dividends that would otherwise have been paid in the normal course by the corporation.Marginal note:Purchase of shares(4)Where, as a part of a transaction or series of transactions or events,(a)a share of the capital stock of a corporation was purchased, directly or indirectly, by the corporation, or by any person with whom the corporation was not dealing at arm’s length, and(b)any portion of the amount paid for the share may reasonably be considered, having regard to all the circumstances, as consideration for a dividend that had been declared, but not yet paid, on the share,that portion of the amount shall, for the purposes of subsection 183.1(2), be deemed to have been paid as a substitute for dividends that would otherwise have been paid in the normal course by the corporation notwithstanding that the dividend was actually paid thereafter.Marginal note:Indirect payment(5)Where, as a part of a transaction or series of transactions or events, a person received a payment from a corporation, or from any person with whom the corporation was not dealing at arm’s length, in consideration, in whole or in part, for paying an amount to any other person as proceeds of disposition of any property, the corporation shall, for the purposes of subsection 183.1(2), be deemed to have paid the amount indirectly to the other person.Marginal note:Where s. (2) does not apply(6)Subsection 183.1(2) does not apply if none of the purposes of the transaction or series of transactions or events referred to therein may reasonably be considered, having regard to all the circumstances, to have been to enable shareholders of a corporation who are individuals or non-resident persons to receive an amount, directly or indirectly, as proceeds of disposition of property rather than as a dividend on a share that was of a class that was listed on a stock exchange or that was purchased and sold in the manner in which shares are normally purchased and sold by any member of the public in the open market.Marginal note:Where s. 110.6(8) does not apply(7)Where this section has been applied in respect of an amount, subsection 110.6(8) does not apply to the capital gain in respect of which the amount formed all or a part of the proceeds of disposition.
(a)was a public corporation; or(b)was resident in Canada and had a class of shares outstanding that were purchased and sold in the manner in which such shares normally are purchased and sold by any member of the public in the open market.
(a)a corporation, or any person with whom the corporation was not dealing at arm’s length, has, at any time, paid an amount, directly or indirectly, to any person as proceeds of disposition of any property, and(b)all or any portion of the amount may reasonably be considered, having regard to all the circumstances, to have been paid as a substitute for dividends that would otherwise have been paid in the normal course by the corporation,
(a)a share was issued by a corporation as a stock dividend and the amount of the stock dividend was less than the fair market value of the share at the time that it was issued, and(b)the share or any other share of the capital stock of the corporation was purchased, directly or indirectly, by the corporation, or by a person with whom the corporation was not dealing at arm’s length, for an amount in excess of its paid-up capital,
(a)a share of the capital stock of a corporation was purchased, directly or indirectly, by the corporation, or by any person with whom the corporation was not dealing at arm’s length, and(b)any portion of the amount paid for the share may reasonably be considered, having regard to all the circumstances, as consideration for a dividend that had been declared, but not yet paid, on the share,
[NOTE: Application provisions are not included in the consolidated textsee relevant amending Acts and regulations.]R.S., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.), s. 183.12003, c. 15, s. 119
183.2(1)Every corporation liable to pay tax under this Part for a taxation year shall, on or before the day on or before which it is required to file its return of income under Part I for the year, file with the Minister a return for the year under this Part in prescribed form.Marginal note:Provisions applicable to Part(2)Subsections 150(2) and 150(3), sections 152, 158 and 159, subsections 160.1(1) and 161(1) and 161(11), sections 162 to 167 and Division J of Part I are applicable to this Part with such modifications as the circumstances require.
[NOTE: Application provisions are not included in the consolidated textsee relevant amending Acts and regulations.]1987, c. 46, s. 57
184(2)If a corporation has elected in accordance with subsection 83(2), 130.1(4) or 131(1) in respect of the full amount of any dividend payable by it on shares of any class of its capital stock (in this section referred to as the “original dividend”) and the full amount of the original dividend exceeds the portion of the original dividend deemed by that subsection to be a capital dividend or capital gains dividend, as the case may be, the corporation shall, at the time of the election, pay a tax under this Part equal to 3/5 of the excess.(2.1)[Repealed, 2013, c. 34, s. 327]Marginal note:Election to treat excess as separate dividend(3)If, in respect of an original dividend payable at a particular time, a corporation would, but for this subsection, be required to pay a tax under this Part in respect of an excess referred to in subsection (2), and the corporation elects in prescribed manner on or before the day that is 90 days after the day of sending of the notice of assessment in respect of the tax that would otherwise be payable under this Part, the following rules apply:(a)the portion of the original dividend deemed by subsection 83(2), 130.1(4) or 131(1) to be a capital dividend or capital gains dividend, as the case may be, is deemed for the purposes of this Act to be the amount of a separate dividend that became payable at the particular time;(b)if the corporation identifies in its election any part of the excess, that part is, for the purposes of any election under subsection 83(2), 130.1(4) or 131(1) in respect of that part, and, where the corporation has so elected, for all purposes of this Act, deemed to be the amount of a separate dividend that became payable immediately after the particular time;(c)the amount by which the excess exceeds any portion deemed by paragraph (b) to be a separate dividend for all purposes of this Act is deemed to be a separate taxable dividend that became payable at the particular time; and(d)each person who held any of the issued shares of the class of shares of the capital stock of the corporation in respect of which the original dividend was paid is deemed(i)not to have received any portion of the original dividend, and(ii)to have received, at the time that any separate dividend determined under any of paragraphs (a) to (c) became payable, the proportion of that dividend that the number of shares of that class held by the person at the particular time is of the number of shares of that class outstanding at the particular time except that, for the purpose of Part ​XIII, the separate dividend is deemed to be paid on the day that the election in respect of this subsection is made.(3.1) and (3.2)[Repealed, 2013, c. 34, s. 327]Marginal note:Concurrence with election(4)An election under subsection (3) is valid only if(a)it is made with the concurrence of the corporation and all its shareholders(i)who received or were entitled to receive all or any portion of the original dividend, and(ii)whose addresses were known to the corporation; and(b)either(i)it is made on or before the day that is 30 months after the day on which the original dividend became payable, or(ii)each shareholder described in subparagraph (a)(i) concurs with the election, in which case, notwithstanding subsections 152(4) to (5), any assessment of the tax, interest and penalties payable by each of those shareholders for any taxation year shall be made that is necessary to take the corporation’s election into account.Marginal note:Exception for non-taxable shareholders(5)If each person who, in respect of an election made under subsection (3), is deemed by subsection (3) to have received a dividend at a particular time is also, at the particular time, a person all of whose taxable income is exempt from tax under Part I,(a)subsection (4) does not apply to the election; and(b)the election is valid only if it is made on or before the day that is 30 months after the day on which the original dividend became payable.
(a)the portion of the original dividend deemed by subsection 83(2), 130.1(4) or 131(1) to be a capital dividend or capital gains dividend, as the case may be, is deemed for the purposes of this Act to be the amount of a separate dividend that became payable at the particular time;(b)if the corporation identifies in its election any part of the excess, that part is, for the purposes of any election under subsection 83(2), 130.1(4) or 131(1) in respect of that part, and, where the corporation has so elected, for all purposes of this Act, deemed to be the amount of a separate dividend that became payable immediately after the particular time;(c)the amount by which the excess exceeds any portion deemed by paragraph (b) to be a separate dividend for all purposes of this Act is deemed to be a separate taxable dividend that became payable at the particular time; and(d)each person who held any of the issued shares of the class of shares of the capital stock of the corporation in respect of which the original dividend was paid is deemed(i)not to have received any portion of the original dividend, and(ii)to have received, at the time that any separate dividend determined under any of paragraphs (a) to (c) became payable, the proportion of that dividend that the number of shares of that class held by the person at the particular time is of the number of shares of that class outstanding at the particular time except that, for the purpose of Part ​XIII, the separate dividend is deemed to be paid on the day that the election in respect of this subsection is made.
(i)not to have received any portion of the original dividend, and(ii)to have received, at the time that any separate dividend determined under any of paragraphs (a) to (c) became payable, the proportion of that dividend that the number of shares of that class held by the person at the particular time is of the number of shares of that class outstanding at the particular time except that, for the purpose of Part ​XIII, the separate dividend is deemed to be paid on the day that the election in respect of this subsection is made.
(a)it is made with the concurrence of the corporation and all its shareholders(i)who received or were entitled to receive all or any portion of the original dividend, and(ii)whose addresses were known to the corporation; and(b)either(i)it is made on or before the day that is 30 months after the day on which the original dividend became payable, or(ii)each shareholder described in subparagraph (a)(i) concurs with the election, in which case, notwithstanding subsections 152(4) to (5), any assessment of the tax, interest and penalties payable by each of those shareholders for any taxation year shall be made that is necessary to take the corporation’s election into account.
(i)who received or were entitled to receive all or any portion of the original dividend, and(ii)whose addresses were known to the corporation; and
(i)it is made on or before the day that is 30 months after the day on which the original dividend became payable, or(ii)each shareholder described in subparagraph (a)(i) concurs with the election, in which case, notwithstanding subsections 152(4) to (5), any assessment of the tax, interest and penalties payable by each of those shareholders for any taxation year shall be made that is necessary to take the corporation’s election into account.
(a)subsection (4) does not apply to the election; and(b)the election is valid only if it is made on or before the day that is 30 months after the day on which the original dividend became payable.
[NOTE: Application provisions are not included in the consolidated textsee relevant amending Acts and regulations.]R.S., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.), s. 1841994, c. 7, Sch