Explanatory Notes To Legislative Proposals Relating To Income Tax

Part 1 contains legislative proposals related to the Income Tax Act and part 2 contains explanatory notes for each proposal. The proposals relate to such matters as employee stock options, deductions form income, property, capital gains & losses, child care expenses, exploration & development expenses, successor rules, debt forgiveness, tax credits, partnerships, mutual fund corporations & trusts, and compliance.

Presents & explains legislative proposals & draft regulations relating to the Income Tax Act, Budget Implementation Act, Bank Act, Cooperative Credit Associations Act, Income Tax Contraventions Interpretation Act, Tax Court of Canada Act, and Trust & Loan Companies Act. Matters covered include the disability supports deduction, indexation, tax credits, mutual fund corporations & trusts, charities, penalties, non-resident investors, and appeals.

The first part of this publication contains proposed amendments to the federal Income Tax Act related to taxpayers who immigrate or emigrate. The second part provides explanatory notes to the proposed amendments. The amendments pertain to such matters as emigrants' stock options, inventory valuation, computation of income, capital losses, changes in use of property, adjustments to cost base, tax deductions, successor rules, part-year residents, non-residents' taxable income in Canada, disposition of property, credit for tax paid, foreign tax credits, changes in residence, instalment interest, returning former residents, post-emigration losses, mutual fund corporations, reassessments, security for departure tax, and definitions of terms.