Technical Tax Amendments Act, 2012 (S.C. 2013, c. 34)

• (c) at and after the death of a holder described in paragraph (b) or in this paragraph, the holder’s survivor, if the survivor acquires

  • (i) all of the holder’s rights as the holder of the arrangement, and

  • (ii) to the extent it is not included in the rights described in subparagraph (i), the unconditional right to revoke any beneficiary designation made, or similar direction imposed, by the holder under the arrangement or relating to property held in connection with the arrangement.

• (b) after the death of the first individual, a spouse or common-law partner (in this definition referred to as the “survivor”) of the first individual to whom the carrier has undertaken to make payments described in the definition “retirement income fund” out of or under the fund after the death of the first individual, if the survivor is alive at that time and the undertaking was made

  • (i) pursuant to an election that is described in that definition and that was made by the first individual, or

  • (ii) with the consent of the legal representative of the first individual, and

• (c) if the carrier is a person referred to as a depositary in section 146, the fund provides that

• (iv.1) a deferred profit sharing plan in accordance with subsection 147(19);

• Marginal note:Amount included in income

  (5.1) If at any time in a taxation year a particular amount in respect of a registered retirement income fund that is a spousal or common-law partner plan (within the meaning assigned by subsection 146(1)) in relation to a taxpayer is required to be included in the income of the taxpayer’s spouse or common-law partner and the taxpayer is not living separate and apart from the taxpayer’s spouse or common-law partner at that time by reason of the breakdown of their marriage or common-law partnership, there shall be included at that time in computing the taxpayer’s income for the year an amount equal to the least of

• Marginal note:Tax payable on income from non-qualified investment

  (9) If a trust that is governed by a registered retirement income fund holds, at any time in a taxation year, a property that is not a qualified investment,

• (ii) paragraphs 38(a) and (b) are to be read as if the fraction set out in each of those paragraphs were replaced by the word “all”.

• (e) the plan includes a provision stipulating that no right of a person under the plan is capable of any surrender or assignment other than

  • (i) an assignment under a decree, an order or a judgment of a competent tribunal, or under a written agreement, that relates to a division of property between an individual and the individual’s spouse or common-law partner, or former spouse or common-law partner, in settlement of rights that arise out of, or on a breakdown of, their marriage or common-law partnership,

  • (ii) an assignment by a deceased individual’s legal representative on the distribution of the individual’s estate, and

  • (iii) a surrender of benefits to avoid revocation of the plan’s registration;

• (ii) who is a spouse or common-law partner, or former spouse or common-law partner, of an employee or former employee referred to in subparagraph (i) and who is entitled to the amount

  • (A) as a consequence of the death of the employee or former employee, or

  • (B) under a decree, an order or a judgment of a competent tribunal, or under a written agreement, that relates to a division of property between the employee or former employee and the individual in settlement of rights that arise out of, or on a breakdown of, their marriage or common-law partnership;

• d) le montant est transféré directement à l’un des régimes ou fonds ci-après au profit du particulier :

• (iv) a registered retirement income fund under which the individual is the annuitant (within the meaning assigned by subsection 146.3(1)).

that is required (or that would be required but for paragraph 81(1)(a) as it applies with respect to the Indian Act or the Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act) by section 5 or 6 to be included in computing the individual’s income for the year, except such portion of the amount as

• Marginal note:Letter of credit

  (7) For the purposes of this section and any regulations made under subsection 147.1(18) in respect of eligible contributions, an amount paid to a registered pension plan by the issuer of a letter of credit issued in connection with an employer’s funding obligations under a defined benefit provision of the plan is deemed to be an eligible contribution made to the plan in respect of the provision by the employer with respect to the employer’s employees or former employees, if

• Marginal note:Former employee of predecessor employer

  (8) For the purposes of this section and any regulations made under subsection 147.1(18) in respect of eligible contributions, a former employee of a predecessor employer (as defined by regulation) of a participating employer in relation to a pension plan is deemed to be a former employee of the participating employer in relation to the plan if

  • (a) the former employee would not otherwise be an employee or former employee of the participating employer; and

  • (b) benefits are provided to the former employee under a defined benefit provision of the plan in respect of periods of employment with the predecessor employer.

• (b) is transferred on behalf of a member who is entitled to the amount as a return of contributions made (or deemed by regulation to have been made) by the member under a defined benefit provision of the plan before 1991, or as interest (computed at a rate not exceeding a reasonable rate) in respect of those contributions; and

• (e) an annuity contract

  • (i) the payment for which was deductible in computing the policyholder’s income by virtue of paragraph 60(l), or

  • (ii) that is a qualifying trust annuity with respect to a taxpayer, the payment for which was deductible under paragraph 60(l) in computing the taxpayer’s income,

• (e) an annuity contract if

  • (i) the payment for the annuity contract was deductible under paragraph 60(l) in computing the policyholder’s income,

  • (i.1) the annuity contract is a qualifying trust annuity with respect to a taxpayer and the amount paid to acquire it was deductible under paragraph 60(l) in computing the taxpayer’s income, or

  • (ii) the policyholder acquired the annuity contract in circumstances to which subsection 146(21) applied,

• Marginal note:Transfert à l’époux ou au conjoint de fait au décès

  (8.2) Malgré les autres dispositions du présent article, l’intérêt d’un titulaire de police dans une police d’assurance-vie (sauf une police qui est un régime ou un contrat visé à l’un des alinéas (1)a) à e) ou qui est établie aux termes d’un tel régime ou contrat) qui est transféré ou distribué à l’époux ou au conjoint de fait du titulaire par suite du décès de ce dernier est réputé, si le titulaire et son époux ou conjoint de fait résidaient au Canada immédiatement avant ce décès, avoir fait l’objet d’une disposition par le titulaire immédiatement avant son décès pour un produit égal au coût de base rajusté de l’intérêt pour lui immédiatement avant le transfert et avoir été acquis par l’époux ou le conjoint de fait à un coût égal à ce produit; toutefois, un choix peut être fait dans la déclaration de revenu du titulaire produite en vertu de la présente partie pour l’année d’imposition au cours de laquelle le titulaire est décédé pour que le présent paragraphe ne s’applique pas.