Selected Listed Financial Institutions Attribution Method (GST/HST) Regulations
Marginal note:Definitions
16 (1) The following definitions apply in this Part.
- attribution point
attribution point means, in respect of a particular series of a stratified investment plan, or in respect of a particular investment plan other than a stratified investment plan, and for a taxation year in which a fiscal year of the stratified investment plan or the particular investment plan, as the case may be, ends,
(a) in the case of a particular series,
(i) if the particular series is an exchange-traded series, each of September 30 of the calendar year (in this definition referred to as the “particular calendar year”) in which the fiscal year ends and
(A) one or more of March 31, June 30 and December 31 of the particular calendar year, as determined by the stratified investment plan, or
(B) March 31 of the particular calendar year, in the absence of such a determination by the stratified investment plan, and
(ii) in any other case, September 30 of the particular calendar year; and
(b) in the case of a particular investment plan,
(i) if the particular investment plan is a distributed investment plan other than an exchange-traded fund, September 30 of the particular calendar year,
(ii) if the particular investment plan is an exchange-traded fund, each of September 30 of the particular calendar year and
(A) one or more of March 31, June 30 and December 31 of the particular calendar year, as determined by the particular investment plan, or
(B) March 31 of the particular calendar year, in the absence of such a determination by the particular investment plan, and
(iii) if the particular investment plan is a pension entity of a defined benefits pension plan, the day that is the last day for which calculations of the actuarial liabilities of the plan have been completed and that is in the period that includes the particular calendar year and the three preceding calendar years or, if no such day exists, September 30 of the particular calendar year, and
(iv) if the particular investment plan is a pension entity of a defined contribution pension plan or if the particular investment plan is not described in subparagraphs (i) to (iii), the day that is the last day for which the particular investment plan has, or can reasonably be expected to have, all or substantially all of the data required to calculate the particular investment plan’s percentage for each participating province and for the taxation year and that is in the period that includes the particular calendar year and the preceding calendar year or, if no such day exists, September 30 of the particular calendar year. (moment d’attribution)
- gross revenue
gross revenue of a selected listed financial institution for a particular period means the amount that would be the gross revenue of the financial institution for the particular period for the purposes of the Income Tax Act if the financial institution were a taxpayer under that Act and if every reference in that Act to a taxation year of the financial institution were read as a reference to the particular period. (revenu brut)
- particular period
particular period means
(a) in applying this Part for the purpose of the description of C in subsection 225.2(2) of the Act (other than for the determination of the amount for C in that subsection for the purpose of subsection 228(2.2) of the Act) and for the purpose of the description of A6 in subsection 225.2(2) of the Act, as adapted by subsection 48(1), a taxation year;
(b) in applying this Part for the determination of the amount for C in subsection 225.2(2) of the Act for the purpose of subsection 228(2.2) of the Act, a reporting period; and
(c) in applying this Part for the purpose of the description of D in subparagraph 237(5)(b)(ii) of the Act, a fiscal quarter. (période donnée)
- plan merger
plan merger means the merger or combination of two or more trusts, corporations or partnerships, each of which was, immediately before the merger or combination, a distributed investment plan and each of which is referred to in this definition as a “predecessor”, to form one trust, corporation or partnership (referred to in this definition as the “continuing plan”) in such a manner that
(a) the continuing plan is a predecessor and is, immediately after the merger or combination, a distributed investment plan;
(b) for each predecessor other than the continuing plan, all or substantially all of the outstanding units of the predecessor are converted, by any means, into units of the continuing plan or are cancelled; and
(c) the merger or combination is otherwise than as a result of the acquisition of property of a particular trust, corporation or partnership by another trust, corporation or partnership, pursuant to the purchase of that property by the other trust, corporation or partnership or as a result of the distribution of that property to the other trust, corporation or partnership on the winding-up of the particular trust, corporation or partnership. (fusion de régimes)
- specified investor
specified investor in a particular distributed investment plan for a fiscal year of the particular investment plan that ends in a calendar year means a person (other than an individual or a distributed investment plan) that holds units of the particular investment plan as of September 30 of the calendar year and that meets the following criteria:
(a) if the person is an investment plan,
(i) the person holds units of the particular investment plan with a total value of less than $10,000,000 as of September 30 of the calendar year,
(ii) on or before December 31 of the calendar year, the person has not notified the particular investment plan that the person is a qualifying investor (as defined in subsection 52(1)) in the particular investment plan for the calendar year, and
(iii) the particular investment plan neither knows nor ought to know that the person is a qualifying investor (as defined in subsection 52(1)) in the particular investment plan for the calendar year; and
(b) in any other case, as of September 30 of the calendar year,
(i) if the particular investment plan is a stratified investment plan, for each series of the particular investment plan in which the person holds units, the person holds units of the series with a total value of less than $10,000,000, and
(ii) if the particular investment plan is a non-stratified investment plan, the person holds units of the particular investment plan with a total value of less than $10,000,000. (investisseur déterminé)
- specified transaction
specified transaction means
(a) in relation to an attribution point in respect of a non-stratified investment plan for a taxation year of the investment plan, the acquisition of units of the investment plan by a person, or by a group of persons, from the investment plan if
(i) the acquisition by the person, or each acquisition by a member of the group of persons, occurs less than 31 days before the attribution point,
(ii) the units are disposed of, within the meaning of subsection 248(1) of the Income Tax Act, by the person, or by each member of the group of persons, within 30 days after the attribution point,
(iii) in the case of the acquisition of the units by a group of persons, each member of the group is related to every other member of the group,
(iv) the total value of the units as of the attribution point is greater than the lesser of
(A) $10,000,000, and
(B) 10% of the total value of all of the units of the investment plan on the attribution point,
(v) the investment plan’s percentage for any participating province and for the taxation year, determined without reference to subsection 32(3), is less than the amount that would be that percentage if that percentage were determined without reference to the units, and
(vi) the acquisition by the person, or any acquisition by a member of the group of persons, does not meet one or more of the following conditions:
(A) the acquisition is undertaken by the person or member and the investment plan in good faith as part of the normal business practice of the investment plan,
(B) the person or member and the investment plan deal with each other at arm’s length,
(C) the acquisition is made for consideration equal to or greater than the total value of the units at the time of the acquisition,
(D) neither the investment plan nor the manager of the investment plan provide any guarantees or indemnities to the person or member with respect to gains or losses in the value of the units during the period beginning on the particular day the acquisition occurred and ending on the day that is 30 days after the particular day, and
(E) any fees charged by the investment plan to the person or member in respect of the units are similar to fees charged by the investment plan to other persons holding units of the investment plan; and
(b) in relation to an attribution point in respect of a series of a stratified investment plan for a taxation year of the investment plan, the acquisition of units of the series by a person, or by a group of persons, from the investment plan if
(i) the acquisition by the person, or each acquisition by a member of the group of persons, occurs less than 31 days before the attribution point,
(ii) the units are disposed of, within the meaning of subsection 248(1) of the Income Tax Act, by the person, or by each member of the group of persons, within 30 days after the attribution point,
(iii) in the case of the acquisition of the units by a group of persons, each member of the group is related to every other member of the group,
(iv) the total value of the units as of the attribution point is greater than the lesser of
(A) $10,000,000, and
(B) 10% of the total value of all of the units of the series on the attribution point,
(v) the investment plan’s percentage for the series, for any participating province and for the taxation year, determined without reference to subsection 30(3), is less than the amount that would be that percentage if that percentage were determined without reference to the units, and
(vi) the acquisition by the person, or any acquisition by a member of the group of persons, does not meet one or more of the following conditions:
(A) the acquisition is undertaken by the person or member and the investment plan in good faith as part of the normal business practice of the investment plan,
(B) the person or member and the investment plan deal with each other at arm’s length,
(C) the acquisition is made for consideration equal to or greater than the total value of the units at the time of the acquisition,
(D) neither the investment plan nor the manager of the investment plan provide any guarantees or indemnities to the person or member with respect to gains or losses in the value of the units during the period beginning on the particular day the acquisition occurred and ending on the day that is 30 days after the particular day, and
(E) any fees charged by the investment plan to the person or member in respect of the units are similar to fees charged by the investment plan to other persons holding units of the series. (opération déterminée)
- total gross revenue
total gross revenue of a selected listed financial institution for a particular period means the portion of the gross revenue of the financial institution for the particular period that is reasonably attributable to the permanent establishments of the financial institution in Canada. (revenu brut total)
Marginal note:References to individual
(2) For the purposes of sections 22, 23 and 27, a reference to an individual includes a reference to a trust that is not an investment plan.
- SOR/2013-71, s. 2
- 2018, c. 27, s. 58
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