Canadian Tax Principles, 2024-2025, Vol 2
(Byrd/Chen) (Answers At The End Of Each
Chapter)
Chapter 11
11.1 Online Exercises
1) Ita 110.2 Provides For a Deduction Of "Lump-Sum Payments", For Example a Court Ordered
Termination Benefit. What Tax Policy Objective Is Served By This Provision?
Answer: Such Lump-Sum Payments Often Reflect Compensation For Services Rendered Over Several
Years. The Fact That It Is Received In a Single Year Can Result In Significant Portions Of It Being Subject To
Income Tax Rates Higher Than Would Have Been The Case Had It Been Received Over The Several Years
During Which It Was Earned. The Deduction Of Such Amounts Provides The Basis For An Alternative
Income Tax Payable Calculation Which Attempts To Adjust The Amount Paid To The Amount That
Would Have Been Paid If The Amount Had Actually Been Received Over Several Years. The Objective Of
Such Provisions Is Fairness Or Equity.
Type: Es
Topic: Lump-Sum Payments - Ita 110.2
2) The Carryover Periods For Losses Varies With The Type Of Loss. Briefly Describe The Carryover
Periods That The Ita Provides For The Types Of Losses That It Identifies.
Answer: The Carryover Periods For The Various Types Of Losses Identified In The Income Tax Act
And Covered In The Text Up To Chapter 11 Are As Follows:
• Non-Capital Losses And Farm Losses (Including Restricted Farm Losses): 20 Years Forward And 3
Years Back.
• Net Capital Loss: Unlimited Forward And 3 Years Back
• Listed Personal Property Losses: 7 Years Forward And 3 Years Back.
• Allowable Business Investment Losses: 10 Years, As a Non-Capital Loss Then Converted To Net
Capital Loss With Unlimited Carry Forward In Year 11.
• Foreign Tax Credits: 10 Years Forward And 3 Years Back.
Covered In Chapter 18 Are Limited Partnership Losses. They Have No Carry Back And An Unlimited
Carry Forward, But Only Against The Partnership Income To Which They Relate.
Type: Es
Topic: Loss Carry Overs - General Concepts
3) When a Business Has Several Types Of Loss Carry Overs, Why Is It Necessary To Keep Separate
Balances For Each Type?
Answer: There Are Two Reasons For Having To Track Each Type Of Loss Carry Forward Separately.
First, Different Types Of Losses Have Different Carryover Periods (e.g., 20 Years For Farm Losses Vs.
Unlimited For Capital Losses). Second, Some Types Of Losses Can Only Be Applied Against The
Equivalent Type Of Income (e.g., Capital Losses Can Only Be Carried Over And Applied Against
Capital Gains).
Type: Es
Topic: Loss Carry Overs - General Concepts
, 4) Tax Advisors Will Normally Recommend That Loss Carry Overs Not Be Used To Reduce Taxable
Income To Nil For An Individual. What Is The Basis For This Recommendation?
Answer: This Recommendation Reflects The Fact That Most Personal Tax Credits Are Non-Refundable
And Cannot Be Carried Over To Other Years. This Means That, Unless An Individual Taxpayer Has
Taxable Income And Federal Income Tax Payable, The Value Of These Credits Is Simply Lost. This, In
Effect, Is What Would Happen If Various Types Of Loss Carry Overs Were Used To Reduce Taxable
Income To Nil.
Type: Es
Topic: Loss Carry Overs - Individual
5) Briefly Describe The Income Tax Treatment Of Losses On Listed Personal Property.
Answer: Losses On Listed Personal Property Can Be Deducted During The Current Year, But Only
Against Net Gains On Listed Personal Property For The Year. If The Loss Cannot Be Used During The
Current Year, It Can Be Carried Back Three Years Or Forward Seven Years.
Type: Es
Topic: Losses - Listed Personal Property
6) If a Taxpayer Has Both Net Capital And Non-Capital Losses And Does Not Have Sufficient
Income In The Current And Previous Years To Claim These Amounts, Which Type Of Loss Should
Be Deducted First? Answer: There Is No Clear Cut Answer To This Question. Net Capital Losses
Have An Unlimited Life But Can Only Be Carried Over To The Extent Of Net Taxable Capital Gains
In The Carry Over Period.
This Would Suggest That, If Net Taxable Capital Gains Are Present In The Current Year, The Use Of Net
Capital Losses Should Receive Priority. This Would Be Particularly True If Additional Net Taxable
Capital Gains Are Not Expected In Future Years. In Contrast, Non-Capital Losses Can Be Deducted
Against Any Type Of Income. However, The Downside Here Is That Their Carry Forward Period Is
Limited To 20 Years. While No Firm Conclusion Is Available, In Most Cases The Lengthy Carry Forward
Period For Non-Capital Losses, Would Suggest Using Net Capital Losses First. However, This Tentative
Conclusion Would Be Altered If The Taxpayer Commonly Has Net Taxable Capital Gains.
Type: Es
Topic: Loss Carry Overs - General Concepts
7) John Broley Has a 2021 $50,000 Non-Capital Loss And a $50,000 2021 Net Capital Loss. In 2022 His
Only Income Is a $50,000 Taxable Capital Gain.
He Has Asked Your Advice As To Which Of The Two Loss Carry Forwards He Should Claim. What Advice
Would You Give Him?
Answer: The Difference Between The Two Loss Carry Forwards Is That The Non-Capital Loss Balance Is
Time Limited And Will Expire At The End Of 20 Years. In Contrast, The Net Capital Loss Will Never
Expire But Can Only Be Applied Against Net Taxable Capital Gains. If Mr. Broley Is Concerned About
Having Sufficient Income To Use The Non-Capital Loss In The Time Remaining Until It Expires, He
Should Claim That Loss.
Alternatively, If He Feels That He Is Likely To Have Sufficient Income In That Period, But That He Is
Unlikely To Have Further Capital Gains, He Should Claim The Net Capital Loss. There Is No Clear Answer
To This Question As It Involves Estimates About The Future.
Type: Es
Topic: Loss Carry Overs - General Concepts
, 8) If An Individual Dies And Has a Net Capital Loss In The Year Of The Death Or Unused Net Capital
Losses From Previous Years, These Balances Are Subject To a Different Treatment Than Would Be The
Case If The Individual Were Still Alive. Briefly Describe How This Treatment Is Different.
Answer: Ita 111(2) Contains a Special Provision With Respect To Both Net Capital Losses From Years
Prior To Death And To Net Capital Losses Arising In The Year Of Death. Essentially, This Provision Allows
These Loss Balances To Be Applied Against Any Type Of Income In The Year Of Death, Or The Immediately
Preceding Year, As Long As The Capital Gains Deduction Has Not Been Claimed. If The Capital Gains
Deduction Had Been Claimed In Previous Years Then The Net Capital Losses That Can Be Claimed
Against Any Type Of Income Will Be Reduced.
Type: Es
Topic: Losses - Net Capital Losses At Death
9) What Is An Allowable Business Investment Loss (Abil)? What Special Tax Provisions Are
Associated With This Type Of Loss?
Answer: An Allowable Business Investment Loss (Abil) Is The Deductible Portion Of a Capital Loss
Resulting From The Disposition Of Shares Or Debt Of a Small Business Corporation. The Special
Provisions Associated With This Type Of Loss Are:
• It Can Be Deducted Against Any Type Of Income In The Year In Which It Occurs.
• To The Extent It Cannot Be Fully Used It Becomes Part Of a Non-Capital Loss For That Year And Can Be
Carried Over To Other Years As a Non-Capital Loss For 10 Years After Which It Becomes Part Of a Net
Capital Loss For The Eleventh Year.
• It Is Disallowed As An Abil (i.e., It Becomes a Regular Allowable Capital Loss), To The Extent
That The Individual Has Previously Used The Capital Gains Deduction.
• The Realization Of An Abil Reduces The Annual Gains Limit That Is Used To Determine The
Maximum Capital Gains Deduction For The Year.
Type: Es
Topic: Allowable Business Investment Losses
10) What Is a Small Business Corporation As Defined In The Ita?
Answer: A Small Business Corporation Is Defined In Ita 248(1) As a Canadian Controlled Private
Corporation (Ccpc) Of Which "All Or Substantially All", Of The Fmv Of Its Assets Are Used In An
Active Business Carried On "Primarily" In Canada. The Term "Substantially All" Generally Means 90%
Or More, While "Primarily" Is Generally Interpreted To Mean More Than 50%.
Type: Es
Topic: Small Business Corporation - Ita 248(1)
, 11) With Respect To The Deductibility Of Their Losses, Farmers Fall Into Three Categories. What Are
These Three Categories And How Are Losses Treated In Each Category?
Answer: The Three Categories, Along With The Treatment Of Their Losses, Are As Follows:
Hobby Farmer - This Is An Individual Who Runs a Farming Operation On a Part Time Basis As a Hobby
Or As a Way Of Enhancing His Or Her Lifestyle. The Operation Has No Reasonable Expectation Of a
Profit And Therefore It Is Not a Business And Not a Source Of Income. As a Result Its Losses Are Not
Recognized For Income Tax Purposes.
Part Time Farmer - This Is An Individual For Whom Farming Is Subordinate To Some Other Source Of
Income. However, If There Is a Reasonable Expectation Of a Profit And Therefore a Business, The
Individual Farmer Is Allowed To Deduct a Portion Of Their Farm Losses. In Each Year, The Portion Of The
Farm Loss That Can Be Deducted Against Any Source Of Income Is Limited To The First $2,500, Plus One-
Half Of The Next
$30,000, To a Maximum Amount Of $17,500. Losses In Excess Of This Deductible Amount Are Referred
To As Restricted Farm Losses And, When They Are Carried Over To Earlier Or Later Years, They Can Only
Be Deducted To The Extent Of Any Farm Income In That Year.
Full Time Farmer - This Is An Individual For Whom Farming Is Their Principal Source Of Income And
Activity. For This Category Of Farmer, Farm Losses Are Fully Deductible Against Any Other Source Of
Income. Type: Es
Topic: Losses - Farming
12) The Capital Gains Deduction Is Available When An Individual Taxpayer Has a Gain On The
Disposition Of Shares In a "Qualified Small Business Corporation" (Qsbc Shares). What Are The
Conditions That Must Be Met For The Shares To Qualify As Qsbc Shares?
Answer: In Order To Be Shares Of a Qsbc For The Purposes Of The Capital Gains Deduction, The
Corporation Must Be a "Small Business Corporation" At The Time Of The Disposition Of The Shares.
This Means That Substantially All (90% Or More) Of The Fmv Of Its Assets Must Be Used To Produce
Active Business Income, Primarily (More Than 50%) In Canada. If The Small Business Corporation Test Is
Met, Two Other Conditions Must Be Met For The Shares To Qualify.
These Are As Follows:
• The Shares Must Not Be Owned By Anyone Other Than The Individual Or a Related Person For At
Least 24 Months Preceding The Disposition; And
• Throughout That 24 Month Period, More Than 50% Of The Fmv Of The Corporation's Assets Must Be
Used In An Active Business Carried On Primarily In Canada.
Type: Es
Topic: Capital Gains Deduction - Shares Of a Qsbc
13) An Individual Has a Capital Gain On Qualified Farm Property (Qfp). The Individual Has No Other
Capital Gains During The Year. Explain How The Annual Gains Limit Would Be Calculated In
Determining The Individual's Capital Gains Deduction For The Year.
Answer: In These Circumstances, The Annual Gains Limit Is Equal To The Taxable Capital Gain On The
Qfp, Less:
• Allowable Capital Losses Realized During The Current Year.
• Net Capital Loss Carry Overs From Previous Deducted In The Current Year.
• Allowable Business Investment Losses Realized During The Current Year.
Type: Es
Topic: Capital Gains Deduction - Annual Gains Limit
(Byrd/Chen) (Answers At The End Of Each
Chapter)
Chapter 11
11.1 Online Exercises
1) Ita 110.2 Provides For a Deduction Of "Lump-Sum Payments", For Example a Court Ordered
Termination Benefit. What Tax Policy Objective Is Served By This Provision?
Answer: Such Lump-Sum Payments Often Reflect Compensation For Services Rendered Over Several
Years. The Fact That It Is Received In a Single Year Can Result In Significant Portions Of It Being Subject To
Income Tax Rates Higher Than Would Have Been The Case Had It Been Received Over The Several Years
During Which It Was Earned. The Deduction Of Such Amounts Provides The Basis For An Alternative
Income Tax Payable Calculation Which Attempts To Adjust The Amount Paid To The Amount That
Would Have Been Paid If The Amount Had Actually Been Received Over Several Years. The Objective Of
Such Provisions Is Fairness Or Equity.
Type: Es
Topic: Lump-Sum Payments - Ita 110.2
2) The Carryover Periods For Losses Varies With The Type Of Loss. Briefly Describe The Carryover
Periods That The Ita Provides For The Types Of Losses That It Identifies.
Answer: The Carryover Periods For The Various Types Of Losses Identified In The Income Tax Act
And Covered In The Text Up To Chapter 11 Are As Follows:
• Non-Capital Losses And Farm Losses (Including Restricted Farm Losses): 20 Years Forward And 3
Years Back.
• Net Capital Loss: Unlimited Forward And 3 Years Back
• Listed Personal Property Losses: 7 Years Forward And 3 Years Back.
• Allowable Business Investment Losses: 10 Years, As a Non-Capital Loss Then Converted To Net
Capital Loss With Unlimited Carry Forward In Year 11.
• Foreign Tax Credits: 10 Years Forward And 3 Years Back.
Covered In Chapter 18 Are Limited Partnership Losses. They Have No Carry Back And An Unlimited
Carry Forward, But Only Against The Partnership Income To Which They Relate.
Type: Es
Topic: Loss Carry Overs - General Concepts
3) When a Business Has Several Types Of Loss Carry Overs, Why Is It Necessary To Keep Separate
Balances For Each Type?
Answer: There Are Two Reasons For Having To Track Each Type Of Loss Carry Forward Separately.
First, Different Types Of Losses Have Different Carryover Periods (e.g., 20 Years For Farm Losses Vs.
Unlimited For Capital Losses). Second, Some Types Of Losses Can Only Be Applied Against The
Equivalent Type Of Income (e.g., Capital Losses Can Only Be Carried Over And Applied Against
Capital Gains).
Type: Es
Topic: Loss Carry Overs - General Concepts
, 4) Tax Advisors Will Normally Recommend That Loss Carry Overs Not Be Used To Reduce Taxable
Income To Nil For An Individual. What Is The Basis For This Recommendation?
Answer: This Recommendation Reflects The Fact That Most Personal Tax Credits Are Non-Refundable
And Cannot Be Carried Over To Other Years. This Means That, Unless An Individual Taxpayer Has
Taxable Income And Federal Income Tax Payable, The Value Of These Credits Is Simply Lost. This, In
Effect, Is What Would Happen If Various Types Of Loss Carry Overs Were Used To Reduce Taxable
Income To Nil.
Type: Es
Topic: Loss Carry Overs - Individual
5) Briefly Describe The Income Tax Treatment Of Losses On Listed Personal Property.
Answer: Losses On Listed Personal Property Can Be Deducted During The Current Year, But Only
Against Net Gains On Listed Personal Property For The Year. If The Loss Cannot Be Used During The
Current Year, It Can Be Carried Back Three Years Or Forward Seven Years.
Type: Es
Topic: Losses - Listed Personal Property
6) If a Taxpayer Has Both Net Capital And Non-Capital Losses And Does Not Have Sufficient
Income In The Current And Previous Years To Claim These Amounts, Which Type Of Loss Should
Be Deducted First? Answer: There Is No Clear Cut Answer To This Question. Net Capital Losses
Have An Unlimited Life But Can Only Be Carried Over To The Extent Of Net Taxable Capital Gains
In The Carry Over Period.
This Would Suggest That, If Net Taxable Capital Gains Are Present In The Current Year, The Use Of Net
Capital Losses Should Receive Priority. This Would Be Particularly True If Additional Net Taxable
Capital Gains Are Not Expected In Future Years. In Contrast, Non-Capital Losses Can Be Deducted
Against Any Type Of Income. However, The Downside Here Is That Their Carry Forward Period Is
Limited To 20 Years. While No Firm Conclusion Is Available, In Most Cases The Lengthy Carry Forward
Period For Non-Capital Losses, Would Suggest Using Net Capital Losses First. However, This Tentative
Conclusion Would Be Altered If The Taxpayer Commonly Has Net Taxable Capital Gains.
Type: Es
Topic: Loss Carry Overs - General Concepts
7) John Broley Has a 2021 $50,000 Non-Capital Loss And a $50,000 2021 Net Capital Loss. In 2022 His
Only Income Is a $50,000 Taxable Capital Gain.
He Has Asked Your Advice As To Which Of The Two Loss Carry Forwards He Should Claim. What Advice
Would You Give Him?
Answer: The Difference Between The Two Loss Carry Forwards Is That The Non-Capital Loss Balance Is
Time Limited And Will Expire At The End Of 20 Years. In Contrast, The Net Capital Loss Will Never
Expire But Can Only Be Applied Against Net Taxable Capital Gains. If Mr. Broley Is Concerned About
Having Sufficient Income To Use The Non-Capital Loss In The Time Remaining Until It Expires, He
Should Claim That Loss.
Alternatively, If He Feels That He Is Likely To Have Sufficient Income In That Period, But That He Is
Unlikely To Have Further Capital Gains, He Should Claim The Net Capital Loss. There Is No Clear Answer
To This Question As It Involves Estimates About The Future.
Type: Es
Topic: Loss Carry Overs - General Concepts
, 8) If An Individual Dies And Has a Net Capital Loss In The Year Of The Death Or Unused Net Capital
Losses From Previous Years, These Balances Are Subject To a Different Treatment Than Would Be The
Case If The Individual Were Still Alive. Briefly Describe How This Treatment Is Different.
Answer: Ita 111(2) Contains a Special Provision With Respect To Both Net Capital Losses From Years
Prior To Death And To Net Capital Losses Arising In The Year Of Death. Essentially, This Provision Allows
These Loss Balances To Be Applied Against Any Type Of Income In The Year Of Death, Or The Immediately
Preceding Year, As Long As The Capital Gains Deduction Has Not Been Claimed. If The Capital Gains
Deduction Had Been Claimed In Previous Years Then The Net Capital Losses That Can Be Claimed
Against Any Type Of Income Will Be Reduced.
Type: Es
Topic: Losses - Net Capital Losses At Death
9) What Is An Allowable Business Investment Loss (Abil)? What Special Tax Provisions Are
Associated With This Type Of Loss?
Answer: An Allowable Business Investment Loss (Abil) Is The Deductible Portion Of a Capital Loss
Resulting From The Disposition Of Shares Or Debt Of a Small Business Corporation. The Special
Provisions Associated With This Type Of Loss Are:
• It Can Be Deducted Against Any Type Of Income In The Year In Which It Occurs.
• To The Extent It Cannot Be Fully Used It Becomes Part Of a Non-Capital Loss For That Year And Can Be
Carried Over To Other Years As a Non-Capital Loss For 10 Years After Which It Becomes Part Of a Net
Capital Loss For The Eleventh Year.
• It Is Disallowed As An Abil (i.e., It Becomes a Regular Allowable Capital Loss), To The Extent
That The Individual Has Previously Used The Capital Gains Deduction.
• The Realization Of An Abil Reduces The Annual Gains Limit That Is Used To Determine The
Maximum Capital Gains Deduction For The Year.
Type: Es
Topic: Allowable Business Investment Losses
10) What Is a Small Business Corporation As Defined In The Ita?
Answer: A Small Business Corporation Is Defined In Ita 248(1) As a Canadian Controlled Private
Corporation (Ccpc) Of Which "All Or Substantially All", Of The Fmv Of Its Assets Are Used In An
Active Business Carried On "Primarily" In Canada. The Term "Substantially All" Generally Means 90%
Or More, While "Primarily" Is Generally Interpreted To Mean More Than 50%.
Type: Es
Topic: Small Business Corporation - Ita 248(1)
, 11) With Respect To The Deductibility Of Their Losses, Farmers Fall Into Three Categories. What Are
These Three Categories And How Are Losses Treated In Each Category?
Answer: The Three Categories, Along With The Treatment Of Their Losses, Are As Follows:
Hobby Farmer - This Is An Individual Who Runs a Farming Operation On a Part Time Basis As a Hobby
Or As a Way Of Enhancing His Or Her Lifestyle. The Operation Has No Reasonable Expectation Of a
Profit And Therefore It Is Not a Business And Not a Source Of Income. As a Result Its Losses Are Not
Recognized For Income Tax Purposes.
Part Time Farmer - This Is An Individual For Whom Farming Is Subordinate To Some Other Source Of
Income. However, If There Is a Reasonable Expectation Of a Profit And Therefore a Business, The
Individual Farmer Is Allowed To Deduct a Portion Of Their Farm Losses. In Each Year, The Portion Of The
Farm Loss That Can Be Deducted Against Any Source Of Income Is Limited To The First $2,500, Plus One-
Half Of The Next
$30,000, To a Maximum Amount Of $17,500. Losses In Excess Of This Deductible Amount Are Referred
To As Restricted Farm Losses And, When They Are Carried Over To Earlier Or Later Years, They Can Only
Be Deducted To The Extent Of Any Farm Income In That Year.
Full Time Farmer - This Is An Individual For Whom Farming Is Their Principal Source Of Income And
Activity. For This Category Of Farmer, Farm Losses Are Fully Deductible Against Any Other Source Of
Income. Type: Es
Topic: Losses - Farming
12) The Capital Gains Deduction Is Available When An Individual Taxpayer Has a Gain On The
Disposition Of Shares In a "Qualified Small Business Corporation" (Qsbc Shares). What Are The
Conditions That Must Be Met For The Shares To Qualify As Qsbc Shares?
Answer: In Order To Be Shares Of a Qsbc For The Purposes Of The Capital Gains Deduction, The
Corporation Must Be a "Small Business Corporation" At The Time Of The Disposition Of The Shares.
This Means That Substantially All (90% Or More) Of The Fmv Of Its Assets Must Be Used To Produce
Active Business Income, Primarily (More Than 50%) In Canada. If The Small Business Corporation Test Is
Met, Two Other Conditions Must Be Met For The Shares To Qualify.
These Are As Follows:
• The Shares Must Not Be Owned By Anyone Other Than The Individual Or a Related Person For At
Least 24 Months Preceding The Disposition; And
• Throughout That 24 Month Period, More Than 50% Of The Fmv Of The Corporation's Assets Must Be
Used In An Active Business Carried On Primarily In Canada.
Type: Es
Topic: Capital Gains Deduction - Shares Of a Qsbc
13) An Individual Has a Capital Gain On Qualified Farm Property (Qfp). The Individual Has No Other
Capital Gains During The Year. Explain How The Annual Gains Limit Would Be Calculated In
Determining The Individual's Capital Gains Deduction For The Year.
Answer: In These Circumstances, The Annual Gains Limit Is Equal To The Taxable Capital Gain On The
Qfp, Less:
• Allowable Capital Losses Realized During The Current Year.
• Net Capital Loss Carry Overs From Previous Deducted In The Current Year.
• Allowable Business Investment Losses Realized During The Current Year.
Type: Es
Topic: Capital Gains Deduction - Annual Gains Limit
