Marginal note:Taxable capital employed in Canada of financial institution
181.3 (1) The taxable capital employed in Canada of a financial institution for a taxation year is the total of
(a) the total of all amounts each of which is the carrying value at the end of the year of an asset of the financial institution (other than property held by the institution primarily for the purpose of resale that was acquired by the financial institution, in the year or the preceding taxation year, as a consequence of another person’s default, or anticipated default, in respect of a debt owed to the institution) that is tangible property used in Canada and, in the case of a financial institution that is an insurance corporation, that is non-segregated property, within the meaning assigned by subsection 138(12),
(b) the total of all amounts each of which is an amount in respect of a partnership in which the financial institution has an interest at the end of the year equal to that proportion of
(i) the total of all amounts each of which is the carrying value of an asset of the partnership, at the end of its last fiscal period ending at or before the end of the year, that is tangible property used in Canada
that
(ii) the financial institution’s share of the partnership’s income or loss for that period
is of
(iii) the partnership’s income or loss for that period, and
(c) an amount that is equal to
(i) in the case of a financial institution other than an insurance corporation, that proportion of its taxable capital for the year that its Canadian assets at the end of the year is of its total assets at the end of the year,
(ii) in the case of an insurance corporation that was resident in Canada at any time during the year and carried on a life insurance business at any time in the year, the total of
(A) that proportion of the amount, if any, by which the total of
(I) its taxable capital for the year, and
(II) the amount prescribed for the year in respect of the corporation
exceeds
(III) the amount prescribed for the year in respect of the corporation
that its Canadian reserve liabilities as at the end of the year is of the total of
(IV) its total reserve liabilities as at the end of the year, and
(V) the amount prescribed for the year in respect of the corporation, and
(B) the amount, if any, by which
(I) the amount of its reserves for the year (other than its reserves in respect of amounts payable out of segregated funds) that may reasonably be regarded as having been established in respect of its insurance businesses carried on in Canada
exceeds the total of
(II) the total of all amounts each of which is the amount of a reserve (other than a reserve described in subparagraph 138(3)(a)(i)) to the extent that it was included in the amount determined under subclause 181.3(1)(c)(ii)(B)(I) and was deducted in computing its income under Part I for the year,
(III) the total of all amounts each of which is the amount of a reserve described in subparagraph 138(3)(a)(i) to the extent that it was included in the amount determined under subclause 181.3(1)(c)(ii)(B)(I) and was deductible under subparagraph 138(3)(a)(i) in computing its income under Part I for the year, and
(IV) the total of all amounts each of which is the amount outstanding (including any interest accrued thereon) as at the end of the year in respect of a policy loan (within the meaning assigned by subsection 138(12)) made by the corporation, to the extent that it was deducted in computing the total determined under subclause 181.3(1)(c)(ii)(B)(III),
(iii) in the case of an insurance corporation that was resident in Canada at any time in the year and throughout the year did not carry on a life insurance business, that proportion of its taxable capital for the year that the total amount of its Canadian premiums for the year is of its total premiums for the year, and
(iv) in the case of an insurance corporation that was throughout the year not resident in Canada and carried on an insurance business in Canada at any time in the year, its taxable capital for the year.
Marginal note:Taxable capital of financial institution
(2) The taxable capital of a financial institution for a taxation year is the amount, if any, by which its capital for the year exceeds its investment allowance for the year.
Marginal note:Capital of financial institution
(3) The capital of a financial institution for a taxation year is
(a) in the case of a financial institution, other than an authorized foreign bank or an insurance corporation, the amount, if any, by which the total at the end of the year of
(i) the amount of its long-term debt,
(ii) the amount of its capital stock (or, in the case of an institution incorporated without share capital, the amount of its members’ contributions), retained earnings, contributed surplus and any other surpluses, and
(iii) the amount of its reserves for the year, except to the extent that they were deducted in computing its income under Part I for the year,
exceeds the total of
(iv) the amount of its deferred tax debit balance at the end of the year,
(v) the amount of any deficit deducted in computing its shareholders’ equity at the end of the year; and
(vi) any amount deducted under subsection 130.1(1) or 137(2) in computing its income under Part I for the year, to the extent that the amount can reasonably be regarded as being included in the amount determined under subparagraph 181.3(3)(a)(i), 181.3(3)(a)(ii) or 181.3(3)(a)(iii) in respect of the institution for the year;
(b) in the case of an insurance corporation that was resident in Canada at any time in the year and carried on a life insurance business at any time in the year, the amount, if any, by which the total at the end of the year of
(i) the amount of its long-term debt, and
(ii) the amount of its capital stock (or, in the case of an insurance corporation incorporated without share capital, the amount of its members’ contributions), retained earnings, contributed surplus and any other surpluses
exceeds the total of
(iii) the amount of its deferred tax debit balance at the end of the year, and
(iv) the amount of any deficit deducted in computing its shareholders’ equity at the end of the year;
(c) in the case of an insurance corporation that was resident in Canada at any time in the year and throughout the year did not carry on a life insurance business, the amount, if any, by which the total at the end of the year of
(i) the amount of its long-term debt,
(ii) the amount of its capital stock (or, in the case of an insurance corporation incorporated without share capital, the amount of its members’ contributions), retained earnings, contributed surplus and any other surpluses, and
(iii) the amount of its reserves for the year, except to the extent that they were deducted in computing its income under Part I for the year,
exceeds the total of
(iv) the amount of its deferred tax debit balance at the end of the year,
(v) the amount of any deficit deducted in computing its shareholders’ equity at the end of the year; and
(vi) the total amount of its deferred acquisition expenses in respect of its property and casualty insurance business in Canada, to the extent that it can reasonably be attributed to an amount included in the amount determined under subparagraph 181.3(3)(c)(iii);
(d) in the case of an insurance corporation that was throughout the year not resident in Canada and carried on an insurance business in Canada at any time in the year, the total at the end of the year of
(i) the amount that is the greater of
(A) the amount, if any, by which
(I) the corporation’s surplus funds derived from operations (as defined in subsection 138(12)) as of the end of the year, computed as if no tax were payable under this Part or Part VI for the year
exceeds the total of all amounts each of which is
(II) an amount on which the corporation was required to pay, or would but for subsection 219(5.2) have been required to pay, tax under Part XIV for a preceding taxation year, except the portion, if any, of the amount on which tax was payable, or would have been payable, because of subparagraph 219(4)(a)(i.1), and
(III) an amount on which the corporation was required to pay, or would but for subsection 219(5.2) have been required to pay, tax under subsection 219(5.1) for the year because of the transfer of an insurance business to which subsection 138(11.5) or 138(11.92) has applied, and
(B) the corporation’s attributed surplus for the year,
(ii) any other surpluses relating to its insurance businesses carried on in Canada,
(iii) the amount of its long-term debt that may reasonably be regarded as relating to its insurance businesses carried on in Canada, and
(iv) the amount, if any, by which
(A) the amount of its reserves for the year (other than its reserves in respect of amounts payable out of segregated funds) that may reasonably be regarded as having been established in respect of its insurance businesses carried on in Canada
exceeds the total of
(B) the total of all amounts each of which is the amount of a reserve (other than a reserve described in subparagraph 138(3)(a)(i)) to the extent that it was included in the amount determined under clause 181.3(3)(d)(iv)(A) and was deducted in computing its income under Part I for the year,
(C) the total of all amounts each of which is the amount of a reserve described in subparagraph 138(3)(a)(i) to the extent that it was included in the amount determined under clause 181.3(3)(d)(iv)(A) and was deductible under subparagraph 138(3)(a)(i) in computing its income under Part I for the year,
(D) the total of all amounts each of which is the amount outstanding (including any interest accrued thereon) as at the end of the year in respect of a policy loan (within the meaning assigned by subsection 138(12)) made by the corporation, to the extent that it was deducted in computing the amount determined under clause 181.3(3)(d)(iv)(C), and
(E) the total amount of its deferred acquisition expenses in respect of its property and casualty insurance business in Canada, to the extent that it can reasonably be attributed to an amount included in the amount determined under clause 181.3(3)(d)(iv)(A); and
(e) in the case of an authorized foreign bank, the total of
(i) 10% of the total of all amounts, each of which is the risk-weighted amount at the end of the year of an on-balance sheet asset or an off-balance sheet exposure of the bank in respect of its Canadian banking business that the bank would be required to report under the OSFI risk-weighting guidelines if those guidelines applied and required a report at that time, and
(ii) the total of all amounts, each of which is an amount at the end of the year in respect of the bank’s Canadian banking business that
(A) if the bank were a bank listed in Schedule II to the Bank Act, would be required under the risk-based capital adequacy guidelines issued by the Superintendent of Financial Institutions and applicable at that time to be deducted from the bank’s capital in determining the amount of capital available to satisfy the Superintendent’s requirement that capital equal a particular proportion of risk-weighted assets and exposures, and
(B) is not an amount in respect of a loss protection facility required to be deducted from capital under the Superintendent’s guidelines respecting asset securitization applicable at that time.
Marginal note:Investment allowance of financial institution
(4) The investment allowance for a taxation year of a corporation that is a financial institution is
(a) in the case of a corporation that was resident in Canada at any time in the year, the total of all amounts each of which is the carrying value at the end of the year of an eligible investment of the corporation;
(b) in the case of an insurance corporation that was throughout the year not resident in Canada, the total of all amounts each of which is the carrying value at the end of the year of an eligible investment of the corporation that was used or held by it in the year in the course of carrying on an insurance business in Canada;
(c) in the case of an authorized foreign bank, the total of all amounts each of which is the amount at the end of the year, before the application of risk weights, that the bank would be required to report under the OSFI risk-weighting guidelines if those guidelines applied and required a report at that time, of an eligible investment used or held by the bank in the year in the course of carrying on its Canadian banking business; and
(d) in any other case, nil.
Marginal note:Interpretation
(5) For the purpose of subsection (4),
(a) an eligible investment of a corporation is a share of the capital stock or long-term debt (and, where the corporation is an insurance corporation, is non-segregated property within the meaning assigned by subsection 138(12)) of a financial institution that at the end of the year
(i) is related to the corporation,
(ii) is not exempt from tax under this Part, and
(iii) is resident in Canada or can reasonably be regarded as using the proceeds of the share or debt in a business carried on by the institution through a permanent establishment (as defined by regulation) in Canada; and
(b) a credit union and another credit union of which the credit union is a shareholder or member are deemed to be related to each other.
- [NOTE: Application provisions are not included in the consolidated text
- see relevant amending Acts and regulations.]
- R.S., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.), s. 181.3
- 1994, c. 7, Sch. II, s. 148, Sch. VIII, s. 107, c. 21, s. 83
- 1998, c. 19, s. 196
- 2001, c. 17, s. 163
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