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International Taxation - Canadian Tax Foundation
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KPMG LLP
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International Taxation
Outbound Investment – Overview & Update
I.
Foreign Affiliate / Controlled Foreign Affiliate
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FAPI Overview
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Surplus Overview
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October 24, 2012 NWMM
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Foreign Affiliate Distributions
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Upstream Loans
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Foreign Tax Credit (“FTC”) Generators
Inbound Investment Update
II.
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Foreign Affiliate Debt Dumping
Thin Cap Changes
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Outbound Investment
– Overview & Update
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Foreign Affiliate Legislation
Japan
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Karaoke
Alcohol
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Foreign Affiliate Legislation
FAPI
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Surplus
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Outbound Investment
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Foreign Affiliate vs. Controlled Foreign Affiliate
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Definition of Foreign
Affiliate
 Contained
in subsection 95(1)
 Generally,
taxpayer must hold at least 1% of
shares, and taxpayer and related persons
must hold at least 10% of shares
 Surplus
rules apply. FAPI rules do not,
although amounts included in taxable
surplus.
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Definition of Controlled
Foreign Affiliate
 Non-resident corporation must first be a FA
 FA will be a CFA of a taxpayer resident in Canada (“Canco”) if
FA is controlled by either
(a)
The taxpayer (i.e., Canco)
(b) Persons that are related to Canco
(c)
Canco and not more than 4 other persons resident in Canada
(“relevant Canadian shareholders”)
(d) Persons who do not deal @ arm’s length with any relevant
Canadian shareholder
 FAPI earned by a CFA is subject to Canadian taxation on a
current basis.
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Definition of Controlled
Foreign Affiliate
Canco
Is Forco a CFA of Canco?
 Forco is controlled by Canco therefore
under (a), Forco is a CFA of Canco
> 50%
Forco
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Definition of Controlled
Foreign Affiliate
Canco
1%
Cansub
99%
Forco
Is Forco a CFA of Canco?
 Forco is controlled by persons that are related to Canco therefore
under (b), Forco is a CFA of Canco
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Definition of Controlled
Foreign Affiliate
Canco
Cansub
0.9%
99.1%
Forco
Is Forco a CFA of Canco?
 Similar to previous slide, Forco is controlled by persons that are
related to Canco
 However, Forco is not a foreign affiliate of Canco. Therefore , Forco
cannot be a CFA of Canco
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Definition of Controlled
Foreign Affiliate
Canco
40%
Mrs.
Smith
Mr. Smith
40%
20%
Forco
Is Forco a CFA of Canco?
 Forco is controlled by Canco and not more than 4 other persons
resident in Canada therefore under (c), Forco is a CFA of Canco
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Outbound Investment
– Overview & Update
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Foreign Accrual Property Income (“FAPI”)
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You Won’t be Happy if You
Have FAPI!
 Overall objective of FAPI rules
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
To ensure that Canadian corporations pay tax annually on income
from investments that are located in an off-shore jurisdiction but
that remain under the control of the Canadian corporation
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Without these annual accrual rules, Canadian tax on the income
could be deferred indefinitely, or at least until the income was
remitted to back to Canada
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FAPI Overview
 FAPI earned by a CFA is taxable to a Canadian resident
shareholder on an accrual basis

FAPI earned by a FA is also added to taxable surplus
 Inclusion of FAPI in computing a Canadian taxpayer’s income
is based on “participating percentage”
 Deduction available for foreign accrual tax (“FAT”) * relevant
tax factor
 FAPI computed under Canadian tax rules
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In Canadian dollars unless Canadian shareholder has made a
functional currency election
 FAPI is usually, but not always, comprised of passive income
earned by the CFA
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Subsection 91(1) –
Foreign Accrual Property
Income
s.91(1) $1,000
Canco
100%
CFA
$1,000 3rd Party
interest income
$100 foreign taxes
(10%)
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 In computing the income of a taxpayer
resident in Canada there shall be included
 In respect of each share owned by the
taxpayer of the capital stock of a
controlled foreign affiliate
 The percentage of the foreign accrual
property income of any controlled foreign
affiliate of the taxpayer
 For each taxation year of the affiliate
ending in the taxation year of the taxpayer
 Equal to that share’s participating
percentage
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Subsection 91(4) –
Amounts Deductible for
Foreign Taxes
s.91(1)
$1,000
s.91(4)
(400)
T/I
600
Tax Rate
25%
Cdn Taxes $150
Canco
CFA
 Where an amount has been included in
income under subsection 91(1) in the
current year or any of the 5 preceding
years
 There may be deducted the foreign
accrual tax applicable to the amount
included in income multiplied by the
relevant tax factor
$1,000 3rd Party
interest income
$100 foreign taxes
(10%)
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Relevant Tax Factor
 Defined is subsection 95(1)
 Currently defined as
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1/ 38% or 2.63 for corporations
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2 for individuals
 Used as a mechanism to gross up income in order to take into
consideration Canada’s effective tax rate
 Due to the decreases in Canada’s tax rates over the past few
years, the RTF is proposed to be adjusted to
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1/ (38% - 13%) or 4.00 for corporations
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FAPI Example – Year 1
Year 1 – Income Inclusion
Canco
Canco’s share:
Forco EBT
$60,000
Taxes paid
6,000
Net income $54,000
60%
Forco
Forco EBT
Taxes paid
Net income
FAPI inclusion under s.91(1)
$60,000
Deduction under 91(4)
$6,000 x RTF of 2.4
(24,000)
Taxable income
$36,000
Canadian tax @ 25%
$100,000
10,000
$ 90,000
$9,000
Year 1 - Addition to ACB
Addition to ACB under s.92
$60,000
Deduction from ACB under s.92 $24,000
Total
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FAPI Example – Year 2
Year 2
Canco
60%
Forco1
Dividend paid = $50,000
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Canco’s share of
dividend = $30,000
Dividend income under s.90
$30,000
Deduction under s.113(1)(b)
$3,000 x (RTF – 1) or 3
(9,000)
Net balance
21,000
Deduction under s.91(5)
(21,000)*
Taxable Income
$
0
* Deduction is limited to lesser of net balance
and net adjustments to ACB of shares under
s.92
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Surplus Overview
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Section 90 – Dividends
Received From
Non-resident Corporation
Section 90 income inclusion:
Canco
Dividend from
IBM shares =
$1,000
Dividend
from FA =
$1,000
FA
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Dividend from IBM
Dividend from FA
Net income
$ 1,000
1,000
2,000
Potential s.113 deduction
re FA dividend
(1,000)
Taxable income
$ 1,000
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FA Investment – The Details
What is surplus?
 Essentially determines the Canadian taxability of dividends paid by foreign
affiliates to a Canadian corporation
 Four Categories:
Exempt Surplus
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Includes certain capital gains
Hybrid Surplus (proposed)
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Represents 50% exempt surplus and 50% taxable surplus
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Would generally include capital gains arising from the sale of shares of a foreign
affiliate
Taxable Surplus
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Represents earnings from an active business carried on in a non-designated
treaty country / non-TIEA
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Includes passive earnings from a designated or non-designated treaty country
and certain capital gains
Pre-acquisition Surplus
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Represents earnings from an active business carried on in a designated treaty
country / TIEA
Investment in the affiliate
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FA Investment – The Details
Dividend Payments
 First paid out of Exempt Surplus (ES), then out of Taxable Surplus (TS) & then out
of Pre-acquisition Surplus (PS)
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If hybrid surplus rules enacted, order would be: ES, HS, TS, PS with certain elections
available to modify the order
 In general, PS is essentially the ACB of the shares
 S.90 - Dividend included in income
 S.113(1)(a) - Deduction equal to dividend paid from ES
 S.113(1)(a.1) – Deduction for one ½ of HS dividend plus grossed up deduction for
foreign income tax paid on other ½
 S. 113(1)(b) - Grossed up deduction for foreign income tax paid on TS dividend
 S. 113(1)(c) - Grossed up deduction for foreign WHT paid on TS dividend
 S. 113(1)(d) - Equal deduction for PS dividend but reduces ACB
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FA Investment – The Details
Dividend Example
Income calculation
90 – Income inclusion
Canco
($100)
113(1)(b) – ‘Grossed up’ tax on TS dividend
($ 30)
113(1)(d) – PS dividend
($ 100)
113(1)(c) – ‘Grossed up’ WHT on TS dividend
Dividend $300
$
Canadian Tax Payable
$ 12.5
Total Tax Paid on “Taxable Surplus”
FA
$ 10
WHT
$
Total tax
Canadian tax would otherwise have been:
TS = $100
UFT = $10
Taxable surplus-earnings before tax)
Canadian tax rate
Total tax
25
50
25%
Foreign
Canadian
ES = $100
($ 20)
Income taxable in Canada
Tax Rate
WHT = 5%
$ 300
113(1)(a) –ES dividend
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$12.5
$27.5
$110
25.0%
$27.5
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FA Investment – The Details
93(1) Election
 Disposition of shares of a FA by Canco is a taxable event
 Proceeds – ACB = Capital Gain
 Undistributed profits could be reason that proceeds > ACB
 93(1) election allows taxpayer to treat proceeds received on the sale of an
FA’s shares as a dividend
 Effect of election is to reduce capital gain that would otherwise arise on the
sale
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ES – no tax on these proceeds
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HS - no tax if foreign tax paid on profits is sufficient
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TS – no tax if foreign tax paid on profits is sufficient
 93(1) election does not require actual payment of dividend
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Should be no WHT in foreign jurisdiction
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Gain may still be taxable in the country of residence of the FA
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FA Investment – The Details
93(1) Election - Example
Canco
Forco
FMV = $100
ES = $30
ACB = $50
 Disposition of Forco would result in a capital gain of $50 ($100 - $50)
 93(1) election filed to reduce proceeds by $30
 Result
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Capital gain reduced to $20 ($70 reduced proceeds - $50 ACB)
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Deemed dividend income inclusion of $30
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Deduction for ES dividend of $30
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External Sale of FA Shares:
Application of Section 93
 Assume that FA1 is selling its shares of FA2 to a
third party
Canco
FA1
 Subsection 93(1.1) automatically applies to deem
Canco to have made a s.93(1) election
HS = $400
TS = $200
FMV = $900
ACB = $300
FA2
 Elected amount is equal to lesser of (i) capital
gain otherwise realized ($600), and (ii) dividends
that would be received if FA paid out its net
surplus ($200)
Proceeds on sale
Automatic ‘election’ under s.93(1.1)
Revised proceeds
ACB of shares
Capital gain
$900
(200)
700
(300)
$400
TS = $200
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FA Investment – The Details
Foreign Holdco Example
Canco
Canco
Forco
Holdco
Canada
Foreign
Forco
 Gain on disposition of Forco would be immediately taxable in Canada
 Gain on disposition of Forco by Holdco
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Holdco is normally in a jurisdiction that does not tax gains
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If Forco shares are excluded property, no CDN tax (i.e., no FAPI)
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Proceeds redeployed to other foreign businesses
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Holdco as a ‘mixer’
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Outbound Investment
Overview and Update
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Status of Foreign Affiliate
Rules
 October 24, 2012 package includes
August 19, 2011 draft legislation
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Introduction of Hybrid Surplus and Upstream Loans
August 27, 2010 draft legislation
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Significant changes to numerous FA provisions
Non-resident trust rules
Foreign tax credit generator rules
Bump and surplus computations on acquisitions of control
FAPL carry-over periods
Foreign affiliate deficit re-allocations
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Foreign Affiliate
Distributions
 All pro-rata distributions treated as dividends regardless of
foreign treatment
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Non pro-rata distributions treated as shareholder benefits
 New election allows distributions to be treated as “qualifying
returns of capital” to extent of FA’s paid-up capital
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Non-corporate taxpayers have ability to access cost base of
shares
 Revised election allows distributions to be treated as preacquisition surplus dividends if otherwise exempt, taxable,
hybrid surplus dividends
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Election previously only available for dividends paid to Canada –
can now elect pre-acquisition treatment between FAs
Applies to dividends paid after August 19, 2011, but can elect
retroactively back to December 2002
New rules allow election to be late-filed up to 10 years if “just
and equitable”
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Upstream Loans – The
General Idea
Prior to August 19, 2011 draft
legislation - Loans of taxable
surplus by foreign affiliates back
to Canada have generally
occurred if payment of dividend
Canco
Loan
$500
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FA1
POD
ACB
Gain
FA2
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$1,000
0
$1,000
ES $500
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not permitted under foreign
corporate or other law
triggers foreign withholding
tax
triggers Part I tax in Canada
TS $500
UFT 0
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Upstream Loans Refresher
 Rules apply to loans made by a foreign affiliate (Lender FA) or
by a partnership in which a FA is member to a “specified debtor”
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Canadian taxpayer, non-arm’s length persons, certain partnerships

Excludes controlled foreign affiliates but only if controlled by
Canadians
Canco
NR
NR
Parent
Canco
Canco
Lender
FA
Lender
FA
Parent
Lender
FA
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FA
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Upstream Loans Refresher
 Loans excluded from rules if
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Repaid within 2 years from date loan made
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Made in ordinary course of creditor’s business and arrangements
made for repayment within reasonable period of time
 If loan included in income, deductions available for exempt
surplus, hybrid surplus, taxable surplus of Lender FA
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Upstream Loans – Changes
to Rules
 Additional deductions available if loan included in income

Cost base of Lender FA shares to Canadian shareholder
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Not applicable if loan is made to a non-resident
 Clarification that “upstream” and “downstream” surplus
balances included in respect of Lender FA’s chain of
ownership
 No restrictions in deductions if actual dividends paid by
Lender FA, other than rules to ensure no double-counting of
surplus, cost base
 Back-to-back loans collapsed to prevent double-counting of
income inclusions
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Upstream Loans – PreAcquisition Surplus
Example 1
 ‘Direct dividend hypothesis’ – if $200
dividend paid by FA to Canco
Forco
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•
Canco
ACB $100
Loan $200
FA
$140 – pre-acq surplus
 Deduction for pre-acq surplus
dividend restricted to ACB – (clause
90(9)(a)(i)(D))
 Result
•
•
ES $60
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$60 - exempt surplus
$200 income inclusion
$160 deduction for FA’s exempt
surplus ($60) and ACB ($100)
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Upstream Loans – PreAcquisition Surplus
Example 2
 Forco is a specified debtor
 ‘Direct dividend hypothesis’ – if $200
dividend paid by FA to Canco
Forco
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Canco
ACB $100
FA
ES $60
Loan $200
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$140 – pre-acquisition surplus
 Forco is non-resident person with
which Canco does not deal at arm’s
length. No deduction for Canco’s ACB
 Result
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$60 - exempt surplus
$200 income inclusion
$60 deduction for FA’s exempt
surplus
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Upstream Loans –
Downstream Surplus
Example
Canco
FA1
Loan $300
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FA3’s exempt surplus ‘elevated’ to
FA2
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$200 deduction for FA2 and FA3’s
exempt surplus
FA2
ES $100
ES $100
 Previous – if $300 ‘upstream loan’
by FA2 to Canco, deduction for
$100 exempt surplus
 Amendment
FA 3
 FA1 is not a ‘downstream affiliate’
ES $100
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Upstream Loans –
Transitional Rules
 If loan outstanding on August 19, 2011, grandfathering rules
apply
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If repaid prior to August 19, 2014, rules not applicable

If still outstanding on August 19, 2014, can treat as a new loan
made on that date, have 2 years to repay
 Post August 19, 2011 loans subject to 2-year repayment
period
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Foreign Tax Credit
Generators
 Set of new rules that will deny a deduction for foreign tax in
respect of FAPI included in taxpayer’s income
 Aimed at perceived abuses in amounts of foreign tax being
claimed as deductions or credits in Canada
 Apply if there is a hybrid instrument in a foreign affiliate
group
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Shares for Canadian purposes treated as debt in other jurisdiction

Partnership interests subject to different income allocations
under Canadian and foreign rules
 Rules have been narrowed in scope from previous version
 Rules are generally applicable to taxation years ending after
March 4, 2010
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Foreign Tax Credit
Generators
 If responses to questions are all “yes”, rules will apply
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
Has a taxpayer (Canco) included amounts as FAPI in its income in
respect of a particular foreign affiliate (FAPI FA)?
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Is there a hybrid instrument in place in Canco’s foreign affiliate
group?
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Is owner of hybrid instrument either Canco or one of its foreign
affiliates?
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Is issuer of hybrid instrument a foreign affiliate in same
ownership chain as FAPI FA?
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Is owner considered to own less shares in issuer under foreign
tax law than under Act?
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Foreign Tax Credit
Generators
 Has Canco included amounts as FAPI in its income
in respect of a particular foreign affiliate (FAPI
FA)? = YES
Canco
Foreign
Holdco
Canada =>
Preferred shares
 Is there a hybrid instrument in place in Canco’s
foreign affiliate group? = YES
Foreign
jurisdiction =>
Debt
 Is owner of hybrid instrument either Canco or one
of its foreign affiliates? = YES, Canco
Foreign
Subco
 Is issuer of hybrid instrument a foreign affiliate in
the same ownership chain as FAPI FA? = YES,
Foreign Subco
 Is Canco considered to own less shares in Foreign
Subco under foreign tax law than under Act? =
YES, under foreign law Canco does not own any
preferred shares in Foreign Subco
FAPI
FA
 Rules therefore apply to deny Canco a foreign tax
deduction for any foreign tax paid by FAPI FA
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Foreign Tax Credit
Generators
Canco
Canada =>
Preferred shares
Luxembourg =>
Debt
Foreign
Holdco
Foreign
Opco
Issuer FA
(Lux)
 Has Canco included amounts as FAPI in
its income in respect of a particular
foreign affiliate (FAPI FA)? = YES
 Is there a hybrid instrument in place in
Canco’s foreign affiliate group? = YES
 Is owner of hybrid instrument either
Canco or one of its foreign affiliates? =
YES, Canco
 Is issuer of hybrid instrument a foreign
affiliate in the same ownership chain as
FAPI FA? = NO, Issuer FA is not in same
chain as FAPI FA
 Rules therefore do not apply to deny
Canco a foreign tax deduction for any
foreign tax paid by FAPI FA
FAPI
FA
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Foreign Tax Credit
Generators – Funding Rules
 Additional rules will apply if FAPI FA has received “funding”
from another FA of Canco, or a FA of a related Canadian
company
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
Funding includes loans, advances, asset purchases, dividends,
share redemptions
•
If loan has arm’s length terms and conditions, excluded as a source of
funding
•
Share acquisitions also excluded as a source of funding
If such funding exits, FAPI FA can be in a different chain of
ownership than hybrid instrument
 Funding rules apply to taxation years ending after October
24, 2012
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Foreign Tax Credit
Generators
Canco
Canada =>
Preferred shares
Luxembourg =>
Debt
Foreign
Holdco
Issuer FA
(Lux)
Foreign
Opco
Non-arm’s
length loan
FAPI
FA
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 Without funding measures, rules are
not applicable as FAPI FA is not in same
ownership chain as Issuer FA
 Issuer FA has indirectly funded FAPI FA
 As a result, FAPI FA can be in different
ownership chain from Issuer FA
 Rules therefore apply to deny Canco a
foreign tax deduction for any foreign
tax paid by FAPI FA
Non-arm’s
length loan
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Inbound Investment Update
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Foreign Affiliate Debt Dumping Rules
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Foreign Affiliate Dumping
Rules
 Rules introduced due to government’s concern with two
planning techniques that result in erosion of Canada’s tax
base
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Leveraging Canada to create an interest deduction where funds
used to acquire FA shares – distributions from FA potentially taxfree
Paid-up capital creation in Canada, allowing for increased thin
capitalization room and ability to return capital to non-resident
with no withholding tax
 Draft legislation originally released August 15, 2012 with a
one-month consultation period
 Final rules included in Bill C-45 – October 18, 2012

Considered substantively enacted for Canadian GAAP and IFRS
purposes – has received First Reading
 Significant differences in two versions of rules
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Foreign Affiliate Dumping
Rules
 General application of rules unchanged
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
Canadian resident corporation (CRIC) is controlled by a nonresident corporation
CRIC makes an “investment” in a foreign affiliate (FA)
 Investment includes
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Acquisition of shares of FA or contribution of capital to FA
Loans from CRIC to FA, or acquisitions of loans owing by FA by
CRIC from another person
•
Excludes certain loans or acquisitions made in ordinary course of
CRIC’s business
•
Excludes “pertinent loans or indebtedness”
Extension of maturity date of a loan, or date of redemption,
cancellation, acquisition of FA shares
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Foreign Affiliate Dumping
Rules
Base Case
Forco
International Tax 101
New Rules
Forco
Forco
Foreign
Canada
FMV = $1,000
PUC = $100
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Acqco
PSH
PSH
Target
Target
FA
FA
FMV = $1,000
PUC = $1,000
CRIC =>
Acqco
PSH
FMV = $1,000
PUC = $100
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FA
=> >75% of
value
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Foreign Affiliate Dumping
Rules
 Results of application of rules

Deemed dividend equal to value of property (other than shares of
CRIC) transferred by CRIC related to investment
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Dividend deemed paid by CRIC to non-resident parent – could result
in 15% or 25% withholding tax if shares of CRIC not owned directly by
parent
Increase in paid-up capital (PUC) of shares of CRIC issued in
respect of investment ignored
•
Will impact thin capitalization debt-to-equity limits
 Rules apply to transactions occurring after March 28, 2012
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If written agreement in place between arm’s length parties prior
to March 29, 2012, transactions that occur before 2013 will not
be caught
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Foreign Affiliate Dumping
Rules
 Application of rules results in:
NR
Parent
Loan =
$1,500
CRIC =>
• PUC suppression = $700
Capital contribution
for shares = $700
Canco
Investment =
$2,500
FA
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• Deemed dividend = $1,500 +
$300
 PUC suppression could result in
thin cap limits being exceeded –
interest deduction in Canco
deemed to be a dividend paid to
NR Parent
 If additional PUC balance remains
in Canco shares after PUC
suppression, deemed dividend
can be reduced
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Foreign Affiliate Dumping
Rules – Exceptions
 Business purpose test

Business activities of FA must be more closely connected to
business activities of CRIC than to business activities of nonresident

Stringent conditions to be met if test to apply
 Election to treat loan to a FA as a “pertinent loan or
indebtedness” eliminates deemed dividend

Results in imputed income inclusion equal to lowest prescribed rate
(currently 1%) + 4% if non-interest bearing
 Certain reorganizations exempted

Canadian reorganizations that could otherwise result in an
acquisition of FA shares
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Inbound Investment Update
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Thin Cap
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Thin Cap
Base Case
Partnership Loophole
0% WHT on Interest
Loophole
USco
USco
USco
Debt
Equity
Debt
200
Equity
100
Interest Rate 10%
WHT
0%
$300
0
Canco
Debt
Dividend
Interest
WHT
0%
Dividend
WHT
5%
99%
Canco
PSH
Canco
Partnership
Interest Expense $20
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Interest Expense $30
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No deduction for
dividend or for interest
in excess of 2:1
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Thin Capitalization Changes
 Maximum debt-to-equity ratio reduced from 2:1 to 1.5:1 for
determining the deductibility of certain interest on debt owed
to certain non-residents (e.g., related entities)
 Will apply to corporate taxation years beginning after 2012
 Rules extended to include partnership debt in the debt-toequity ratio

Will apply to corporate taxation years beginning after March 28,
2012
 Disallowed interest now treated as a dividend to the nonresident creditor that may be subject to withholding tax (with
potentially limited relief under a tax treaty)
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Will apply to corporate taxation years ending after March 2012
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