Section 105

Subsection 105(1) - Benefits under trust

Cases

Cooper v. The Queen, 88 DTC 6525, [1989] 1 CTC 66 (FCTD)

The taxpayer, who was a residuary beneficiary and executor of his mother's estate, was held not to have received a benefit by virtue of an...

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Locations of other summaries Wordcount
Tax Topics - General Concepts - Illegality income tax consequences attaching to illegal loan 75
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 15 - Subsection 15(1) interest-free loan 69

See Also

Stevenson v. Wishart, [1987] BTC 283 (CA)

Substantial but regular payments of capital of a trust to pay the nursing-home expenses of the beneficiary were not income in her hands. "If, in...

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Administrative Policy

16 June 2014 STEP Roundtable, 2014-0523061C6 - Trust audit issues

In the course of commenting on common audit issues for trusts, CRA stated:

In one audit that we dealt with, the taxpayer had been the sole...

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10 July 2013 Internal T.I. 2013-0475501I7 F - Amounts returned to trustee/beneficiary

Father and Y were the trustees of a Quebec family trust, whose beneficiaries included father and his three children. Distributions made by the...

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Locations of other summaries Wordcount
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - 101-110 - Section 104 - Subsection 104(13) distributions to children immediately paid to father 174
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - 101-110 - Section 104 - Subsection 104(24) distributions to children immediately paid to father 174
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - 101-110 - Section 104 - Subsection 104(6) distributions to children immediately paid to father 172
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 56 - Subsection 56(2) distributions to children immediately paid to father 114

6 August 2013 External T.I. 2012-0469481E5 F - Benefit under trust

An estate sold personal-use real estate to one of its beneficiaries for a price less than the property's fair market value, so that s. 69(1)(b)(i)...

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Locations of other summaries Wordcount
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 52 - Subsection 52(1) Estate sale to beneficiary at under-value 133
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 69 - Subsection 69(1) - Paragraph 69(1)(b) taxable benefit added to acb 133

12 December 2012 Internal T.I. 2012-0464411I7 - Indirect Benefit

A taxable Canadian corporation (Holdco) which is wholly-owned by a trust of which Mr. A is the sole trustee and is a discretionary beneficiary,...

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4 December 2012 External T.I. 2012-0470951E5 F - Technical News no. 11

The questioner noted that ITTN No. 11 had been archived, and obtained CRA's confirmation (per the summary) that:

It is still the CRA's position...

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1999 Ruling 9911853 [DRIP produces taxable benefit]

Proposed transactions

The trustees of a listed REIT will implement a distribution reinvestment plan (the "Plan") under which Canadian-resident...

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Income Tax Technical News, No. 11, September 30, 1997: "Taxable Benefit for Use of Personal-Use Property"

26 August 1997 Memorandum 970731

A beneficiary generally will not be assessed a taxable benefit for her rent-free use of personal-use property owned by the trust.

9 January 1997 T.I. 963753

S.105(1) does not apply to a distribution of property to which s. 107(2) is applicable.

31 March 1993 T.I. (Tax Window, No. 29, p. 23, ¶2459)

The favourable administrative position applying to personal-use property of an individual that is held by a trust will also apply where a house is...

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19 June 1992 Interpretation 9218430 (January - February 1993 Access Letter, p. 25, ¶C104-038)

RC is not prepared to extend the decision in Cooper to benefits arising otherwise than in respect of an interest-free loan emanating from a...

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91 C.R. - Q10

RC will apply the Cooper decision in similar situations.

90 C.R. - Q24

An interest-free loan made by a trust to a beneficiary does not result in a taxable benefit. S.105(1) is not restricted to non-arm's length...

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89 C.R. - Q31

The use of a trust's real property by a beneficiary constitutes a benefit. However, in the case of property that would be personal use property of...

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88 C.R. - Q69

Where property such as a cottage is held on trust for the use of individuals, RC generally will not seek to assess a benefit where the trust is...

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87 C.R. - Q82

S.105(1) benefits should be reported on a T3 supplementary. Appropriate methods should be used to value a benefit.

85 C.R. - Q27

Where an income beneficiary (i.e., a beneficiary with no right to enforce any payment of the capital) receives an interest-free loan. RC will...

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80 C.R. - Q45

S.105 will be applicable in most cases to a non-interest bearing loan made by an estate or trust to a beneficiary.