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s. 140
PART I — Income Tax · DIVISION F — Special Rules Applicable in Certain Circumstances · Demutualization of Insurance Corporations
Deductions in computing income
Not yet annotated · Text current to 2026-06-21 · section last amended 2004-08-31
Current text
In computing the income for a taxation year of an insurance corporation, whether a mutual corporation or a joint stock company, from carrying on an insurance business other than a life insurance business, there may be deducted every amount credited in respect of that business for the year or a preceding taxation year to a policyholder of the corporation by way of a policy dividend, refund of premiums or refund of premium deposits if the amount was, during the year or within 12 months thereafter,
paid or unconditionally credited to the policyholder; or
applied in discharge, in whole or in part, of a liability of the policyholder to pay premiums to the corporation.
Inclusion in computing income
(2)There shall be included in computing the income of an insurance corporation, whether a mutual corporation or a joint stock company, from carrying on an insurance business for its first taxation year that commences after June 17, 1987 and ends after 1987 (in this subsection referred to as its “1988 taxation year”) the amount, if any, by which
the total of all amounts each of which is an amount deducted by the corporation in computing its income for a taxation year ending before its 1988 taxation year pursuant to paragraph 140(c) of the Income Tax Act, chapter 148 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1952, or pursuant to that paragraph by reason of subparagraph 138(3)(a)(v) of that Act as it read in respect of those taxation years in respect of amounts credited to the account of the policyholder on terms that the policyholder is entitled to payment thereof on or before the expiration or termination of the policy
exceeds
the total of all amounts each of which is an amount paid or unconditionally credited to a policyholder or applied in discharge, in whole or in part, of a liability of the policyholder to pay premiums to the corporation before the corporation’s 1988 taxation year in respect of the amounts credited to the account of the policyholder referred to in paragraph 140(2)(a).
Source: Justice Laws Website. Not an official version.
Historic text
This section has not been amended since the start of the point-in-time record on 31 August 2004.
Earlier versions: Justice Laws point-in-time versions of the Act (from 31 August 2004), and CanLII (under “Versions”). On Justice Laws, each version of section 140 links to the one before it.
Enacting and amending legislation
- R.S., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.), s. 140; 2000, c. 19, s. 39
Text before 2004 is found in the annual Statutes of Canada cited above. Application and coming-into-force provisions are not part of the consolidation; see the amending Acts.
Cross-references
Citation
Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.), s. 140.