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s. 76.1
PART I — Income Tax · DIVISION B — Computation of Income · SUBDIVISION F — Rules Relating to Computation of Income
Non-resident moving debt from Canadian business
Not yet annotated · Text current to 2026-06-21 · section last amended 2004-08-31
Current text
If at any time a debt obligation of a non-resident taxpayer that is denominated in a foreign currency ceases to be an obligation of the taxpayer in respect of a business or part of a business carried on by the taxpayer in Canada immediately before that time (other than an obligation in respect of which the taxpayer ceased to be indebted at that time), for the purpose of determining the amount of any income, loss, capital gain or capital loss due to the fluctuation in the value of the foreign currency relative to Canadian currency, the taxpayer is deemed to have settled the debt obligation immediately before that time at the amount outstanding on account of its principal amount.
Non-resident assuming debt
(2)If at any time a debt obligation of a non-resident taxpayer that is denominated in a foreign currency becomes an obligation of the taxpayer in respect of a business or part of a business that the taxpayer carries on in Canada after that time (other than an obligation in respect of which the taxpayer became indebted at that time), the amount of any income, loss, capital gain or capital loss in respect of the obligation due to the fluctuation in the value of the foreign currency relative to Canadian currency shall be determined based on the amount of the obligation in Canadian currency at that time.
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 76.1 links to the one before it.
Enacting and amending legislation
- 2001, c. 17, s. 56
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.
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Citation
Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.), s. 76.1.