Income Tax Act — I-3.3 96
3) in computing the adjusted cost base, or under section 143.2 in computing the cost, to the taxpayer of the taxpayer’s partnership interest at that time, and (d) any amount or benefit that the taxpayer or a person not dealing at arm’s length with the taxpayer is entitled, either immediately or in the future and either absolutely or contingently, to receive or to obtain, whether by way of reimbursement, compensation, revenue guarantee, proceeds of disposition, loan or any other form of indebtedness or in any other form or manner whatever, granted or to be granted for the purpose of reducing the impact, in whole or in part, of any loss that the taxpayer may sustain because the taxpayer is a member of the partnership or holds or disposes of an interest in the partnership, except to the extent that the amount or benefit is included in the determination of the value of J in the definition cumulative Canadian exploration expense in subsection 66.1(6), of M in the definition cumulative Canadian development expense in subsection 66.2(5) or of I in the definition cumulative Canadian oil and gas property expense in subsection 66.4(5) in respect of the taxpayer, or the entitlement arises (i) by virtue of a contract of insurance with an insurance corporation dealing at arm’s length with each member of the partnership under which the taxpayer is insured against any claim arising as a result of a liability incurred in the ordinary course of carrying on the partnership business, (ii) [Repealed, 1996, c. 21, s. 17] (iii) as a consequence of the death of the taxpayer, (iv) and (v) [Repealed, 1998, c. 19, s. 123] (vi) in respect of an amount not included in the at-risk amount of the taxpayer determined without reference to this paragraph, or (vii) because of an excluded obligation (as defined in subsection 6202.1(5) of the Income Tax Regulations ) in relation to a share issued to the partnership by a corporation, and, for the purposes of this subsection, (e) where the amount or benefit to which the taxpayer or the person is entitled at any time is provided by way of an agreement or other arrangement under which the taxpayer or the person has a right, either immediately or in the future and either absolutely or contingently (otherwise than as a consequence of the death of the taxpayer), to acquire other property in exchange for all or any part of the partnership interest, for greater certainty the amount or benefit to which the taxpayer or the person is entitled under the agreement or arrangement is considered to be not less than the fair market value of the other property at that time, and (f) where the amount or benefit to which the taxpayer or the person is entitled at any time is provided by way of a guarantee, security or similar indemnity or covenant in respect of any loan or other obligation of the taxpayer or the person, for greater certainty the amount or benefit to which the taxpayer or the person is entitled under the guarantee or indemnity at any particular time is considered to be not less than the total of the unpaid amount of the loan or obligation at that time and all other amounts outstanding in respect of the loan or obligation at that time. Idem (2.3) For the purposes of subsection 96(2.2), where a taxpayer has acquired the taxpayer’s partnership interest at any time from a transferor other than the partnership, the adjusted cost base to the taxpayer of that interest shall be computed as if the cost to the taxpayer of the interest were the lesser of (a) the taxpayer’s cost otherwise determined, and (b) the greater of (i) the adjusted cost base of that interest to the transferor immediately before that time, and (ii) nil, and where the adjusted cost base of the transferor cannot be determined, it shall be deemed to be equal to the total of the amounts determined in respect of the taxpayer under paragraphs 96(2.2)(c) and 96(2.2)(d) immediately after that time. Limited partner (2.4) For the purposes of this section and sections