Income Tax Regulations — 5905
5905 (1) If, at any time, there is an acquisition or a disposition of shares of the capital stock of a particular foreign affiliate of a corporation resident in Canada and the surplus entitlement percentage of the corporation in respect of the particular foreign affiliate or any other foreign affiliate (the particular affiliate and those other affiliates each being referred to in this subsection as a “relevant affiliate”) of the corporation in which the particular affiliate has an equity percentage (within the meaning assigned by subsection 95(4) of the Act) changes, for the purposes of the definitions exempt surplus , hybrid surplus , hybrid underlying tax , taxable surplus , and underlying foreign tax in subsection 5907(1), each of the opening exempt surplus or opening exempt deficit, opening hybrid surplus or opening hybrid deficit, opening hybrid underlying tax, opening taxable surplus or opening taxable deficit, and opening underlying foreign tax, as the case may be, of the relevant affiliate in respect of the corporation is, except where the acquisition or disposition occurs in a transaction to which paragraph (3)(a) or subsection (5) or (5.1) applies, the amount determined at that time by the formula A × B/C where A is the amount of that surplus, deficit or tax, as the case may be, as otherwise determined at that time; B is the corporation’s surplus entitlement percentage immediately before that time in respect of the relevant affiliate; and C is the corporation’s surplus entitlement percentage immediately after that time in respect of the relevant affiliate. (2) [Repealed, 2013, c. 34, s. 44] (3) If at any time (referred to in this subsection as the “merger time”) a foreign affiliate (referred to in this subsection as the “merged affiliate”) of a corporation resident in Canada has been formed as a result of a foreign merger (within the meaning assigned by subsection 87(8.1) of the Act) of two or more corporations (referred to individually in this subsection as a “predecessor corporation”), the following rules apply: (a) for the purposes of the definitions exempt surplus , hybrid surplus , hybrid underlying tax , taxable surplus and underlying foreign tax in subsection 5907(1), as they apply in respect of the merged affiliate, (i) the merged affiliate’s opening exempt surplus, in respect of the corporation, shall be the amount, if any, by which the total of all amounts each of which is the exempt surplus of a predecessor corporation, in respect of the corporation, immediately before the merger time exceeds the total of all amounts each of which is the exempt deficit of a predecessor corporation, in respect of the corporation, immediately before the merger time, (ii) the merged affiliate’s opening exempt deficit, in respect of the corporation, shall be the amount, if any, by which the total of all amounts each of which is the exempt deficit of a predecessor corporation, in respect of the corporation, immediately before the merger time exceeds the total of all amounts each of which is the exempt surplus of a predecessor corporation, in respect of the corporation, immediately before the merger time, (ii.1) the merged affiliate’s opening hybrid surplus, in respect of the corporation, shall be the amount, if any, by which the total of all amounts each of which is the hybrid surplus of a predecessor corporation, in respect of the corporation, immediately before the merger time exceeds the total of all amounts each of which is the hybrid deficit of a predecessor corporation, in respect of the corporation, immediately before the merger time, (ii.2) the merged affiliate’s opening hybrid deficit, in respect of the corporation, shall be the amount, if any, by which the total of all amounts each of which is the hybrid deficit of a predecessor corporation, in respect of the corporation, immediately before the merger time exceeds the total of all amounts each of which is the hybrid surplus of a predecessor corporation, in respect of