Excise Tax Act — E-15 (a)
permitted deduction for a specified year of a qualifying taxpayer means an amount that is (a) consideration for a supply of property or a service, or the value of imported goods, upon which tax under this Part (other than section 218.01 or subsection 218.1(1.2)) became payable during the specified year by the qualifying taxpayer; (b) tax referred to in paragraph (a) in respect of a supply or importation referred to in that paragraph; (c) a provincial levy that is prescribed for the purposes of section 154 and is in respect of a supply referred to in paragraph (a); (d) an amount that is deemed, under subsection 248(18) or (18.1) of the Income Tax Act , to be assistance repaid by the qualifying taxpayer in respect of property or a service referred to in paragraph (a); (e) consideration for a supply of property or a service (other than a financial service) made to the qualifying taxpayer as part of a transaction or series of transactions in which all participants deal at arm’s length with the qualifying taxpayer, unless (i) that consideration is included in paragraph (a), or (ii) an activity carried on, engaged in or conducted outside Canada, through a qualifying establishment of the qualifying taxpayer or of a person related to the qualifying taxpayer, relates in any manner to the supply; (f) qualifying compensation of an employee of the qualifying taxpayer that is paid in the specified year by the qualifying taxpayer if the employee was primarily in Canada while performing the employee’s duties during the specified year; (g) interest that is paid or payable by the qualifying taxpayer as the consideration for a supply of a financial service made to the qualifying taxpayer (other than an amount paid or credited by the qualifying taxpayer, or deemed by Part I of the Income Tax Act to have been paid or credited in the specified year by the qualifying taxpayer, to a person as, on account or in lieu of payment of, or in satisfaction of, a management or administration fee or charge (within the meaning of subsection 212(4) of that Act)); (h) dividends; (i) consideration (other than interest referred to in paragraph (g) or dividends referred to in paragraph (h)) for a specified arm’s length supply made to the qualifying taxpayer; (j) consideration (other than interest referred to in paragraph (g) or dividends referred to in paragraph (h)) for a supply (other than a specified derivative supply) of a specified financial service made to the qualifying taxpayer; (k) consideration (other than interest referred to in paragraph (g), dividends referred to in paragraph (h) or consideration referred to in paragraph (k.1) or (k.2)) for a specified non-arm’s length supply made to the qualifying taxpayer less the total of all amounts, each of which is a part of the value of the consideration and is loading; (k.1) consideration (other than interest referred to in paragraph (g) or dividends referred to in paragraph (h)) for a specified non-arm’s length supply made to the qualifying taxpayer of a financial service of issuing, renewing, varying or transferring the ownership of a policy of reinsurance, issued by an insurer to the qualifying taxpayer, in respect of one or more particular insurance policies issued by the qualifying taxpayer, if (i) the policy of reinsurance is in accordance with all applicable guidelines with respect to sound reinsurance practices and procedures, as amended from time to time, that are issued by the Superintendent or a provincial regulatory authority having powers similar to those of the Superintendent, (ii) the qualifying taxpayer pays to the insurer, or to persons related to the insurer (each of which is referred to in this paragraph as an affiliate ), amounts (each of which is referred to in this paragraph as a fee ) under one or more agreements in writing, each of which is not the policy of reinsurance and is between the qualifying taxpayer and the insurer or an affiliate, (iii) the fees include 99% or more of the total