Income Tax Act — I-3.3 66.7
10)(g) or 66.7(10)(h), the taxpayer or the partnership, as the case may be, shall be deemed, for the purposes of applying those subsections to or in respect of the taxpayer, not to have acquired the property. Reduction of Canadian resource expenses (12) Where in a taxation year an owner of Canadian resource properties disposes of all or substantially all of the original owner’s Canadian resource properties to a particular corporation in circumstances in which subsection 29(25) of the Income Tax Application Rules or subsection 66.7(1), 66.7(3), 66.7(4) or 66.7(5) applies, (a) the Canadian exploration and development expenses incurred by the original owner before that owner so disposed of the properties shall, for the purposes of this Subdivision, be deemed after the disposition not to have been incurred by the original owner except for the purposes of making a deduction under subsection 66(1) or 66(2) for the year and of determining the amount that may be deducted under subsection 66.7(1) by the particular corporation or by any other corporation that subsequently acquires any of the properties; (b) in determining the cumulative Canadian exploration expense of the original owner at any time after the time referred to in subparagraph 66.7(3)(a)(i), there shall be deducted the amount thereof determined immediately after the disposition; (b.1) for the purposes of paragraph 66.7(3)(a), the cumulative Canadian exploration expenses of the original owner determined immediately after the disposition that was deducted or required to be deducted under subsection 66.1(2) or 66.1(3) in computing the original owner’s income for the year shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the amount deducted under paragraph 66.7(12)(b) in respect of the disposition, and (ii) the amount, if any, by which (A) the specified amount determined under paragraph 66.7(12.1)(a) in respect of the original owner for the year exceeds (B) the total of all amounts each of which is an amount determined under this paragraph in respect of any disposition made by the original owner before the disposition and in the year; (b.2) for greater certainty, any amount (other than the amount determined under paragraph 66.7(12)(b.1)) that was deducted or required to be deducted under subsection 66.1(2) or 66.1(3) by the original owner for the year or a subsequent taxation year shall, for the purposes of paragraph 66.7(3)(a), be deemed not to be in respect of the cumulative Canadian exploration expense of the original owner determined immediately after the disposition; (c) in determining the cumulative Canadian development expense of the original owner at any time after the time referred to in clause 66.7(4)(a)(i)(A), there shall be deducted the amount thereof determined immediately after the disposition; (c.1) for the purpose of paragraph 66.7(4)(a), the cumulative Canadian development expense of the original owner determined immediately after the disposition that was deducted under subsection 66.2(2) in computing the original owner’s income for the year shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the amount deducted under paragraph 66.7(12)(c) in respect of the disposition, and (ii) the amount, if any, by which (A) the specified amount determined under paragraph 66.7(12.1)(b) in respect of the original owner for the year exceeds (B) the total of all amounts determined under this paragraph in respect of any dispositions made by the original owner before the disposition and in the year; (c.2) for greater certainty, any amount (other than the amount determined under paragraph 66.7(12)(c.1)) that was deducted under subsection 66.2(2) by the original owner for the year or a subsequent taxation year shall, for the purpose of paragraph 66.7(4)(a), be deemed not to be in respect of the cumulative Canadian development expense of the original owner determined immediately after the disposition; (d) in determining the cumulative Canadian oil and gas property expense of the origin