UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
9.305 - TAXATION ACCOUNTING

KNOWLEDGE EXPECTED
REVISED 98.09.22


Generally I expect you to know only the rules that apply to 1997 transactions; that is, I will not expect you to know the details of rules that were effective in prior years or that were adopted to ease the transitions from rules effective in prior years. However I do expect you to know that such rules exist and what their general intent and effect is.

Examples are:

For the following topics, you are only responsible for knowing the general intent and effect of the provisions. Any reference to them in an exam will not require you to calculate a number (but the topic may appear and require calculations in some of the assigned problems):

Chapter 1:
Note on organization of GST legislation

Chapter 2:
The entire chapter

Chapter 3:
Transport employees expenses
Receipts by part-time employees for traveling expenses
Salary deferral arrangements
Deductions for pre-1990 service while not a contributor
Deductions for pre-1990 service while a contributor

Chapter 4:
Sole proprietorship
Deemed interest on loans to non-resident person
Thin capitalization limitation
Ceasing to carry on business
Unregistered employee compensation plans
Scientific research and experimental development

Chapter 5:
CCA classes 3, 24, 27, 29, 34, 39, and special formula classes
Separate class rule for electronic office equipment
Lease-option arrangements
Leasing property (tax rules for the lessor)
Franchises and similar property
Exempt gains balance

Chapter 6:
Accrual rules for individuals
Prescribed debt obligations
Depreciation-based or similar tax shelters

Chapter 7:
Assets owned on December 31, 1971
Specific provisions for the taxation of capital gains, except the adjustments to the cost base in subsections 53(1)(b), (f), (h), (j), (n) and 53(2)(d), (k), (l)

Chapter 8:
Pre-1972 assets revisited
Foreign exchange gains and losses
Exempt gains balance
Warranties
Principal residence revisited
Leaving and entering Canada
Revenue Canada policy change on substituted property
Death of a taxpayer

Chapter 9:
The entire chapter

Chapter 10:
Northern employee travel and housing benefits
Section 118 credits for dependents, age, and pension
Medical expense credit
Credit for mental or physical impairment
Proposed caregiver tax credit
Tuition and education credits
Transfer of unused credits to spouse
Credits for part-time- and non-residents
Ordering of credits
Credit for employment outside Canada
Refundable goods and service tax credit
Refundable medical expense supplement
Refundable child tax benefit
Foreign tax credits: assume that the deduction equals the amount of foreign taxes paid
Tax on old age security benefits
Alternative minimum tax

Chapter 11:
Dividends paid on shares subsequently sold for a loss
Tax on large corporations
Branch tax
Foreign tax deduction: assume that the deduction equals the amount of foreign taxes paid
Investment tax credit
Canadian film or video production tax credit

Chapter 12:
Elimination of small business deduction for large CCPCs
Corporate partnerships
Investment tax credit

Chapter 13:
Qualified small business corporation shares
Capital gains deduction
Attribution through a corporation


Knowledge expected last term
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