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Indemnity Application
Indemnity Application (Fuscalite · CRA finds that an indemnity given by a Canadian NRT beneficiary regarding a trust distribution received from the trustee did…
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- Signing the indemnity does not cause paragraph 94(2)(d) to apply.
- The Canadian-resident beneficiary of the NRT signs the indemnity before receiving a distribution.
- The indemnity requires repayment to the trustee if another beneficiary successfully challenges the distribution.
- Paragraph 94(2)(d) requires an undertaking to ensure repayment of a loan or indebtedness incurred by another person at the relevant time.
- The relevant other person would be the trustee of the NRT.
- The indemnity must therefore relate to a loan or other indebtedness incurred by the trustee.
- Before a successful challenge, no loan or other indebtedness has been incurred for paragraph 94(2)(d) purposes.
- A successful challenge would require the trustee to repay the distribution amount to the NRT.
- The repayment obligation arises only after the successful challenge.
- The pre-distribution indemnity does not secure repayment of an existing trustee indebtedness.