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Continuity Rule
Continuity Rule (Une erreur comptable peut-elle entraîner un impôt supplémentaire? · A post-spinoff amalgamation may taint the spin-off) — "However if, as a fi…
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- Final-step amalgamation of Newco and Subco may trigger s. 55(3)(a)(ii)
- The result applies if the amalgamation occurs as a final step
- Newco and Subco amalgamate to form Amalco
- Unrelated persons receive shares of Amalco
- Under s. 55(3.01)(b), those persons are deemed to have acquired a 30% interest in Newco
- The deemed acquisition causes s. 55(3)(a)(ii) to be triggered
- The rule may produce anomalous results in the context of an amalgamation
- Summary of Marissa Halil, David Carolin, and Manu Kakkar, “Paragraph 55(3.01)(b) Continuity Rule for Amalgamation Could Cause Anomalous Results,” Tax for the Owner-Manager, Vol. 26, No. 4, October 2026, p. 1