Section 12.1 — Income Tax Act: Cash bonus on Canada Savings Bonds

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, where in a taxation year a taxpayer receives an amount from the Government of Canada in respect of a Canada Savings Bond as a cash bonus that the Government of Canada has undertaken to pay (other than any amount of interest, bonus or principal agreed to be paid at the time of the issue of the bond under the terms of the bond), the taxpayer shall, in computing the taxpayer’s income for the year, include as interest in respect of the Canada Savings Bond 1/2 of the cash bonus so received.