Section 20.4 — Income Tax Act: Definitions

The definitions in section 12.5 apply for the purposes of this section. There shall be deducted in computing an insurer’s income for its transition year from an insurance business carried on by it in Canada in the transition year the absolute value of the negative amount, if any, of the insurer’s reserve transition amount in respect of that insurance business. If an amount has been included under subsection 12.5(2) in computing an insurer’s income for its transition year from an insurance business carried on by it in Canada, there shall be deducted in computing the insurer’s income, for each particular taxation year of the insurer that ends after the beginning of the transition year, from that insurance business, the amount determined by the formula A × B/1825 where A is the amount included under subsection 12.5(2) in computing the insurer’s income for the transition year from that insurance business; and B is the number of days in the particular taxation year that are before the day that is 1825 days after the first day of the transition year. If at any time an insurer ceases to carry on all or substantially all of an insurance business (referred to in this subsection as the “discontinued business”), and none of subsections 12.5(4) to (6) apply, there shall be deducted in computing the insurer’s income from the discontinued business for the insurer’s taxation year that includes the time that is immediately before that time, the amount determined by the formula A – B where A is any amount included under subsection 12.5(2) in computing the insurer’s income from the discontinued business for its transition year; and B is the total of all amounts each of which is an amount deducted under subsection (3) in computing the insurer’s income from the discontinued business for a taxation year that began before that time.