I-3 - Taxation Act

Section 741 Disposition versions

2006-03-01

741. Subject to sections 744.4 and 744.5, a taxpayer, other than a trust, shall subtract from the amount of any loss, determined without reference to this section, resulting from the disposition of a share that is capital property of the taxpayer, other than a share that is property of a partnership,

(a)  where the taxpayer is an individual, the lesser of

i.  the aggregate of all amounts each of which is a dividend received by the taxpayer on the share in respect of which an election was made under section 502 where section 502.0.1 does not deem the dividend to be a taxable dividend, and

ii.  the amount of the loss, determined without reference to this section, reduced by the aggregate of all taxable dividends received by the taxpayer on the share; and

(b)  where the taxpayer is a corporation, the aggregate of all amounts received by the taxpayer on the share each of which is

i.  a taxable dividend, to the extent of the amount of the dividend that was deductible under sections 738 to 745 or section 845 in computing the taxpayer’s taxable income for any taxation year,

ii.  a dividend in respect of which an election was made under section 502 where section 502.0.1 does not deem the dividend to be a taxable dividend, or

iii.  a life insurance capital dividend.

1972, c. 23, s. 559; 1972, c. 26, s. 57; 1975, c. 22, s. 203; 1978, c. 26, s. 131; 1984, c. 15, s. 172; 1996, c. 39, s. 198; 1997, c. 3, s. 71; 2001, c. 7, s. 89.