65. An individual described in section 66 who holds employment with a particular corporation or partnership that is referred to in that section may deduct, in computing the individual’s taxable income for a taxation year, an amount not greater than the aggregate of all amounts each of which is determined, in respect of a specified period of the individual in relation to that employment, by the formula
A × B.
In the formula provided for in the first paragraph,(1) A is(a) where the individual entered into the individual’s employment contract with the particular corporation or partnership between 12 June 2003 and 31 March 2004, or entered into that contract before 13 June 2003 but began to perform the duties of that employment after 1 September 2003, 75%,
(a.1) where the individual entered into the individual’s employment contract with the particular corporation or partnership after 30 March 2004,i. 100%, if that specified period of the individual is included in the first or second year of the period described in paragraph 4 of section 69,
ii. 75%, if that specified period of the individual is included in the third year of the period described in that paragraph 4,
iii. 50%, if that specified period of the individual is included in the fourth year of the period described in that paragraph 4, or
iv. 37.5%, if that specified period of the individual is included in the fifth year of the period described in that paragraph 4, and
(b) in any other case, 100%; and
(2) B is the part of the individual’s income for the year, determined in accordance with section 28 of the Taxation Act (chapter I-3), that may reasonably be considered to be realized in the part of that specified period of the individual that is included in the year.
Where, in a taxation year, the individual is a member of a partnership, the individual’s share of the income or loss of the partnership for a fiscal period ended in the year shall be considered, for the purposes of subparagraph 2 of the second paragraph, to be earned or sustained in the part of the year referred to therein if the fiscal period of the partnership ends in that part of the year, and to be earned or sustained during another part of the year if the fiscal period ends in the other part of the year.
The specified period of an individual in relation to an employment held by the individual with a particular corporation or partnership is,(1) if the employment contract was entered into with the particular corporation or partnership after 30 March 2004, any part of the individual’s reference period, in relation to that employment, established under section 69, that is included in any of the five years of the period described in paragraph 4 of that section; and
(2) in any other case, the individual’s reference period, in relation to that employment, established under section 69.
1999, c. 86, s. 65; 2004, c. 21, s. 21; 2005, c. 38, s. 22.