Does s. 6 or 56(1)(n) apply to a student, who has been hired by a professional firm for the summer, and then is provided with a $2,500 bursary by the firm for the following year of law-school studies after being offered, at the end of the summer, a permanent position to take effect after that year? CRA stated:
If the employer-employee relationship was not established at the time of the bursary payment and the amount was not described in subsection 6(3), the bursary would not be an amount received in respect of, in the course of, or by virtue of an office or employment. If none of the other exclusions in subparagraph 56(1)(n)(i) apply, the amount of the bursary would be included under that subparagraph.