Before noting that s. 147.4(1) does not apply to annuities purchased from foreign pension plans, so that a retiree - whose former non-resident employer determined to wind-up a foreign pension plan by using funds in the plan to purchase annuity contracts for each retired member – was required under s. 56(1)(a)(i) to include the full fair market value of the annuity in income in the wind-up year, CRA stated:
Where the conditions in subsection 147.4(1) are met, the individual is deemed not to have received an amount from the RPP as a result of acquiring the annuity and any amounts received under the contract are deemed to be amounts received under the RPP. As a result, there is no immediate taxation on the acquisition of the annuity and any payments under the contract are included in the recipient’s income in the year in which they are received.