| 19(1) | File No. 5-8393 |
| Maureen Shea-DesRosierss | |
| (613) 957-8953 |
August 29, 1989
19(1)
Re: Contribution to Registered Pension Plan # 34578 for Past Services While Not a Contributor
This is in reply to your letter of July 20, 1989 concerning the refund of pension contributions you made in 1988 for the period of September 1984 to June 1985.
Regardless of whether or not contributions to a pension plan were previously deducted from income, the Income Tax Act provides that payments out of a pension plan are taxable under the provisions of paragraph 56(1)(a). You are therefore required to report the full refund as a pension benefit and tax will have to be withheld on payment of the refund under subsection 153(1) of the Income Tax Act. We regret to inform you that there is no administrative relief in a case such as yours.
Yours truly,
for DirectorFinancial Industries DivisionRulings Directorate