QUESTION 43
CAPITAL COST ALLOWANCE - CONDOMINIUMS
If a taxpayer owns a number of condominiums in the same building, does each unit within the building with a capital cost of $50,000 or more fall into a separate class 3 or are all the units in one building all assets of one class is the entire building is owned by one taxpayer?
DEPARTMENT'S POSITION
The Department regards a taxpayer's entire holdings in respect of a building within a particular condominium building to a be a "single property with a single capital cost" for a capital cost allowance purpose. This matter is further explained in paragraph 3 of IT-274 and paragraph 6 of IT-304.
Prepared by A. LarochelleSection 23For CTFNovember 29, 1989