| October 24, 1990 | |
| 24(1) | C. Dubé |
| 957-2065 | |
| Attention: 19(1) | F-3797 |
Dear Sir:
Re: Clause 31(8) Technical Amendments - Income Tax Act Draft Legislation - July 13, 1990
This is in reply to your letter dated July 19, 1990 wherein you requested our confirmation of your understanding on the above subject matter in a situation where an arriving immigrant sets up a non-resident discretionary trust and funds the trust with a loan. Under this arrangement the immigrant is the settlor/lender and also a discretionary capital beneficiary of the trust.
You also wanted to know if we were aware of any intention on the part of the Department of Finance to provide a change to the Income Tax Act on this matter.
We agree with you that the proposed clause 31(8) does not provide the solution that you were looking for.
Your second concern relates to a matter of tax policy and we have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of our letter to Ms. C. Muirhead, of the Department of Finance to whom you sent a copy of your letter, in order that she might deal with you directly on this issue.
We trust the above action meets with your approval.
Yours sincerely,
R.G. D'AurelioDirectorCurrent Amendments andRegulations Division