5-911226
Dear Madam:
Re: Technical Interpretation of Section 144 of the Income Tax Act (the "Act")
This is in reply to your letter of April 30, 1991, wherein you requested our opinion on the deduction of interest paid by an Employee Profit Sharing Plan (an "EPSP") from employer contributions to the plan for the purpose of determining required allocations to members of the EPSP.
The Department's position with respect to the deduction of carrying charges by an EPSP is stated in paragraph 2 of the Department's Interpretation Bulletin IT-379, a copy of which is enclosed for your reference.
We trust this will be satisfactory to you.
Yours truly,
for DirectorFinancial Industries DivisionRulings Directorate