CANADIAN TAX FOUNDATION
B. C. CONFERENCE
SEPTEMBER l991QUESTION 47 - APPLICATION OF SECTION 160 QUESTION
QUESTION
Does section 160 apply with respect to taxes other than Part l taxes? For example, subsection 195(8) makes no reference to section 160 for purposes of Part viii.
ANSWER
Yes, section 160 of the Income Tax Act applies for the entire Act. Paragraph 160(1)(e) of the Act states that the transferee and transferor are jointly and severally liable to pay under this Act an amount equal to the lesser of.... Subsection 160(1) of the Act closes with the following statement "but nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to limit the liability of the transferor under any other provision of this Act".
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