7 May 2024 CALU Roundtable Q. 4, 2024-1007061C6 - Shared Ownership & Charitable Gift -- summary under Total Charitable Gifts

After referring to the position in IT-244R3 that a gift by an individual of a life insurance policy to a registered charity is considered to be a gift for purposes of s. 118.1 provided that the policy has been absolutely assigned to the donee and the donee has become the registered beneficiary of the policy, CRA stated that “split-dollar” or other shared ownership arrangements are beyond the scope of the CRA's position in IT-244R3. 2003-0004315 indicated that there may be arrangements that could result in a charitable gift for purposes of s.118.1 within the spirit of the split-receipting rules but such a determination can only be made on a case-by-case basis.