Respecting a question on the possibility of reducing income tax source deductions where payment is made to a member of a pooled registered pension plan ( "PRPP"), the participant is an Indian under the Indian Act, and the contributions came from exempt earned income, CRA first stated:
Section 147.5 does not include a provision which would ensure that distributions from a PRPP will not be included in computing income under paragraph 56(1)(z.3), where they come within paragraph 81(1)(a). Thus, distributions from a PRPP will first be included in the participant's income under paragraph 56(1)(z.3) and they will then be excluded, where applicable, from income when applying paragraph 81(1)(a).