Q: Hi.
Just doing my taxes and note a discrepancy between the broker generated proceeds of disposition and the T5008. The difference is that the T5008 includes as proceeds the rollover amount from RPI.UN to RIC. I thought this was a tax deferred rollover. Was there anything that I as a shareholder had to do to secure this or is this an error on the T5008?
Just doing my taxes and note a discrepancy between the broker generated proceeds of disposition and the T5008. The difference is that the T5008 includes as proceeds the rollover amount from RPI.UN to RIC. I thought this was a tax deferred rollover. Was there anything that I as a shareholder had to do to secure this or is this an error on the T5008?
5i Research Answer:
In Canada, a share for share exchange in a Canadian/Canadian transaction is tax-free, but shareholders still need to file a declaration. However, in Richards' case, this was a conversion from an trust to a corporation, and this is different, and is not considered a roll-over but a deemed disposition.