Jaime Molina has just met with you about incorporating their sole proprietorship business. Jaime is a Canadian
Question:
Jaime Molina has just met with you about incorporating their sole proprietorship business. Jaime is a Canadian resident and has provided you some information about their unincorporated photography business and the assets it owns.
Asset | Fair market value | ACB / Capital cost | UCC |
Land | $195,000 | $140,000 | N/A |
Building | 495,000 | 485,000 | $470,000 |
Marketable securities | 85,000 | 50,000 | N/A |
Equipment | 50,000 | 65,000 | 40,000 |
Required:
1) What is a section 85 transfer and what is the advantage to Jaime of using it?
2) For each of the assets listed above:
a. Assess whether they qualify for a transfer under section 85.
b. Determine the minimum possible elected amounts.
c. Compute the effects on income, if any.
d. Indicate the maximum boot that can be taken back and not add any income.
3) Determine what would happen if the boot taken back on the land was $160,000.
International Marketing And Export Management
ISBN: 9781292016924
8th Edition
Authors: Gerald Albaum , Alexander Josiassen , Edwin Duerr