Distressed corporations often resort to restructuring their debts into shares of the corporation. However, in situations where those shares constitute taxable Canadian property, these debt exchanges can have negative Canadian tax implications for non-resident creditors. Alan Bowman and Aida Kimiagar discuss these negative tax consequences and suggest a potential solution.
Excerpt from “Restructuring Debt of a Resource Company”, XIV(3) Resource Journal (Federated Press) 2-6 (2020) authored by Alan Bowman and Aida Kimiagar.
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