{"id":243488,"date":"2024-01-12T18:24:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T23:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/?page_id=243488"},"modified":"2024-07-17T12:25:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T16:25:28","slug":"accessing-the-small-business-deduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/accessing-the-small-business-deduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Ensuring Co-operative Entrepreneurs and Their Related Canadian-Controlled Private Corporations Can Access the Small Business Deduction (SBD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16.1&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#4B4B4D&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/canada.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lettre-oo-cmc.png&#8221; background_blend=&#8221;multiply&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|0px|40px|0px|true|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; animation_duration=&#8221;1200ms&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;100ms&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16.1&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;top&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;3%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16.1&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.26.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|700||on|||||dotted&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;9px||1px||false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" lang=\"EN-CA\" class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW192521177 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW192521177 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW210012736 BCX0\">Ensuring Co-operative Entrepreneurs and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW210012736 BCX0\"> Their Related<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW210012736 BCX0\"> Canadian-Controlled Private Corporations Can Access the Small Business Deduction (SBD)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/canada.coop\/wp-content\/uploads\/circle-background-pattern.png&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.26.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">CMC is\u202fasking that the Government of Canada ensure that entrepreneurs and businesses are not penalized when claiming the Small Business Deduction (SBD) simply because they are members of a co-operative operating in sectors other than agriculture and fisheries.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In 2016, with the passage of Bill C-29, the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">federal<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">government brought in measures aimed at preventing multiplication of benefits derived from the SBD. An unintended consequence was that the provisions penalized co-operatives and Canadian-controlled<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">private<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">corporations (CCPCs) that are members of co-operatives or whose shareholders are members of co-operatives, because they are now\u202fdeemed to be a related party. Although co-operatives and their members were not specifically targeted by these measures, they were affected and continue to\u202foperate\u202fwith\u202fthese financial consequences.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The amendments<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">that were<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">adopted in 2017 and 2019 were welcomed,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">but these only resolved the issue for those involved in farming and fishing. However, this was not\u202fthe case\u202ffor those\u202foperating\u202fin other industries.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Building on the prior amendments noted above along with work by the\u202fJoint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar Association and the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, CMC is advocating<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">for further amendments to under Section 125 of the Income Tax Act, to address the concerns related to the statutory language that is at the root cause of the eligibility issue.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" lang=\"EN-CA\" class=\"TextRun SCXW127197884 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW127197884 BCX0\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ensuring Co-operative Entrepreneurs and Their Related Canadian-Controlled Private Corporations Can Access the Small Business Deduction (SBD)CMC is\u202fasking that the Government of Canada ensure that entrepreneurs and businesses are not penalized when claiming the Small Business Deduction (SBD) simply because they are members of a co-operative operating in sectors other than agriculture and fisheries.\u202f\u00a0 In 2016, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Ensuring access to the Small Business Deduction (SBD) \u00a0- CMC","_seopress_titles_desc":"Ensuring that entrepreneurs and businesses are not penalized when claiming the Small Business Deduction (SBD).","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-243488","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243488"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245129,"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243488\/revisions\/245129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}