How To Ensure Rental Income Within Your Corporation is Active Business Income
How To Ensure Rental Income Within Your Corporation is Active Business Income May 5, 2023 Tax Question: How do you ensure your rental income within
May 5, 2023
Tax Question:
What is the best structure for selling a business?
Facts:
There are two methods to sell a business:
Both types of sales will generate taxable income. With an asset sale if the sale proceeds are greater than the cost the company will have a capital gain generated inside the company. Half this gain will be taxable and half can be paid out to the shareholders tax-free. The remaining proceeds from the sale that do not qualify for the capital dividend will be taxed in the hands of the shareholder as they draw them out of the company.
With a share sale, the shareholder will have a capital gain generated in their hands. However, if the company is a Qualified Small Business Corporation (QSBC) and the shareholder is an Individual Canadian resident then the shareholder may be able to claim an exemption of up to $750,000 of the capital gain using the Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption. This basically means that at the high rate of personal tax the exemption saves $163,000 in taxes. A QSBC is a Canadian Controlled Private Company where at the time of sale 90% of the fair market value of the assets are used in an active business carried on in Canada.
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