1027. Subject to section 1027.0.3, every corporation subject to taxation under this Part shall pay to the Minister(a) the amounts determined in accordance with any of the following methods:i. on or before the last day of each month of the current taxation year an amount equal to 1/12 of its tax for the year estimated in accordance with section 1004 or of its first basic provisional account, established in prescribed manner, for the year,
ii. on or before the last day of each of the first two months of the current taxation year, an amount equal to 1/12 of its second basic provisional account, established in prescribed manner, for the year and, on or before the last day of each of the following months of the year, an amount equal to 1/10 of the excess of its first basic provisional account contemplated in subparagraph i over the amount computed in respect of the first two months of the year, or
iii. if the corporation is a qualified Canadian-controlled private corporation,(1) on or before the last day of each three-month period in the current taxation year (or if the period that remains in a year after the end of the last such three-month period is less than three months, on or before the last day of that remaining period), an amount equal to 1/4 of its tax for the year estimated in accordance with section 1004 or of its first basic provisional account referred to in subparagraph i, or
(2) on or before the last day of the first period in the current taxation year not exceeding three months, a particular amount equal to 1/4 of its second basic provisional account referred to in subparagraph ii and, on or before the last day of each of the following three-month periods in the current year (or if the period that remains in a year after the end of the last such three-month period is less than three months, on or before the last day of that remaining period), an amount equal to 1/3 of the amount by which its first basic provisional account referred to in subparagraph i exceeds the particular amount; and
(b) on or before the corporation’s balance-due day for its taxation year, the remainder of the corporation’s tax payable for the year.
However, subparagraph a of the first paragraph does not apply to a corporation whose total taxes payable for the year under this Act, other than tax payable under Part IV.1, determined without reference to the specified tax consequences for the year, or whose first basic provisional accounts within the meaning of the regulations under subparagraph i of subparagraph a of the first paragraph, for the year, other than the first basic provisional account related to tax payable under Part IV.1, do not exceed $3,000.
The first and second paragraphs apply, with the necessary modifications, to a SIFT trust.
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