1029.8.36.72.82.4. The agreement to which subparagraph a of the second paragraph of section 1029.8.36.72.82.3 refers in respect of a calendar year means an agreement under which all of the qualified corporations carrying on, in the calendar year, a recognized business and that are associated with each other at the end of that calendar year, hereinafter called the "group of associated corporations", attribute to one or more of their number, for the purposes of this division, one or more amounts; the aggregate of the amounts so attributed, for the calendar year, shall not be greater than the least of(a) the amount by which the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the salary or wages paid by a qualified corporation that is a member of the group of associated corporations to an employee in respect of a pay period, within the calendar year, for which the employee is an eligible employee of the corporation, exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is,i. except in respect of a corporation that results from an amalgamation, an amount equal to zero, where, at no time in the base period of a qualified corporation that is a member of the group of associated corporations, the corporation carried on a business in Québec the activities of which were described in a qualification certificate issued, for the purposes of this division, to the qualified corporation for the year in respect of a recognized business, and
ii. in any other case, the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the salary or wages paid by a qualified corporation that is a member of the group of associated corporations to an employee in respect of a pay period, within its base period, for which the employee is an eligible employee of the qualified corporation;
(b) the amount by which the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the eligible amount of a qualified corporation that is a member of the group of associated corporations for the calendar year exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the base amount of such a corporation; and
(c) the amount by which the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the eligible amount of a qualified corporation that is a member of the group of associated corporations at the end of the calendar year, or the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the salary or wages paid by another corporation that is associated with a qualified corporation that is a member of the group at the end of the calendar year but that does not carry on a recognized business in the calendar year, to an employee who reports for work at an establishment of the other corporation situated in Québec, where the salary or wages are paid in respect of a pay period, within the calendar year, throughout which the employee spends, when at work, at least 75% of the time in undertaking, supervising or supporting, in an establishment of the other corporation situated in Québec or elsewhere, but in connection with the mandates attributable to such an establishment, work that is directly related to the activities of the other corporation that are described in a qualification certificate issued, for the purposes of this division, to the qualified corporation for the year in respect of a recognized business, exceeds the total ofi. the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the base amount of a qualified corporation that is a member of the group of associated corporations at the end of the calendar year, and
ii. the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the salary or wages paid by another corporation that is associated with a corporation that is a member of the group at the end of the calendar year but that does not carry on a recognized business in the calendar year, to an employee who reports for work at an establishment of the other corporation situated in Québec, where the salary or wages are paid by the other corporation in respect of a pay period, within the base period of a qualified corporation that is a member of the group at the end of the calendar year, throughout which the employee spends, when at work, at least 75% of the time in undertaking, supervising or supporting, in an establishment of the other corporation situated in Québec or elsewhere, but in connection with the mandates attributable to such an establishment, work that is directly related to the activities of the other corporation that are described in a qualification certificate issued for the year, for the purposes of this division and in respect of a recognized business, to a qualified corporation that is a member of the group, except if an amount is included, in respect of the employee, in computing an amount under this subparagraph, in relation to a period within a base period in relation to another recognized business carried on by a qualified corporation that is a member of the group.
However, for the purposes of the first paragraph, where the calendar year referred to in the first paragraph is the calendar year 2003 and the base period of a qualified corporation that is a member of the group of associated corporations is the calendar year 2001, the following rules apply:(a) the amount determined in accordance with subparagraph ii of subparagraph a or c of the first paragraph, in respect of the corporation, is deemed to be equal to 90% of the salary or wages otherwise determined; and
(b) the corporation’s base amount is deemed to be equal to 90% of that amount otherwise determined.