737.18.11. Subject to the second paragraph, a corporation that, in a taxation year, carries on a recognized business or is a member of a partnership that, in a fiscal period of the partnership ending in that year, carries on a recognized business, may deduct, in computing its taxable income for the year, an amount not exceeding the part of its income for the year that may reasonably be considered to be the amount by which(a) the aggregate of all amounts each of which isi. the amount obtained by multiplying the corporation’s income for the year from the eligible activities of a recognized business carried on by the corporation, by the proportion that the number of days in the year that are within the base period applicable to the corporation in respect of the eligible activities is of the number of days in the year during which the corporation carries on the eligible activities, or
ii. the amount obtained by multiplying the corporation’s share of the partnership’s income for the fiscal period from the eligible activities of a recognized business carried on by the partnership, by the proportion that the number of days in the fiscal period that are within the base period applicable to the partnership in respect of the eligible activities is of the number of days in the fiscal period during which the partnership carries on the eligible activities; exceeds
(b) the aggregate of all amounts each of which isi. the amount obtained by multiplying the corporation’s loss for the year from the eligible activities of a recognized business carried on by the corporation, by the proportion that the number of days in the year that are within the base period applicable to the corporation in respect of the eligible activities is of the number of days in the year during which the corporation carries on the eligible activities, or
ii. the amount obtained by multiplying the corporation’s share of the partnership’s loss for the fiscal period from the eligible activities of a recognized business carried on by the partnership, by the proportion that the number of days in the fiscal period that are within the base period applicable to the partnership in respect of the eligible activities is of the number of days in the fiscal period during which the partnership carries on the eligible activities.
A corporation may deduct an amount under the first paragraph in computing its taxable income for a taxation year only if it encloses, with its fiscal return it is required to file under section 1000 for the year, the prescribed form containing the prescribed information and, in relation to each recognized business carried on by the corporation or the partnership, a copy of the certificate issued to the corporation or partnership in respect of the recognized business.