726.27. In this Title,“qualified cooperative” for a taxation year means a cooperative or a federation of cooperatives to which a qualification certificate has been issued by the Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade for the purposes of this Title, for which it has not received a notice of revocation at the end of the year;
“qualified patronage dividend” for a taxation year means a patronage dividend allocated in the form of a preferred share received in the year and before 1 January 2023 by a taxpayer who is a member of a cooperative or a federation of cooperatives, or of a partnership that is a member of a cooperative or a federation of cooperatives, and included by the taxpayer in computing the taxpayer’s income for the year under section 795, if the patronage dividend is allocated by the cooperative or the federation of cooperatives in respect of a taxation year for which it is a qualified cooperative.