(a) “investment contract”, in relation to a taxpayer, means any debt obligation other thani. a salary deferral arrangement or a plan or arrangement that, but for any of paragraphs a, b and d to l of section 47.16, would be a salary deferral arrangement,
ii. a retirement compensation arrangement or a plan or arrangement that, but for any of subparagraphs a, b, d and f to n of the second paragraph of section 890.1, would be a retirement compensation arrangement,
iii. an employee benefit plan or a plan or arrangement that, but for the second paragraph of section 47.6, would be an employee benefit plan,
iv. a foreign retirement arrangement,
iv.1. a tax-free savings account,
v. an income bond or debenture,
vi. a development bond,
vii. a small business bond,
viii. an obligation in respect of which the taxpayer has, otherwise than by reason of section 92.1, at periodic intervals of not more than one year included, in computing his income throughout the period in which he held an interest in the obligation, the income accrued thereon for such intervals,
viii.1. an obligation in respect of a net income stabilization account,
viii.1.1. an obligation in respect of a farm income stabilization account,
viii.2. an indexed debt obligation, and
ix. a prescribed contract;