688.0.1. If, at any time, a property is distributed by a personal trust to a taxpayer in circumstances in which section 688 applies, the property would, if the trust had so designated the property under section 274.0.1, be a principal residence, within the meaning of that section, of the trust for a taxation year, and the trust makes a valid election under subsection 2.01 of section 107 of the Income Tax Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. 1 (5th Suppl.)) after 19 December 2006 in respect of the distribution of property, the following rules apply:(a) the trust is deemed to have disposed of the property immediately before the particular time that is immediately before that time for proceeds of disposition equal to the fair market value of the property at that time; and
(b) the trust is deemed to have reacquired the property at the particular time-a-cost equal to that fair market value.
Chapter V.2 of Title II of Book I applies in relation to an election made under subsection 2.01 of section 107 of the Income Tax Act or in relation to an election made under this section before 20 December 2006.
1993, c. 16, s. 247; 1994, c. 22, s. 240; 2001, c. 7, s. 74; 2003, c. 2, s. 174; 2005, c. 23, s. 55; 2009, c. 5, s. 219.