688.1.1. If a trust that is resident in Canada for a taxation year makes in the taxation year one or more distributions of property in circumstances in which section 688.1 applies, the following rules apply:(a) the income of the trust for the year, determined without reference to paragraph a of section 657, is to be computed, for the purposes of that paragraph a and section 663, without regard to all of those distributions to persons not resident in Canada, including a partnership other than a Canadian partnership, except for distributions of cash denominated in Canadian currency, if the trust makes a valid election under subsection 2.11 of section 107 of the Income Tax Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. 1 (5th Suppl.)) after 19 December 2006 to have paragraph a of that subsection 2.11 apply in relation to all of those distributions; and
(b) the income of the trust for the year, determined without reference to paragraph a of section 657, is to be computed, for the purposes of that paragraph a and section 663, without regard to all of those distributions, except for distributions of cash denominated in Canadian currency, if the trust makes a valid election under subsection 2.11 of section 107 of the Income Tax Act after 19 December 2006 to have paragraph b of that subsection 2.11 apply in relation to all of those distributions.
Chapter V.2 of Title II of Book I applies in relation to an election made under paragraph a or b of subsection 2.11 of section 107 of the Income Tax Act or in relation to an election made under this section before 20 December 2006.
2003, c. 2, s. 176; 2009, c. 5, s. 221; 2015, c. 21, s. 222.