771.0.2.3. The percentage referred to, in respect of a corporation for a taxation year, in subparagraph i of paragraph d.2 of subsection 1 of section 771 or in subparagraph ii of paragraph h or j of that subsection 1 is equal to(a) if the taxation year begins before 1 January 2009 and it begins and ends in the same calendar year, the base percentage for that calendar year;
(b) if the taxation year begins in the calendar year 2006 and ends in the calendar year 2007, 6.35%;
(c) if the taxation year begins before 1 January 2009 and subparagraphs a and b do not apply, the total ofi. the proportion of the base percentage for the calendar year in which the taxation year begins that the number of days in the taxation year that are included in that calendar year is of the number of days in the taxation year, and
ii. the proportion of the base percentage for the calendar year in which the taxation year ends that the number of days in the taxation year that are included in that calendar year is of the number of days in the taxation year; and
(d) if the taxation year begins after 31 December 2008, 4.35%.
For the purposes of the first paragraph, the base percentage for a calendar year is equal to(a) 7.35%, for the calendar year 2005;
(b) 6.35%, for the calendar year 2006 or 2007;
(c) 4.85%, for the calendar year 2008; and
(d) 4.35%, for the calendar year 2009.