55. Where a supply of property or a service is made between persons not dealing with each other at arm’s length for no consideration or for consideration less than the fair market value of the property or service at the time the supply is made, and the recipient of the supply is not a registrant who is acquiring the property or service for consumption, use or supply exclusively in the course of commercial activities of the recipient,(1) if no consideration is paid for the supply, the supply is deemed to be made for consideration, paid at that time, of a value equal to the fair market value of the property or service at that time; and
(2) if consideration is paid for the supply, the value of the consideration is deemed to be equal to the fair market value of the property or service at that time.
This section does not apply where the supplier of the property or service, by reason of section 206.1, is not entitled to include, in determining an input tax refund, an amount in respect of the tax payable by him in respect of the property or service or, if the supplier is an organization referred to in section 386, would not be entitled to include such an amount were it a registrant.
1991, c. 67, s. 55; 1993, c. 19, s. 177.