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T3

2023  

Minimum Tax

Schedule 12 
 
Enter the tax year in the box above.
If the trust is subject to minimum tax, use this schedule to calculate the trust's minimum tax and minimum tax carryover. Include a completed copy of
this schedule with the trust's return.
For a list of trusts not subject to minimum tax, see page 4.
For information on how to complete this schedule, see the instructions on pages 4 and 5.
To calculate provincial or territorial minimum tax, see pages 5 and 6.
 
 
Part 1 – Calculating net adjusted taxable income for minimum tax
 
 
 Complete sections B, C, and D only if the trust is claiming losses from those sources below.
 
A. Calculating the non-taxable part of capital gains reported in the year and kept in the trust
 
  Do not include taxable capital gains from mortgage foreclosures or conditional sales repossessions. If the trust is reporting deemed dispositions of capital
property on Form T1055, Summary of Deemed Dispositions (2002 and later tax years), or capital gains from donated property, you will need to make an
adjustment for line 3. Use Chart 1 on page 4.
 
  Taxable capital gains (line 22 of Schedule 1)    1
  Taxable capital gains allocated and designated to beneficiaries
  (total of all 3 columns of line 921 of Schedule 9)    2
  Capital gains kept in the trust (line 1 minus line 2)   =  2A
  Capital gains conversion rate    x                  3/5  2B
  Non-taxable part of capital gains kept in the trust (line 2A multiplied by line 2B) 12030 =  ►  3
     
 
B. Rental and leasing property
 
  Capital cost allowance (CCA) and carrying charges claimed on rental and leasing property 12050  4
  Net income from rental and leasing property before CCA and related carrying charges
  (if a loss, enter "0"). See the Note on page 4. 12060  5
  Loss, if any, created or increased by CCA and related carrying charges (line 4 minus line 5)   =  ► +  6
     
 
C. Film property
 
  CCA and carrying charges claimed on certified film property acquired after 1987 and before
  March 1996 12080  7
  Net income reported from certified film property before CCA and related carrying charges
  (if a loss, enter "0"). See the Note on page 4. 12090  8
  Loss, if any, created or increased by CCA and related carrying charges (line 7 minus line 8)   =  ► +  9
     
 
D. Resource property, royalties, and flow-through shares
 
  Total of all resource deductions, allowances, depletion allowances, and carrying charges
  related to resource property and flow-through shares 12110  10
  Income from production of petroleum, natural gas, and
minerals, including royalties before resource deductions and
allowances and depletion allowances and related carrying
  charges (if a loss, enter "0") 12120  11
  Income from property, or from a business of selling the
product of property, described in Class 43.1 or 43.2 in
Schedule II to the Income Tax Regulations (before deductions
included on line 10), and income from dispositions of foreign
resource properties and recovery of exploration and
  development expenses (if a loss, enter "0") 12130 +  12
  Total resource income (line 11 plus line 12)   =  ►  13
  Loss, if any, created or increased by resource deductions
  and allowances, depletion allowances, and related carrying charges (line 10 minus line 13)   =  ► +  14
 
E. Limited partnership and tax shelter losses – Include the trust's total share of the partnership loss.
 
  (see Schedule 12 in Guide T4013, T3 Trust Guide) 12160 +  15
 
F. Limited and specified member partnership interest – Amount, if any, by which carrying charges related to acquiring a
 
  partnership interest are more than the trust's income from the partnership interest. 12170 +  16
  Total additions to taxable income for minimum tax purposes (add lines 3, 6, 9, 14, 15, and 16)   =  17
     
 
 
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Schedule 12 
 
Part 1 (continued)
 
 
  Total additions to taxable income for minimum tax purposes (from line 17 on page 1)    17
     
  Total gross-up amount of dividends kept by the trust (line 30 of the return)    18
 
  Allowable business investment losses (line 18 of the return)    19A
  Capital gains conversion rate    x                  3/5  19B
  Line 19A multiplied by line 19B   =  ► +  19
  Total deductions from taxable income for minimum tax purposes (line 18 plus line 19)   =  ►  20
  Net additions to taxable income for minimum tax purposes (line 17 minus line 20)   =  21
  Taxable income (line 43 of the return; if a loss, enter the amount in brackets)   +  22
  Adjusted non-capital losses incurred in 2011 and earlier years (see "Lines 23A and 23B" on page 5) 12220 + 23A
  Adjusted non-capital losses incurred in 2012 and later years (see "Lines 23A and 23B" on page 5) 12221 + 23B
  Subtotal (add lines 21 to 23B)   =  24
 
  Net capital losses of other years deducted in the current year (see "Line 25" on page 5) 12240  25A
  Capital gains conversion rate    x                  3/5  25B
  Line 25A multiplied by line 25B   =  ►  25
  Adjusted taxable income for minimum tax (line 24 minus line 25)   =  26
  Basic exemption (applies to a graduated rate estate only – see "Line 27" on page 5) 12260  27
  Net adjusted taxable income for minimum tax (line 26 minus line 27; if negative, enter "0") 12270 =  28
     
  If the amount on line 28 is more than zero, continue completing this schedule.
If the amount on line 28 is zero, the trust is not subject to minimum tax. However, you should complete Part 7 to determine the amount of minimum tax carryover
available for this year and for future years. Enter "0" on line 69. Include Schedule 12 with the return.
If the trust has taxable income on line 43 of the return, complete Schedule 11.
 
 
 
Part 2 – Calculating the special foreign tax credit
 
 
 Complete Part 2 only if the trust kept foreign income
 
 
  Foreign non-business income for which the trust paid foreign non-business income tax    29
  Foreign business income   +  30
  Total foreign income (line 29 plus line 30)   =  31
  Applicable rate    x                   15%  32
  Foreign income limit for special foreign tax credit (line 31 multiplied by line 32)   =  33
  Foreign non-business income tax paid
  (line 1 of Form T3 FFT)   x 66.67% =    34
  Foreign business income tax paid (line 4 of Form T3 FFT)   +  35
  Total foreign taxes paid for special foreign tax credit (line 34 plus line 35)   =  36
  Line 33 or line 36, whichever is less    37
  Deductible amount of federal foreign tax credit (line 12 of Form T3 FFT)    38
  Special foreign tax credit (line 37 or line 38, whichever is more) 12290 = 39
     
 
 
 
Part 3 – Obligation to pay minimum tax
 
 
  Net adjusted taxable income for minimum tax (line 28 x 15%) =    40
  Donations and gifts tax credit (line 16 of Schedule 11)    41
  Minimum amount (line 40 minus line 41)   =  ►  42
  Special foreign tax credit (from line 39)    43
  Net minimum tax payable (line 42 minus line 43) 12340 =  44
 
  Federal tax payable (line 33 of Schedule 11)    45
  48% surtax on income not subject to provincial or territorial tax (line 21 of Schedule 11)    46
  Federal tax before surtax (line 45 minus line 46)   =  ►  47
  Amount by which minimum amount is more than regular federal tax payable (line 44 minus line 47; if negative, enter "0")   =  48
     
  If the amount on line 48 is more than zero, complete the rest of this schedule.
If the amount on line 48 is zero, the trust is not liable to pay minimum tax. However, you should complete Part 7 to determine the amount of minimum tax
carryover available for this year and for future years. Include Schedule 12 with the return.
If the trust has taxable income on line 43 of the return, complete Schedule 11.
 
 
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Schedule 12 
 
Part 4 – Basic federal tax for the year
 
 
  Basic federal tax (line 20 of Schedule 11)    49
  Minimum amount (from line 42)    50
  Basic federal tax for the year (line 49 or line 50, whichever is more) 12420  51
     
 
 
 
Part 5 – Calculating federal tax payable (minimum tax)
 
 
  Net minimum tax payable (from line 44)    52
  Surtax on income not subject to provincial or territorial tax
  (part of line 51 not subject to provincial or territorial tax) x 48% =   +  53
  Federal tax payable (line 52 plus line 53) 12550 = 54
  Enter this amount on line 44 of the return.
  To calculate provincial or territorial minimum tax, use Chart 3 on page 6.
 
  Refundable Quebec abatement (see "Line 55" on page 5) (amount from line 51 x 16.5%) =    55
  Enter the amount from line 55 on line 50 of the return.
 
 
 
Part 6 – Calculating this year's additional taxes paid for minimum tax carryover
 
 
  Minimum amount (from line 42)    56
 
  Basic federal tax (line 20 of Schedule 11)    57
 
  Special foreign tax credit (from line 39)    58
  Deductible amount of federal foreign tax credit(from line 38)    59
  Subtotal (line 58 minus line 59)   =  60
 
  Foreign non-business income tax paid (line 1 of Form T3 FFT)    61
  Foreign business income tax paid (line 4 of Form T3 FFT)   +  62
  Subtotal (line 61 plus line 62)   =  63
 
  Amount from line 60    64A
  Amount from line 36 divided by amount from line 63   x  64B
  Line 64A multiplied by line 64B   =  ► +  64
 
  Total (line 57 plus line 64)   =  ►  65
  Additional taxes available to carry over to later years (line 56 minus line 65; if negative, enter "0") 12670 = 66
     
 
 
 
Part 7 – Calculating the total minimum tax carryover
 
 
  Minimum tax carryover from the seven previous tax years 12680 67
 
  Tax payable before carryover (line 18 of Schedule 11)    68
  Minimum amount (from line 42)    69
  Maximum carryover that can be applied this year (line 68 minus line 69; if negative, enter "0")
  If the trust is subject to minimum tax, enter "0".   =  70
 
  Minimum tax carryover applied this year:
  Claim an amount that is not more than line 67 or line 70, whichever is less (Enter this amount on line 19 of Schedule 11 )    71
  Balance of minimum tax carryover (line 67 minus line 71)   =  72
  Additional taxes available from this year (from line 66)   +  73
  Line 72 plus line 73   =  74
  Additional 2015 taxes not applied 12760 75
  Minimum tax carryover available for next year (line 74 minus line 75) 12690 = 76
     
 
 
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Protected B when completed 
 
Schedule 12 
Is the trust subject to minimum tax?
 
The following types of trusts are not subject to minimum tax:
 
a spousal or common-law partner trust, a joint spousal or common-law partner trust, or an alter ego trust if it reports in the year its first deemed
disposition on Form T1055, Summary of Deemed Dispositions (2002 and later tax years)
if the trust was throughout the tax year any of the following:
  a mutual fund trust
  a related segregated fund trust
  a master trust
  an employee life and health trust
 
A trust, other than a type listed above, may have to pay minimum tax for the year if any of the following applies:
 
reports taxable capital gains (line 1 of the return)
reports taxable dividends (line 3 of the return)
claims a loss resulting from, or increased by, resource expenditures, or claims resource and depletion allowances on resource properties (line 6 or line
11 of the return)
claims a loss resulting from, or increased by, capital cost allowance (CCA) or carrying charges claimed on a rental or leasing property (line 8 of the
return) or certified films or videotapes (line 6 of the return)
has certain losses that limited partners, specified members of a partnership, or partners of a registered tax shelter deduct for their partnership interest
(for this purpose, losses allocated from a partnership are applied against gains from the same partnership sources)
has losses from an investment in a registered tax shelter
has carrying charges for interests in limited partnerships, tax shelters, rental or leasing properties, or film or resource properties, that increase or create
a loss from these sources
 
Note
Net income from rental, leasing, and film property includes income from these investments (before CCA and related carrying charges) plus any net taxable
capital gains from the disposition of these investments minus any losses from these investments (before CCA and related carrying charges). You also
have to subtract allocated partnership losses from gains from the same partnership source.
 
 
Line 3 – Non-taxable part of capital gains kept in the trust
 
 
This amount usually equals three-fifths of the taxable capital gains kept in the trust after the allocation and designation of net taxable capital gains to beneficia-
ries. Do not include taxable capital gains from mortgage foreclosures or conditional sales repossessions. Only the taxable part of a capital gain from the
donation or gift of property is included in the base for determining minimum tax. If the trust reports a capital gain from donated property, you will also have to
make an adjustment for the non-taxable part of capital gains. To make the adjustment, use the following chart. If you have completed Form T1055, you should
also use the following chart to make the adjustment.
 
  Chart 1 – Adjusted Line 3
 
  Taxable capital gains from line 22 of Schedule 1    a
  Amount from line 11 of Form T1055 (include this amount only if the deemed disposition arises on a
  day described in D to H of that form)   +  b
  Subtotal (line a plus line b)   = x 3/5 =  c
     
  Net taxable capital gains allocated and designated (3/5 of line 921 from Schedule 9)    d
  30% of capital gains on other donated property from line 19 of Schedule 1   +  e
  Subtotal (line d plus line e)   =  ►  f
     
 
  Total (line c minus line f).   =  g
     
  Enter this amount on line 3.
 
 
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