Boralex Power Income Fund canadian income tax information trading symbol: BPT.UN
The following information is intended to assist individual Canadian unitholders
of Boralex Power Income Fund (the “Fund”) in the preparation of their Income Tax Return.
Unitholders who reside in jurisdictions other than Canada should consult their tax advisors with respect
to the tax implications of the cash distributions.
Trust Units held within an RRSP, RRIF, RESP or DPSP
No amounts are required to be reported on the Income Tax Return when the Boralex Power Income Fund trust
units are held within an RRSP, RRIF, RESP or DPSP.
Trust Units held outside of an RRSP, RRIF, RESP or DPSP
Unitholders who hold their Boralex Power Income Fund trust units outside of an RRSP, RRIF, RESP or DPSP,
through a broker or other intermediary and received cash distributions will receive “T3 Supplementary”
slips directly from their broker or intermediary.
The taxable amount of cash distributions (i.e. “Other Income” Box (26) and
“Actual amount of dividends” Box (49), if any, on the T3 slips) with
respect to record dates in any fiscal period will be included in your “T3 Supplementary”.
Taxable amounts allocated by the Fund to the unitholders must be reported by the unitholders in
their Income Tax Return for each taxation year.
The portion of the distributions that are considered tax deferred will generally not be included
in the computation of taxable income until a Unitholder sells its units. Refer to the “Adjusted
Cost Base” section below for further explanations.
T3/R16 Tax Forms
Summary of tax information for Canadian unitholders of Boralex Power Income Fund
Fiscal 2010
The unitholder should declare boxes 21, 49 and 26 as taxable income in 2010.
Box X represents the excess of taxable income over cash distributed. As such, this amount increases the ACB
of the units. The treatment is the inverse of the one used for returns of capital, which happens when
distributions are greater than taxable income.
Reduction of Adjusted Cost Base (Illustration)
Holders of Boralex Power Income Fund units are required to reduce the Adjusted Cost Base of their units.
This reduction represents the cumulative return of capital amount and is equal to the cumulative cash
received from cash distributions minus cumulative taxable amounts reported on their T3 slips.
The adjusted Cost Base is used in calculating capital gains or losses on the disposition of the trust
units if the owner holds the trust units as a capital property.
The following table illustrates the reduction of the Adjusted Cost Base per unit based
on cash distributions paid by the Fund with respect to record dates for the period January 31, 2003 –
December 31, 2003 for Canadian Income Tax purposes. The assumption used is that the unit was
purchased on January 1, 2003 at an initial cost of ten dollars.
Table – Reduction of Adjusted Cost Base (Illustration)
| Period |
Payment Date |
Total Distribution Paid |
Return of Capital Amount |
Adjusted Cost Base |
| Initial Cost Base – January 1, 2003 (assumption) |
$10.00 |
| January 31, 2003 |
February 21, 2003 |
$0.0729 |
$0.0583 |
$9.94 |
| February 28, 2003 |
March 21, 2003 |
$0.0729 |
$0.0583 |
$9.88 |
| March 31, 2003 |
April 21, 2003 |
$0.0729 |
$0.0583 |
$9.83 |
| April 30, 2003 |
May 21, 2003 |
$0.0729 |
$0.0583 |
$9.77 |
| May 30, 2003 |
June 23, 2003 |
$0.0729 |
$0.0583 |
$9.71 |
| June 31, 2003 |
July 21, 2003 |
$0.0729 |
$0.0583 |
$9.65 |
| July 31, 2003 |
August 21, 2003 |
$0.0729 |
$0.0583 |
$9.59 |
| August 29, 2003 |
September 22, 2003 |
$0.0729 |
$0.0583 |
$9.53 |
| September 30, 2003 |
October 21, 2003 |
$0.0729 |
$0.0583 |
$9.48 |
| October 31, 2003 |
November 21, 2003 |
$0.0750 |
$0.0600 |
$9.42 |
| November 28, 2003 |
December 22, 2003 |
$0.0750 |
$0.0600 |
$9.36 |
| December 31, 2003 |
January 21, 2004 |
$0.0750 |
$0.0600 |
$9.30 |
| Adjusted Cost Base – December 31, 2003 |
$9.30 |