Employee benefit plan gives benefit to employees who render services to Canadian resident employers, or a stock plan administered through a non-resident trust, require to review if the trust is deemed to be a Canadian resident and under Canada’s new deemed resident trust rules, it needs to tax on its worldwide income for the 2007 and following tax years. The time limit for filing for such relief election is June 26, 2014.
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