ccpcrate_explain
Explain a resolution
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Free diagnostic pass over the same input as ccpcrate_resolve: which layers run, the defaults the engine would apply, every warning with its meaning (grind binding, provincial asymmetries, missing inputs), the rule rows in force for the year with sources and verification status, the open verifications, and what the paid computation would return. Contains no computed amounts — the numbers are in ccpcrate_resolve.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| taxYear | object | yes | |
| province | string | yes | Province of the permanent establishment (two-letter code) |
| provincialProportion | number | no | Share of taxable income allocated to the province (Reg. 402). Default 1 |
| taxableIncome | number | no | Part I taxable income (T2 line 360). Omit for a holdco and supply the income lines instead; the engine derives it |
| activeBusinessIncome | number | no | T2 line 400: income from an active business carried on in Canada |
| aggregateInvestmentIncome | number | no | T2 line 440: aggregate investment income (s.129(4)) |
| foreignInvestmentIncome | number | no | T2 line 445: foreign investment income |
| foreignNonBusinessTaxCredit | number | no | T2 line 632: foreign non-business income tax credit |
| foreignBusinessTaxCredit | number | no | T2 line 636: foreign business income tax credit |
| businessLimitAllocated | number | no | Business limit allocated to this corporation (Sch 23 line 410 if associated, else the statutory limit). 0 = allocation zero |
| groupAaiiPriorYear | number | no | T2 line 417: Σ Sch 7 line 745 of the associated group for taxation years ending in the preceding calendar year. REQUIRED whenever a business limit is claimed |
| taxableCapitalGroupPriorYear | number | no | T2 line 415: taxable capital employed in Canada of the group, prior year. Omit when under 10 M |
| dividendsReceivedPortfolioEligible | number | no | Eligible taxable dividends from non-connected payers (Part IV → ERDTOH) |
| dividendsReceivedPortfolioNonEligible | number | no | Non-eligible taxable dividends from non-connected payers (Part IV → NERDTOH) |
| dividendsReceivedConnected | array | no | Dividends from connected corporations (s.186(4)) — Part IV only through the payer's refund |
| nonCapitalLossesClaimedAgainstPartIV | number | no | Non-capital / farm losses claimed against Part IV (s.186(1)(c),(d)) — the loss amount |
| dividendsPaidEligible | number | no | Eligible dividends paid (designated) in the year |
| dividendsPaidNonEligible | number | no | Non-eligible taxable dividends paid in the year |
| dividendsPaidOfWhichConnected | number | no | How much OF the dividends paid above went to connected corporations — a portion of dividendsPaidEligible + dividendsPaidNonEligible, never an amount on top of them. Raises the cascade warning on the payer side. In a ccpcrate_group call the recipients' own dividendsReceivedConnected amounts govern the 186(1)(b) share; this field is then cross-checked against them |
| rdtohOpening | object | no | Opening ERDTOH / NERDTOH in T2 terms. Omitted = 0 with a warning when it matters |
| netIncomeAccounting | number | no | Holdco: net income per financial statements |
| netIncomeForTax | number | no | Holdco: net income for tax purposes (Sch 1 result) — overrides the derivation |
| propertyExpenses | number | no | Holdco: deductible property expenses of the year (total) |
| otherPropertyIncome | number | no | Holdco: property income other than dividends and capital-gains dividends |
| capitalGainsDividends | number | no | Capital-gains dividends received (full amount; half to CDA) |
| taxableCapitalGains | number | no | Sch 6: taxable capital gains (the included half) |
| allowableCapitalLosses | number | no | Sch 6: allowable capital losses of the year |
| nonCapitalLossesOpening | number | no | Sch 4: non-capital loss pool at the start of the year |
| nonCapitalLossesClaimedAgainstPartI | number | no | Non-capital losses claimed against Part I income |
| lossesByYearOfOrigin | object | no | Sch 4 Part 6: opening balances by year of origin, e.g. {"2011": 263564} |
| cdaOpening | number | no | Capital dividend account opening balance (returns cda_closing) |
| qc | object | no | Québec inputs (CO-771) |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"taxYear": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"start": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
"description": "First day of the taxation year"
},
"end": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
"description": "Last day of the taxation year"
}
},
"required": [
"start",
"end"
]
},
"province": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"AB",
"BC",
"MB",
"NB",
"NL",
"NS",
"NT",
"NU",
"ON",
"PE",
"QC",
"SK",
"YT"
],
"description": "Province of the permanent establishment (two-letter code)"
},
"provincialProportion": {
"description": "Share of taxable income allocated to the province (Reg. 402). Default 1",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 1
},
"taxableIncome": {
"description": "Part I taxable income (T2 line 360). Omit for a holdco and supply the income lines instead; the engine derives it",
"type": "number"
},
"activeBusinessIncome": {
"description": "T2 line 400: income from an active business carried on in Canada",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"aggregateInvestmentIncome": {
"description": "T2 line 440: aggregate investment income (s.129(4))",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"foreignInvestmentIncome": {
"description": "T2 line 445: foreign investment income",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"foreignNonBusinessTaxCredit": {
"description": "T2 line 632: foreign non-business income tax credit",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"foreignBusinessTaxCredit": {
"description": "T2 line 636: foreign business income tax credit",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"businessLimitAllocated": {
"description": "Business limit allocated to this corporation (Sch 23 line 410 if associated, else the statutory limit). 0 = allocation zero",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"groupAaiiPriorYear": {
"description": "T2 line 417: Σ Sch 7 line 745 of the associated group for taxation years ending in the preceding calendar year. REQUIRED whenever a business limit is claimed",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"taxableCapitalGroupPriorYear": {
"description": "T2 line 415: taxable capital employed in Canada of the group, prior year. Omit when under 10 M",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"dividendsReceivedPortfolioEligible": {
"description": "Eligible taxable dividends from non-connected payers (Part IV → ERDTOH)",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"dividendsReceivedPortfolioNonEligible": {
"description": "Non-eligible taxable dividends from non-connected payers (Part IV → NERDTOH)",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"dividendsReceivedConnected": {
"description": "Dividends from connected corporations (s.186(4)) — Part IV only through the payer's refund",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"amount": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Taxable dividend received from the connected corporation"
},
"payerDividendRefund": {
"description": "The payer's dividend refund for the year it paid the dividend (s.186(1)(b)); 0 = no refund → no cascade; omitted = unknown → cascade withheld with a warning",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"payerTotalDividendsPaid": {
"description": "Total taxable dividends the payer paid that year (denominator of the recipient's share)",
"type": "number",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0
},
"cascadeShare": {
"description": "Precomputed share of the payer's refund, when already known (overrides the two fields above)",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"payerId": {
"description": "Id of the paying corporation when it is a member of the same ccpcrate_group call: its refund and total dividends paid are then taken from its own computation",
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
}
},
"required": [
"amount"
]
}
},
"nonCapitalLossesClaimedAgainstPartIV": {
"description": "Non-capital / farm losses claimed against Part IV (s.186(1)(c),(d)) — the loss amount",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"dividendsPaidEligible": {
"description": "Eligible dividends paid (designated) in the year",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"dividendsPaidNonEligible": {
"description": "Non-eligible taxable dividends paid in the year",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"dividendsPaidOfWhichConnected": {
"description": "How much OF the dividends paid above went to connected corporations — a portion of dividendsPaidEligible + dividendsPaidNonEligible, never an amount on top of them. Raises the cascade warning on the payer side. In a ccpcrate_group call the recipients' own dividendsReceivedConnected amounts govern the 186(1)(b) share; this field is then cross-checked against them",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"rdtohOpening": {
"description": "Opening ERDTOH / NERDTOH in T2 terms. Omitted = 0 with a warning when it matters",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"erdtohLine520": {
"description": "Prior year's closing ERDTOH, T2 line 530 (printed before that year's refund)",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"erdtohRefundPrev": {
"description": "Prior year's dividend refund out of ERDTOH (line 570)",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"nerdtohLine535": {
"description": "Prior year's closing NERDTOH, T2 line 545",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"nerdtohRefundPrev": {
"description": "Prior year's dividend refund out of NERDTOH (line 575)",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
}
}
},
"netIncomeAccounting": {
"description": "Holdco: net income per financial statements",
"type": "number"
},
"netIncomeForTax": {
"description": "Holdco: net income for tax purposes (Sch 1 result) — overrides the derivation",
"type": "number"
},
"propertyExpenses": {
"description": "Holdco: deductible property expenses of the year (total)",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"otherPropertyIncome": {
"description": "Holdco: property income other than dividends and capital-gains dividends",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"capitalGainsDividends": {
"description": "Capital-gains dividends received (full amount; half to CDA)",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"taxableCapitalGains": {
"description": "Sch 6: taxable capital gains (the included half)",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"allowableCapitalLosses": {
"description": "Sch 6: allowable capital losses of the year",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"nonCapitalLossesOpening": {
"description": "Sch 4: non-capital loss pool at the start of the year",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"nonCapitalLossesClaimedAgainstPartI": {
"description": "Non-capital losses claimed against Part I income",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"lossesByYearOfOrigin": {
"description": "Sch 4 Part 6: opening balances by year of origin, e.g. {\"2011\": 263564}",
"type": "object",
"propertyNames": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}$"
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
}
},
"cdaOpening": {
"description": "Capital dividend account opening balance (returns cda_closing)",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"qc": {
"description": "Québec inputs (CO-771)",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"taxableIncomeQc": {
"description": "CO-17 taxable income when it differs from federal",
"type": "number"
},
"hours07aCurrentYear": {
"description": "CO-771 line 07a: remunerated hours, current year (required with 07b for the CO-771 layer)",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"hours07bGroupPriorYear": {
"description": "CO-771 line 07b: remunerated hours, associated group, prior year",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"plafondGroupAllocated": {
"description": "CO-771 plafond allocated to this corporation (defaults to businessLimitAllocated)",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"capitalVerseGroupPriorYear": {
"description": "Capital versé of the associated group, prior year (CO-17 line 426a)",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"instalmentsPaid": {
"description": "Acomptes provisionnels paid (CO-17 line 440) — enables the balance lines",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
}
}
}
},
"required": [
"taxYear",
"province"
]
}