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qualifying consideration for a specified year of a qualifying taxpayer in respect of an outlay made, or expense incurred, outside Canada means the amount in respect of the outlay or expense determined by the formula A – B where A is the amount of the outlay or expense that is allowed as a deduction, an allowance or an allocation for a reserve under the Income Tax Act in computing the qualifying taxpayer’s income for the specified year, or would be so allowed if the qualifying taxpayer’s income were computed in accordance with that Act, the qualifying taxpayer carried on a business in Canada, and that Act applied to the qualifying taxpayer, and may reasonably be regarded as being applicable to a Canadian activity of the qualifying taxpayer; and B is the total of all amounts each of which is included in the amount determined under the description of A and is an amount that is a permitted deduction for the specified year or a preceding specified year of the qualifying taxpayer, other than an amount that is included in paragraph (b) or that is a returned commission included in paragraph (c), an amount that represents a cost to a qualifying establishment of the qualifying taxpayer in a country other than Canada, or a share of a profit of the qualifying taxpayer that is redistributed from a qualifying establishment of the qualifying taxpayer in Canada to a qualifying establishment of the qualifying taxpayer in a country other than Canada, that is solely attributable to the issuance, renewal, variance or transfer of ownership by the qualifying taxpayer of a financial instrument that is a derivative, provided that all or substantially all of the amount is an error or profit margin, or employee compensation or benefits, that is reasonably attributable to the issuance, renewal, variance or transfer of ownership, or the estimate of the default risk premium that is directly associated with the derivative, or if a particular amount, included in the amount determined under the description of A, is any part of the value of the consideration for a supply made to the qualifying taxpayer of a financial service that includes the issuance, renewal, variation or transfer of ownership of a policy of reinsurance in respect of one or more particular insurance policies issued by the qualifying taxpayer, an amount (in this description referred to as a returned commission) included in the particular amount that is attributable to expenses incurred exclusively in Canada by the qualifying taxpayer to issue and administer the particular insurance policies, is returned to the qualifying taxpayer as a ceding commission in respect of the particular insurance policies, and is required to be included under the Income Tax Act in computing the qualifying taxpayer’s income for the specified year or for another specified year of the qualifying taxpayer, or would be so required to be included if the conditions set out in subparagraphs (a)(i) to (iii) of the description of A applied to the qualifying taxpayer. (contrepartie admissible)