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For the purposes of paragraph (1)(e), a reasonable standby charge for an automobile for the total number of days (in this subsection referred to as the “total available days”) in a taxation year during which the automobile is made available to a taxpayer, or to a person who does not deal at arm’s length with the taxpayer, by a person (referred to in this subsection as the “employer”) shall be deemed to be the amount determined by the formula A/B × [2% × (C × D) + 2/3 × (E - F)] where A is the lesser of the total kilometres that the automobile is driven (otherwise than in connection with or in the course of the taxpayer’s office or employment) during the total available days and the value determined for the description of B for the year in respect of the standby charge for the automobile during the total available days, if the taxpayer is required by the employer to use the automobile in connection with or in the course of the office or employment, and the distance travelled by the automobile in the total available days is primarily in connection with or in the course of the office or employment, and the value determined for the description of B for the year in respect of the standby charge for the automobile during the total available days, in any other case; B is the product obtained when 1,667 is multiplied by the quotient obtained by dividing the total available days by 30 and, if the quotient so obtained is not a whole number and exceeds one, by rounding it to the nearest whole number or, where that quotient is equidistant from two consecutive whole numbers, by rounding it to the lower of those two numbers; C is the cost of the automobile to the employer where the employer owns the vehicle at any time in the year; D is the number obtained by dividing such of the total available days as are days when the employer owns the automobile by 30 and, if the quotient so obtained is not a whole number and exceeds one, by rounding it to the nearest whole number or, where that quotient is equidistant from two consecutive whole numbers, by rounding it to the lower of those two numbers; E is the total of all amounts that may reasonably be regarded as having been payable by the employer to a lessor for the purpose of leasing the automobile during such of the total available days as are days when the automobile is leased to the employer; and F is the part of the amount determined for E that may reasonably be regarded as having been payable to the lessor in respect of all or part of the cost to the lessor of insuring against loss of, or damage to, the automobile, or liability resulting from the use or operation of the automobile.