Jedi Accountant
"<I'm not sure the board is willing to agree to this, but their counteroffer is 100,000 in preferred shares and the same 50,000 in NSC>"
This would result in a gift of 50,000. What changes is not the NSC's ACB, but the treatment of the shares. ACB of the preferred shares is still
ACB C/S 1,000
Less: NSC ACB (50,000)
Less: Gift value (50,000)
ACB P/S Nil
POD old C/S is now the lesser of the FMV of old C/S or NSC + gift, 100,000. The PUC reduction is still bringing the PUC to nil, here... but the deemed POD will be different at the capital gain step.
POD 100,000
Less: Deemed dividend (49,000)
RPOD 51,000
Less: ACB C/S (1,000)
CG 50,000, of which 25,000 is taxable
"You're getting screwed over in more ways than one if you accept the counter-offer"
This would result in a gift of 50,000. What changes is not the NSC's ACB, but the treatment of the shares. ACB of the preferred shares is still
ACB C/S 1,000
Less: NSC ACB (50,000)
Less: Gift value (50,000)
ACB P/S Nil
POD old C/S is now the lesser of the FMV of old C/S or NSC + gift, 100,000. The PUC reduction is still bringing the PUC to nil, here... but the deemed POD will be different at the capital gain step.
POD 100,000
Less: Deemed dividend (49,000)
RPOD 51,000
Less: ACB C/S (1,000)
CG 50,000, of which 25,000 is taxable
"You're getting screwed over in more ways than one if you accept the counter-offer"