Section 64I (ITA) – Withholding of dividends tax by insurers

64I.      Withholding of dividends tax by insurers

 

If a dividend, to the extent that the dividend does not consist of a distribution of an asset in specie, is paid to an insurer as defined in section 29A, the insurer must be deemed to be a regulated intermediary and the dividend must, to the extent that the dividend is allocated to a fund contemplated in section 29A(4)(b), be deemed to be paid to a natural person that is a resident by the regulated intermediary on the date that the dividend is paid to the insurer.