Shareholder Loans from Your CCPC: When They Fit Your Plan, and When the Cleaner Move Is a Salary or Dividend Draw
If a shareholder loan is not repaid by the end of the corporation’s fiscal year following the year it was made, subsection 15(2) of the Income Tax Act includes the full principal in personal income — a 6,000 tax hit on a 00,000 loan for top-bracket Alberta CCPC owners in 2026. Section 80.4 also assesses imputed interest at the 3% Q2 2026 prescribed rate. Here is how to stay onside.

