The first part of this publication contains proposed amendments to the federal Income Tax Act related to taxpayers who immigrate or emigrate. The second part provides explanatory notes to the proposed amendments. The amendments pertain to such matters as emigrants' stock options, inventory valuation, computation of income, capital losses, changes in use of property, adjustments to cost base, tax deductions, successor rules, part-year residents, non-residents' taxable income in Canada, disposition of property, credit for tax paid, foreign tax credits, changes in residence, instalment interest, returning former residents, post-emigration losses, mutual fund corporations, reassessments, security for departure tax, and definitions of terms.