Budget Implementation Act, 2006 (S.C. 2006, c. 4)

Marginal note:2001, c. 15, s. 11(1)

• 143. (1) Subsection 236.3(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  Marginal note:Adjustment if invalid use of export distribution centre certificate

  • 236.3 (1) If a registrant has received a supply of property (other than a supply that is included in any provision of Schedule VI other than section 1.2 of Part V of that Schedule) from a supplier to whom the registrant has provided an export distribution centre certificate (within the meaning of section 273.1) for the purpose of that supply and an authorization of the registrant to use the certificate was not in effect at the time the supply was made or the property was not acquired by the registrant for use or supply as domestic inventory or as added property (as those expressions are defined in subsection 273.1(1)) in the course of commercial activities of the registrant, the registrant shall, in determining the net tax for the reporting period of the registrant that includes the earliest day on which tax in respect of the supply became payable or would have become payable if the supply were not a zero-rated supply, add an amount equal to interest, at the prescribed rate, on the total amount of tax in respect of the supply that was payable or that would have been payable in respect of the supply if the supply were not a zero-rated supply, computed for the period beginning on that earliest day and ending on the day on or before which the return under section 238 for that reporting period is required to be filed.

• Marginal note:2001, c. 15, s. 11(1)

  (2) The description of B in subsection 236.3(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  B 

  is the prescribed rate of interest that is in effect on the last day of that first reporting period following the year.

• (3) Subsection (1) applies in respect of a supply of property made to a registrant in respect of which tax first became payable, or would have first become payable if the supply were not a zero-rated supply, on a particular day that is in a reporting period of the registrant for which the return under section 238 of the Act is required to be filed on or before a day that is after March 31, 2007, except that if the particular day is before April 1, 2007, and the day on or before which the return for the reporting period that includes the particular day is required to be filed is on or after April 1, 2007, subsection 236.3(1) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), shall be read as follows:

  • 236.3 (1) If a registrant has received a supply of property (other than a supply that is included in any provision of Schedule VI other than section 1.2 of Part V of that Schedule) from a supplier to whom the registrant has provided an export distribution centre certificate (within the meaning of section 273.1) for the purpose of that supply and an authorization of the registrant to use the certificate was not in effect at the time the supply was made or the property was not acquired by the registrant for use or supply as domestic inventory or as added property (as those expressions are defined in subsection 273.1(1)) in the course of commercial activities of the registrant, the registrant shall, in determining the net tax for the reporting period of the registrant that includes the earliest day on which tax in respect of the supply became payable or would have become payable if the supply were not a zero-rated supply, add an amount equal to the total of

    • (a) interest, at the rate prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 280(1)(b) plus 4% per year compounded daily, on the total amount of tax in respect of the supply that was payable or that would have been payable in respect of the supply if it were not a zero-rated supply, computed for the period beginning on that earliest day and ending on March 31, 2007, and

    • (b) interest, at the prescribed rate, on the total amount of tax in respect of the supply that was payable or that would have been payable in respect of the supply if it were not a zero-rated supply plus the interest referred to in paragraph (a), computed for the period beginning on April 1, 2007, and ending on the day on or before which the return under section 238 for that reporting period is required to be filed.

• (4) Subsection (2) applies in respect of any reporting period of a registrant following a fiscal year of the registrant that ends on or after April 1, 2007, except that if the fiscal year of the registrant includes April 1, 2007, subsection 236.3(2) of the Act, as amended by subsection (2), shall be read as follows:

  • (2) If an authorization granted to a registrant under subsection 273.1(7) is in effect at any time in a fiscal year of the registrant and the export revenue percentage of the registrant (as defined in subsection 273.1(1)) for that year is less than 90% or the circumstances described in paragraph 273.1(11)(a) or (b) exist with respect to the year, the registrant shall, in determining the net tax for the first reporting period of the registrant following the year, add the total of all amounts each of which is determined by the formula

    A × B/12

    where

    A 

    is

    • (a) the product obtained when the rate set out in subsection 165(1) is multiplied by an amount of consideration that was paid or became payable before April 1, 2007, by the registrant for a supply made in a non-participating province of property acquired by the registrant in the year that is a zero-rated supply only because it is included in section 1.2 of Part V of Schedule VI, other than a supply in respect of which the registrant is required under subsection (1) to add an amount in determining net tax for any reporting period,

    • (b) the product obtained when the total of the rates set out in subsections 165(1) and (2) is multiplied by an amount of consideration that was paid or became payable before April 1, 2007, by the registrant for a supply made in a participating province of property acquired by the registrant in the year that is a zero-rated supply only because it is included in section 1.2 of Part V of Schedule VI, other than a supply in respect of which the registrant is required under subsection (1) to add an amount in determining net tax for any reporting period,

    • (c) the product obtained when the rate set out in subsection 165(1) is multiplied by an amount which is the value that is or would be, but for subsection 215(2), deemed under subsection 215(1) to be the value, for the purposes of Division III, of a good that was imported before April 1, 2007, by the registrant in the year and in respect of which, by reason only of section 11 of Schedule VII, tax under that Division did not apply,

    • (d) the product obtained when the rate set out in subsection 165(1) is multiplied by an amount of consideration not included in paragraph (a) that was paid or became payable on or after April 1, 2007, by the registrant for a supply made in a non-participating province of property acquired by the registrant in the year that is a zero-rated supply only because it is included in section 1.2 of Part V of Schedule VI, other than a supply in respect of which the registrant is required under subsection (1) to add an amount in determining net tax for any reporting period,

    • (e) the product obtained when the total of the rates set out in subsections 165(1) and (2) is multiplied by an amount of consideration not included in paragraph (b) that was paid or became payable on or after April 1, 2007, by the registrant for a supply made in a participating province of property acquired by the registrant in the year that is a zero-rated supply only because it is included in section 1.2 of Part V of Schedule VI, other than a supply in respect of which the registrant is required under subsection (1) to add an amount in determining net tax for any reporting period, and

    • (f) the product obtained when the rate set out in subsection 165(1) is multiplied by an amount which is the value that is or would be, but for subsection 215(2), deemed under subsection 215(1) to be the value, for the purposes of Division III, of a good that was imported on or after April 1, 2007, by the registrant in the year and in respect of which, by reason only of section 11 of Schedule VII, tax under that Division did not apply; and

    B 

    is

    • (a) in the case where paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of the description of A applies, the total of 4% and the rate of interest prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 280(1)(b) (expressed as a percentage per year) that is in effect on March 31, 2007, and

    • (b) in any other case, the prescribed rate of interest that is in effect on the last day of that first reporting period following the year.

Marginal note:2001, c. 15, s. 16(1)

• 144. (1) Subsection 256.2(10) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Repayment of rebate

    (10) If a person was entitled to claim a rebate under subsection (3) in respect of a qualifying residential unit (other than a unit located in a multiple unit residential complex) and, within one year after the unit is first occupied as a place of residence after the construction or last substantial renovation of the unit was substantially completed, the person makes a supply by way of sale (other than a supply deemed under section 183 or 184 to have been made) of the unit to a purchaser who is not acquiring the unit for use as the primary place of residence of the purchaser or of a relation of the purchaser, the person shall pay to the Receiver General an amount equal to the rebate plus interest at the prescribed rate less 2% per year, calculated on that amount for the period beginning on the day the rebate was paid or applied to a liability of the person and ending on the day the amount of the rebate is paid by the person to the Receiver General.

• (2) Subsection (1) applies in respect of any rebate that a person was entitled to claim if the amount of the rebate is paid by the person to the Receiver General on or after April 1, 2007, except that if the rebate was paid to the person before that day, subsection 256.2(10) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), shall be read as follows:

  • (10) If a person was entitled to claim a rebate under subsection (3) in respect of a qualifying residential unit (other than a unit located in a multiple unit residential complex) and, within one year after the unit is first occupied as a place of residence after the construction or last substantial renovation of the unit was substantially completed, the person makes a supply by way of sale (other than a supply deemed under section 183 or 184 to have been made) of the unit to a purchaser who is not acquiring the unit for use as the primary place of residence of the purchaser or of a relation of the purchaser, the person shall pay to the Receiver General an amount equal to the rebate, plus the total of

    • (a) interest at the rate prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 280(1)(b), calculated on that amount for the period beginning on the day the rebate was paid or applied to a liability of the person and ending on March 31, 2007, and

    • (b) interest at the prescribed rate less 2% per year, calculated on the total of that amount plus the interest referred to in paragraph (a) for the period beginning on April 1, 2007, and ending on the day the amount of the rebate is paid by the person to the Receiver General.

• 145. (1) The Act is amended by adding the following after section 263.01:

  Marginal note:Restriction on rebate

  263.02 A rebate under this Part shall not be paid to a person at any time, unless all returns of which the Minister has knowledge and that are required to be filed at or before that time by the person under this Act, the Air Travellers Security Charge Act, the Excise Act, 2001 and the Income Tax Act have been filed with the Minister.

• (2) Subsection (1) comes into force on April 1, 2007.