Selected Listed Financial Institutions Attribution Method (GST/HST) Regulations

Marginal note:Exception — provincial investment plan

11 Section 9 does not apply in respect of a reporting period in a fiscal year that ends in a taxation year of a financial institution that is a non-stratified investment plan and that meets the following conditions throughout the fiscal year in respect of a particular province:

• (a) under the laws of Canada or a province, units of the financial institution are permitted to be sold or distributed in the particular province but are not permitted to be sold or distributed in any other province;

• (b) under the terms of the prospectus, registration statement, partnership agreement or other similar document for the financial institution, or under the laws of Canada or a province, the conditions for a person owning or acquiring units of the financial institution include

  • (i) that the person be resident in the particular province when the units are acquired, and

  • (ii) that the units are required to be sold, transferred or redeemed within a reasonable time after the person ceases to be resident in the particular province; and

• (c) the financial institution’s percentage for the particular province and for the taxation year in which the preceding fiscal year ends, or the percentage that would be the financial institution’s percentage for the particular province and for that taxation year if the particular province were a participating province, is 90% or more.