Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Regulations, 2007

19 (1) The definition revenue base in subsection 4(1) of the Act is, for all purposes in respect of a revenue source for a territory for a fiscal year and for the purpose of calculating the national average rate of tax as defined in that subsection in respect of a revenue source for a province for a fiscal year, more particularly defined to mean

• (a) in the case of revenues relating to personal income, referred to in paragraph 18(1)(a), the sum of

  • (i) a fraction, expressed as a percentage,

    • (A) whose numerator is the simulated average revenue yield relating to provincial or territorial personal income for the province or territory for the taxation year that ends in the fiscal year, as determined in accordance with subsection 21(2), and

    • (B) whose denominator is the aggregate, over all provinces and territories, of the amounts referred to in clause (A), and

  • (ii) the amount by which the percentage in clause (B) exceeds that in clause (A):

    • (A) a fraction, expressed as a percentage,

      • (I) whose numerator is the aggregate, over all individuals — not including trusts — in the province or territory, of the federal income tax as determined by the micro-simulation model for the taxation year that ends in the fiscal year, and

      • (II) whose denominator is the aggregate, over all provinces and territories, of the amount referred to in subclause (I),

    • (B) a fraction, expressed as a percentage,

      • (I) whose numerator is the aggregate, over all individuals — including trusts — in the province or territory, of the federal income tax payable for the taxation year that ends in the fiscal year as determined for each individual, and

      • (II) whose denominator is the aggregate, over all provinces and territories, of the amount referred to in subclause (I);

• (b) in the case of the revenues relating to corporate income and government business enterprises, referred to in paragraph 18(1)(b), the sum of

  • (i) the product of the portion of the aggregate of corporate profits in Canada, before the payment of income taxes and without any deduction of the aggregate of corporate losses in Canada, that is attributable to any of the provinces or territories for the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year, as determined by Statistics Canada for the purpose of its System of National Accounts, and a fraction

    • (A) whose numerator is the allocated corporation taxable income attributable to the province or territory for the fiscal year, and

    • (B) whose denominator is the aggregate, over all provinces and territories, of the amounts referred to in clause (A), and

  • (ii) the product, as determined on the basis of data prepared by Statistics Canada for the purpose of the Government Finance Statistics, of

    • (A) the aggregate, over all provinces and territories, of the total profits, before the distribution of dividends, that are attributable to each province or territory for the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year from business enterprises that have a profit in that calendar year and are owned 90% or more by that province or territory, or by that province or territory and one or more other provinces or territories, excluding the profits of

      • (I) a liquor board, commission or authority,

      • (II) an enterprise engaged, entirely or primarily, in the marketing of oil or natural gas,

      • (III) an enterprise engaged in the administration of a provincial or territorial lottery, and

      • (IV) the Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation, the Nova Scotia Power Finance Corporation and the New Brunswick Electric Finance Corporation, and

    • (B) a fraction whose numerator is the amount of the total profits referred to in clause (A) that are attributable to the province or territory less the amount by which any losses that were accumulated in the seven calendar years before that calendar year by a business enterprise referred to in that clause exceed the portion of those losses subtracted under this clause for that business enterprise in relation to that period, but only to the extent that the amount is not more than the total profits for that calendar year of that business enterprise, and whose denominator is the aggregate, over all provinces and territories, of those numerators;

• (c) in the case of revenues derived from tobacco, referred to in paragraph 18(1)(c), the number of cigarettes sold to final purchasers in the province or territory in the fiscal year, as determined by dividing the revenue derived from tobacco taxes by the province or territory in the fiscal year, as set out in the certificate, by the average annual tax levy per cigarette that applies in that province or territory for that fiscal year;

• (d) in the case of revenues derived from motive fuel taxes derived from the sale of gasoline, referred to in paragraph 18(1)(d), the sum of

  • (i) the average tax rate in the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year multiplied by the adjusted number of litres of gasoline taxed at road-use rate in the province or territory in that year,

  • (ii) the average tax rate in the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year multiplied by the number of litres of aviation fuel sold in the province or territory in that year, as determined by Statistics Canada on the basis of data from its survey Gasoline and Other Petroleum Fuels Sold, and

  • (iii) the average tax rate in the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year multiplied by the number of litres of gasoline sold for use by farm trucks in the province or territory in that year;

• (e) in the case of revenues derived from motive fuel taxes derived from the sale of diesel fuel, referred to in paragraph 18(1)(e), the sum of

  • (i) the average tax rate in the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year multiplied by the adjusted number of litres of diesel fuel taxed at road-use rate in the province or territory in that year,

  • (ii) the average tax rate in the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year multiplied by the number of litres of railway fuel sold in the province or territory in that year as determined,

    • (A) in the case where railway fuel is taxed in the province or territory throughout that year and data on the tax is complete and available, by Statistics Canada on the basis of data from its survey Gasoline and Other Petroleum Fuels Sold, and

    • (B) in any other case, by the Minister on the basis of data prepared by Statistics Canada for the purpose of its publication entitled Report on Energy Supply and Demand in Canada, and

  • (iii) the average tax rate in the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year multiplied by the number of litres of diesel fuel sold for use by farm trucks in the province or territory in that year;

• (f) in the case of revenues derived from the sale of alcoholic beverages, referred to in paragraph 18(1)(f), the sum of

  • (i) the revenue derived by all provinces and territories from the sale of spirits in the fiscal year, as determined by the Minister on the basis of information provided by the provinces, the territories and Statistics Canada, multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the volume of spirits sold in the province or territory in the fiscal year, as determined by Statistics Canada for the purpose of CANSIM table 183-0006, Sales of alcoholic beverages by volume, value and per capita 15 years and over, fiscal years ended March 31, and whose denominator is the aggregate, over all provinces and territories, of those numerators,

  • (ii) the revenue derived by all provinces and territories from the sale of wine in the fiscal year, as determined by the Minister on the basis of information provided by the provinces, the territories and Statistics Canada, multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the volume of wine sold in the province or territory in the fiscal year, as determined by Statistics Canada for the purpose of CANSIM table 183-0006, Sales of alcoholic beverages by volume, value and per capita 15 years and over, fiscal years ended March 31, and whose denominator is the aggregate, over all provinces and territories, of those numerators, and

  • (iii) the revenue derived by all provinces and territories from the sale of beer in the fiscal year, as determined by the Minister on the basis of information provided by the provinces, the territories and Statistics Canada, multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the volume of beer sold in the province or territory in the fiscal year, as determined by Statistics Canada for the purpose of CANSIM table 183-0006, Sales of alcoholic beverages by volume, value and per capita 15 years and over, fiscal years ended March 31, and whose denominator is the aggregate, over all provinces and territories, of those numerators;

• (g) in the case of revenues derived from payroll taxes, referred to in paragraph 18(1)(g), the aggregate, over the four payroll tax systems, of the amount determined for each system by the formula

  A × (B/C)

  where

  A

  is the amount determined by the formula

  (D/E) × (F/G) + H

  where

  D

  is the estimated amount of payroll taxes that would be imposed on the employers in the province or territory under the payroll tax system for the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year as if the tax system applied to the employers in the province or territory, calculated on the basis of

  • (i) the statutory rates, thresholds and exemptions applicable under the tax system as of June 1 of the fiscal year, and

  • (ii) data on the gross payroll of employers in the province or territory — other than those referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of the description of G — for the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year, as determined by Statistics Canada on the basis of its Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours,

  E

  is the statutory tax rate applicable or, if there is more than one tax rate, the rate that would apply to payrolls in excess of the highest threshold, under the payroll tax system as of June 1 of the fiscal year, and

  F

  is the total wages and salaries excluding supplementary labour income, as determined by Statistics Canada for the purpose of its System of National Accounts, paid in the province or territory in the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year, other than the wages and salaries paid by

  • (i) the federal general government sector to employees in the defence industry, and

  • (ii) the provincial and territorial general government sector and the local general government sector to their employees,

  G

  is the gross dollar value, before deductions, of the payrolls of all employers in the province or territory for the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year, as determined by Statistics Canada on the basis of its Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, other than the payrolls of

  • (i) employers not included in that survey, and

  • (ii) employers in the following industry classifications, as defined by the North American Industry Classification System:

    • (A) the elementary and secondary schools industry group,

    • (B) the hospitals subsector,

    • (C) the nursing and residential care facilities subsector,

    • (D) the provincial and territorial public administration subsector, and

    • (E) the local, municipal and regional public administration subsector, and

  H

  is military pay and allowances, excluding supplementary labour income, paid in the province or territory in the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year, as determined by Statistics Canada for the purpose of its System of National Accounts,

  B

  is the total revenue derived from the payroll tax system for the fiscal year, and

  C

  is the aggregate, over all provinces and territories, of the amounts calculated for A;

• (h) in the case of revenues derived from property taxes and miscellaneous revenues, referred to in paragraph 18(1)(h), the weighted sum of three sub-bases, determined by the formula

  (B1 × 0.575) + (B2 × 0.410) + (B3 × 0.015)

  where

  B1

  is the market value residential sub-base, determined by the formula

  [(R × 1/R1) × 0.7] + [(P × 1/P1) × 0.3]

  where

  R

  is the assessed market value of residential property in the province or territory for the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year,

  R1

  is the aggregate, over all provinces and territories, of the amounts determined for R,

  P

  is the population of the province or territory for the fiscal year, as determined in accordance with paragraph 27(a), and

  P1

  is the aggregate, over all provinces and territories, of the amounts determined for P,

  B2

  is the market value commercial-industrial sub-base as determined by the formula

  [(N × 1/N1) × 0.7] + [(P × 1/P1) × 0.3]

  where

  N

  is the assessed market value of commercial-industrial property in the province or territory for the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year,

  N1

  is the aggregate, over all provinces and territories, of the amounts determined for N,

  P

  is the population of the province or territory for the fiscal year, as determined in accordance with paragraph 27(a), and

  P1

  is the aggregate, over all provinces and territories, of the amounts determined for P, and

  B3

  is the farm sub-base as determined by the formula

  F × 1/F1

  where

  F

  is the value of farm land and buildings in a province or territory, measured in current dollars, as determined by Statistics Canada for the purpose of its publication entitled Census of Agriculture, and adjusted to exclude farm residences, for the most recent calendar year available in the publication, and

  F1

  is the aggregate, over all provinces and territories, of the amounts determined for F; and

• (i) in the case of revenues relating to consumption taxes, as described in paragraph 18(1)(i), the amount determined on the basis of data provided by Statistics Canada, for the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year by the formula

  A + B + C + D + E + F + G + H + I + J

  where

  A

  is the aggregate, over all household final consumption expenditure categories, of the household final consumption expenditures in the province or territory for each category multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the total net provincial and territorial sales tax revenues derived from those expenditures for that category in all provinces and territories that levy a general sales tax and whose denominator is the total of those expenditures for that category in all of those provinces and territories,

  B

  is the aggregate, over all housing expenditure categories, of the housing expenditures in the province or territory for each category multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the total net provincial and territorial sales tax revenues derived from those expenditures for that category in all provinces and territories that levy a general sales tax and whose denominator is the total of those expenditures for that category in all of those provinces and territories,

  C

  is the capital expenditures for machinery and equipment by the business sector in the province or territory multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the total net provincial and territorial sales tax revenues derived from those expenditures by that sector in all provinces and territories that levy a general sales tax and whose denominator is the total of those expenditures by that sector in all of those provinces and territories,

  D

  is the capital expenditures for non-residential structures by the business sector in the province or territory multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the total net provincial and territorial sales tax revenues derived from those expenditures by that sector in all provinces and territories that levy a general sales tax and whose denominator is the total of those expenditures by that sector in all of those provinces and territories,

  E

  is the aggregate, over all public or non-profit entity categories, of the capital expenditures for machinery and equipment in the province or territory by each category multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the total net provincial and territorial sales tax revenues derived from those expenditures by that category in all provinces and territories that levy a general sales tax and whose denominator is the total of those expenditures by that category in all of those provinces and territories,

  F

  is the aggregate, over all public or non-profit entity categories, of the capital expenditures for non-residential structures in the province or territory by each category multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the total net provincial and territorial sales tax revenues derived from those expenditures by that category in all provinces and territories that levy a general sales tax and whose denominator is the total of those expenditures by that category in all of those provinces and territories,

  G

  is the aggregate, over all non-business sector industries and all intermediate input commodities, of the intermediate input expenditures in the province or territory for each commodity by each industry multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the total net provincial and territorial sales tax revenues derived from those expenditures for that commodity by that industry in all provinces and territories that levy a general sales tax and whose denominator is the total of those expenditures for that commodity by that industry in all of those provinces and territories,

  H

  is the aggregate, over all business sector industries and all intermediate input commodities, of the intermediate input expenditures in the province or territory for each commodity by each industry multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the total net provincial and territorial sales tax revenues derived from those expenditures for that commodity by that industry in all provinces and territories that levy a general sales tax and whose denominator is the total of those expenditures for that commodity by that industry in all of those provinces and territories,

  I

  is the capital expenditures for intellectual property products by the business sector in the province or territory multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the total net provincial and territorial sales tax revenues derived from those expenditures by that sector in all provinces and territories that levy a general sales tax and whose denominator is the total of those expenditures by that sector in all of those provinces and territories, and

  J

  is the aggregate, over all public or non-profit entity categories, of the capital expenditures for intellectual property products in the province or territory by each category multiplied by a fraction whose numerator is the total net provincial and territorial sales tax revenues derived from those expenditures by that category in all provinces and territories that levy a general sales tax and whose denominator is the total of those expenditures by that category in all of those provinces and territories.

(2) For the purpose of paragraph 19(1)(e), if a territory has changed its method of accounting for a fiscal year so that the revenue referred to in that paragraph is derived during a period that is other than 12 months, the Minister may adjust the amount of that revenue for that fiscal year to offset any effect of that change.