Sustaining Canada’s Economic Recovery Act (S.C. 2010, c. 25)
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Assented to 2010-12-15
PART 2AMENDMENTS IN RESPECT OF EXCISE DUTIES AND SALES AND EXCISE TAXES
2002, c. 22Excise Act, 2001
117. (1) Paragraph 191(1)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(a) in the case of an assessment of the duty payable for a reporting period, more than four years after the later of the day on which the return for the period was required to be filed and the day on which the return was filed;
(2) Subsections 191(5) and (6) of the Act are replaced by the following:
Marginal note:No limitation if payment for another reporting period
(5) If, in making an assessment, the Minister determines that a person has paid in respect of any matter an amount as or on account of duty payable for a reporting period of the person that was payable for another reporting period of the person, the Minister may at any time make an assessment for that other period in respect of that matter.
Marginal note:Reduction of duty — reporting period
(6) If the result of a reassessment on an objection to, or a decision on an appeal from, an assessment is to reduce the amount of duty payable by a person and, by reason of the reduction, any refund or other payment claimed by the person for a reporting period, or in an application for a refund or other payment, should be decreased, the Minister may at any time assess or reassess that reporting period or that application only for the purpose of taking the reduction of duty into account in respect of the refund or other payment.
118. Subsection 193(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Scope of notice
(2) A notice of assessment may include assessments in respect of any number or combination of reporting periods, refunds or amounts payable under this Act.
119. (1) Subparagraph 212(2)(a)(i) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(i) the trustee is liable for the payment of any duty, interest or other amount that became payable by the person after the particular day in respect of reporting periods that ended on or before the particular day, or of any duty, interest or other amount that became payable by the person after the particular day, only to the extent of the property of the person in possession of the trustee available to satisfy the liability,
(2) Paragraphs 212(2)(c) to (e) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(c) the reporting period of the person begins and ends on the day on which it would have begun and ended if the bankruptcy had not occurred, except that
(i) the reporting period of the person during which the person becomes a bankrupt shall end on the particular day and a new reporting period of the person in relation to the activities of the person to which the bankruptcy relates shall begin on the day immediately after the particular day, and
(ii) the reporting period of the person, in relation to the activities of the person to which the bankruptcy relates, during which the trustee in bankruptcy is discharged under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act shall end on the day on which the discharge is granted;
(d) subject to paragraph (f), the trustee in bankruptcy shall file with the Minister in the prescribed form and manner all returns in respect of the activities of the person to which the bankruptcy relates for the reporting periods of the person ending in the period beginning on the day immediately after the particular day and ending on the day on which the discharge of the trustee is granted under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and that are required under this Act to be filed by the person, as if those activities were the only activities of the person;
(e) subject to paragraph (f), if the person has not on or before the particular day filed a return required under this Act to be filed by the person for a reporting period of the person ending on or before the particular day, the trustee in bankruptcy shall, unless the Minister waives in writing the requirement for the trustee to file the return, file with the Minister in the prescribed form and manner a return for that reporting period of the person; and
(3) Paragraphs 212(3)(c) to (e) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(c) the reporting period of the person begins and ends on the day on which it would have begun and ended if the vesting had not occurred, except that
(i) the reporting period of the person, in relation to the relevant assets of the receiver, during which the receiver begins to act as receiver of the person, shall end on the particular day and a new reporting period of the person in relation to the relevant assets shall begin on the day immediately after the particular day, and
(ii) the reporting period of the person, in relation to the relevant assets, during which the receiver ceases to act as receiver of the person, shall end on the day on which the receiver ceases to act as receiver of the person;
(d) the receiver shall file with the Minister in the prescribed form and manner all returns in respect of the relevant assets of the receiver for reporting periods ending in the period during which the receiver is acting as receiver and that are required under this Act to be made by the person, as if the relevant assets were the only businesses, properties, affairs and assets of the person; and
(e) if the person has not on or before the particular day filed a return required under this Act to be filed by the person for a reporting period of the person ending on or before the particular day, the receiver shall, unless the Minister waives in writing the requirement for the receiver to file the return, file with the Minister in the prescribed form and manner a return for that reporting period that relates to the businesses, properties, affairs or assets of the person that would have been the relevant assets of the receiver if the receiver had been acting as receiver of the person during that reporting period.
(4) Paragraphs 212(4)(a) and (b) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(a) all duty, interest and other amounts that are payable by the other person under this Act in respect of the reporting period during which the distribution is made, or any previous reporting period; and
(b) all duty, interest and other amounts that are, or can reasonably be expected to become, payable under this Act by the representative or receiver in that capacity in respect of the reporting period during which the distribution is made, or any previous reporting period.
Marginal note:2006, c. 4, s. 119(1)
120. The portion of section 251.1 of the Act before paragraph (b) is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Failure to file return
251.1 Every person who fails to file a return for a reporting period as and when required under this Act shall pay a penalty equal to the sum of
(a) an amount equal to 1% of the total of all amounts each of which is an amount that is required to be paid for the reporting period and was not paid before the end of the day on which the return was required to be filed, and
121. The portion of section 253 of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:False statements or omissions
253. Every person who knowingly, or under circumstances amounting to gross negligence, makes, or participates in, assents to or acquiesces in the making of, a false statement or omission in a return, application, form, certificate, statement, invoice or answer (each of which is in this section referred to as a “return”) made in respect of a reporting period or activity is liable to a penalty equal to the greater of $250 and 25% of the total of
Marginal note:2007, c. 18, s. 126(1)
122. Section 255.1 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Waiving or reducing failure to file penalty
255.1 The Minister may, on or before the day that is 10 calendar years after the end of a reporting period of a person, or on application by the person on or before that day, waive or reduce any penalty payable by the person under section 251.1 in respect of a return for the reporting period.
Marginal note:2004, c. 22, s. 47
123. Subparagraphs 284(2.2)(a)(i) and (ii) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(i) if a notice of assessment in respect of the tax debt, or a notice referred to in subsection 254(1) or 294(1) in respect of the tax debt, is sent to or served on the person, after March 3, 2004, on the day that is 90 days after the day on which the last one of those notices is sent or served,
(ii) if no notice referred to in subparagraph (i) in respect of the tax debt was sent or served and the earliest day on which the Minister can commence an action to collect that tax debt is after March 3, 2004, on that earliest day, and
124. Subparagraph 297(1)(e)(i) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(i) an amount that the transferor is liable to pay under this Act in respect of the reporting period in which the property was transferred or any preceding reporting period, or
125. Subsections 301(9) and (10) of the Act are replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Mailing or sending date
(9) If a notice or demand that the Minister is required or authorized under this Act to send to a person is mailed, or sent electronically, to the person, the day of mailing or sending, as the case may be, is deemed to be the date of the notice or demand.
Marginal note:Date electronic notice sent
(9.1) For the purposes of this Act, if a notice or other communication in respect of a person is made available in electronic format such that it can be read or perceived by a person or a computer system or other similar device, the notice or other communication is deemed to be sent to the person and received by the person on the date that an electronic message is sent, to the electronic address most recently provided before that date by the person to the Minister for the purposes of this subsection, informing the person that a notice or other communication requiring the person’s immediate attention is available in the person’s secure electronic account. A notice or other communication is considered to be made available if it is posted by the Minister in the person’s secure electronic account and the person has authorized that notices or other communications may be made available in this manner and has not before that date revoked that authorization in a manner specified by the Minister.
Marginal note:Date assessment made
(10) If a notice of assessment has been sent by the Minister as required under this Act, the assessment is deemed to have been made on the day of sending of the notice of assessment.
R.S., c. E-15Excise Tax Act
126. Section 2 of the Excise Tax Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2.2):
Marginal note:Associated persons
(2.3) For the purposes of this Act, a particular corporation is associated with another corporation if, by reason of subsections 256(1) to (6) of the Income Tax Act, the particular corporation is associated with the other corporation for the purposes of that Act.
Marginal note:Corporations controlled by same person or group
(2.4) For the purposes of this Act, a person other than a corporation is associated with a particular corporation if the particular corporation is controlled by the person or by a group of persons of which the person is a member and each of whom is associated with each of the others.
Marginal note:Partnership or trust
(2.5) For the purposes of this Act, a person is associated with
(a) a partnership if the total of the shares of the profits of the partnership to which the person and all other persons who are associated with the person are entitled is more than half of the total profits of the partnership, or would be more than half of the total profits of the partnership if it had profits; and
(b) a trust if the total of the values of the interests in the trust of the person and all other persons who are associated with the person is more than half of the total value of all interests in the trust.
Marginal note:Association with third person
(2.6) For the purposes of this Act, a person is associated with another person if each of them is associated with the same third person.
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