Excise Tax Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. E-15)

Marginal note:Threshold amount for fiscal year

• 249 (1) For the purposes of sections 245, 247 and 248, the threshold amount of a particular person for a fiscal year of the person is an amount equal to the total of

  • (a) the amount determined by the formula

    A × (365/B)

    where

    A

    is the total of all consideration (other than consideration referred to in section 167.1 that is attributable to goodwill of a business) for taxable supplies (other than supplies of financial services, supplies by way of sale of real property that is capital property of the person and supplies included in Part V of Schedule VI) made in Canada by the person that became due to the person in the immediately preceding fiscal year (in this subsection referred to as the “base year”) of the person or that was paid to the person in the base year without having become due, and

    B

    is the number of days in the base year, and

  • (b) the total of all amounts each of which is an amount in respect of a person (in this paragraph referred to as the “associate”) who was associated with the particular person at the end of the particular fiscal year of the associate that is the last such year ending at the same time as, or at any time in, the base year, determined by the formula

    C × (365/D)

    where

    C

    is the total of all consideration (other than consideration referred to in section 167.1 that is attributable to goodwill of a business) for taxable supplies (other than supplies of financial services, supplies by way of sale of real property that is capital property of the associate and supplies included in Part V of Schedule VI) made in Canada by the associate that became due to the associate in the particular fiscal year of the associate or that was paid to the associate in that year without having become due, and

    D

    is the number of days in the particular fiscal year of the associate.

• Marginal note:Threshold amount for fiscal quarter

  (2) For the purposes of sections 245, 247 and 248, the threshold amount of a particular person for a particular fiscal quarter of the person at any time in a fiscal year of the person is an amount equal to the total of

  • (a) the total of all consideration (other than consideration referred to in section 167.1 that is attributable to goodwill of a business) for taxable supplies (other than supplies of financial services, supplies by way of sale of real property that is capital property of the person and supplies included in Part V of Schedule VI) made in Canada by the person that became due to the person in the preceding fiscal quarters of the person ending in that year or that was paid to the person in those preceding fiscal quarters without having become due; and

  • (b) the total of all amounts each of which is an amount in respect of a person (in this paragraph referred to as the “associate”) who was associated with the particular person at the beginning of the particular fiscal quarter equal to the total of all consideration (other than consideration referred to in section 167.1 that is attributable to goodwill of a business) for taxable supplies (other than supplies of financial services, supplies by way of sale of real property that is capital property of the associate and supplies included in Part V of Schedule VI), made in Canada by the associate that became due to the associate in the fiscal quarters of the associate that end in that fiscal year of the particular person and before the beginning of the particular fiscal quarter or that was paid to the associate in those fiscal quarters of the associate without having become due.