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

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Act current to 2024-06-19 and last amended on 2024-01-01. Previous Versions

Meaning of provincial levy

  •  (1) In this section, provincial levy means a tax, duty or fee imposed under an Act of the legislature of a province in respect of the supply, consumption or use of property or a service.

  • Marginal note:Levies included in consideration

    (2) For the purposes of this Part, the consideration for a supply of property or a service includes

    • (a) any tax, duty or fee imposed under an Act of Parliament that is payable by the recipient, or payable or collectible by the supplier, in respect of that supply or in respect of the production, importation, consumption or use of the property or service, other than tax under this Part that is payable by the recipient;

    • (b) any provincial levy that is payable by the recipient, or payable or collectible by the supplier, in respect of that supply or in respect of the consumption or use of the property or service, other than a prescribed provincial levy that is payable by the recipient; and

    • (c) any other amount that is collectible by the supplier under an Act of the legislature of a province and that is equal to, or is collectible on account of or in lieu of, a provincial levy, except where the amount is payable by the recipient and the provincial levy is a prescribed provincial levy.

  • Marginal note:Reference to “recipient”

    (3) If, under this Part, a person is deemed to be the recipient of a supply in respect of which another person would, but for that deeming, be the recipient, a reference in this section to the recipient of the supply shall be read as a reference to that other person.

  • [NOTE: Application provisions are not included in the consolidated text
  • see relevant amending Acts and regulations.]
  • 1990, c. 45, s. 12
  • 1997, c. 10, s. 14
  • 2000, c. 30, s. 24

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