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Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2 (S.C. 2018, c. 27)

Assented to 2018-12-13

PART 1Amendments to the Income Tax Act and to Other Legislation (continued)

R.S., c. 30 (4th Supp.)Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act

 The definition agreement in subsection 2(1) of the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act is replaced by the following:

agreement

agreement means

  • (a) a treaty, convention or other international agreement that is in force, to which Canada is a party and that contains a provision respecting mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, or

  • (b) to the extent of their application to criminal investigations or prosecutions and except for the purposes of Parts II and III of this Act, the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, concluded at Strasbourg on January 25, 1988, as amended from time to time by a protocol or other international instrument, as ratified by Canada, or a comprehensive tax information exchange agreement that has effect and to which Canada is a party or a tax treaty, as defined in subsection 248(1) of the Income Tax Act; (accord)

 Subsection 5(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Publication in Canada Gazette

  • 5 (1) Unless the agreement has been published under subsection (2), an agreement referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition agreement in subsection 2(1) — or the provisions respecting mutual legal assistance in criminal matters contained in a convention or other international agreement — must be published in the Canada Gazette no later than 60 days after it comes into force.

 Section 7 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Functions of Minister

  • 7 (1) The Minister is responsible for the implementation of every agreement referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition agreement in subsection 2(1) and for the administration of this Act.

  • Marginal note:How request dealt with

    (2) When a request is made to the Minister under an agreement referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition agreement in subsection 2(1) by a state or entity or a Canadian competent authority, the Minister shall deal with the request in accordance with the agreement and this Act.

  • Marginal note:How request dealt with

    (3) When a request made by a state or entity under an agreement referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition agreement in subsection 2(1) is presented to the Minister by the Minister of National Revenue, the Minister shall deal with the request in accordance with the agreement and this Act.

 Subsection 8(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Limitation — requests under agreements

  • 8 (1) If a request for mutual legal assistance is made under an agreement, the Minister may not give effect to the request by means of the provisions of this Part unless the agreement provides for assistance with respect to the subject-matter of the request.

 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 22.05:

Marginal note:Orders to gather tax information

  • 22.06 (1) A judge of the province to whom an application is made under subsection 17(2) with respect to an investigation or prosecution relating to an act or omission that, if it had occurred in Canada, would have constituted an offence referred to in subsection 462.48(1.1) of the Criminal Code may make an order for the gathering of the information or documents referred to in paragraph 462.48(2)(c) of that Act.

  • Marginal note:Criminal Code applies

    (2) Subject to subsection (3), an order made under subsection (1) may be obtained and made in accordance with subsections 462.48(1) to (5) of the Criminal Code and executed in the manner provided for in that Act, with any necessary modifications.

  • Marginal note:Provisions applicable to order

    (3) Paragraphs 18(2)(b) and (c), subsections 18(3) to (9) and sections 19 to 22, other than paragraph 19(1)(a), apply, with any necessary modifications, in respect of an order made under subsection (1) and prevail over any provisions of the Criminal Code that are inconsistent with them.

2016, c. 14An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act and the Income Tax Act

 Subsection 66(1) of An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act and the Income Tax Act is

  • (a) amended by replacing the clause 60(e)(ii)(A) that it enacts with the following:

    • (A) the total of all amounts each of which is an amount payable by the taxpayer in respect of self-employed earnings for the year as a contribution under subsection 10(1.‍1) or (1.‍2) of the Canada Pension Plan or as a like contribution under a provincial pension plan, as defined in section 3 of that Act, and

  • (b) amended by replacing the subparagraph 60(e.1)(i) that it enacts with the following:

    • (i) the total of all amounts each of which is an amount payable by the taxpayer for the year as an employee’s contribution under subsection 8(1.‍1) or (1.‍2) of the Canada Pension Plan or as a like contribution under a provincial pension plan, as defined in section 3 of that Act, and

C.R.C., c. 945Income Tax Regulations

  •  (1) The Income Tax Regulations are amended by adding the following after section 202:

    Marginal note:Requirement to file

    203 Every institution that is a designated educational institution (as defined in subsection 118.6(1) of the Act) because of paragraph (a) of that definition shall make an information return in prescribed form in respect of each individual enrolled at that institution who is a qualifying student (as defined in subsection 118.6(1)) for a month in a taxation year.

  • (2) Subsection (1) applies to the 2019 and subsequent taxation years.

  •  (1) Subsection 205(3) of the Regulations is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

    Tuition and Enrolment Certificate
  • (2) Subsection (1) comes into force or is deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2019.

  •  (1) Subsection 205.1(1) of the Regulations is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

    Tuition and Enrolment Certificate
  • (2) Subsection (1) comes into force or is deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2019.

  •  (1) Subsection 209(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

    • 209 (1) A person who is required by section 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 212, 214, 215, 217 or 218, subsection 223(2) or section 228, 229, 230, 232, 233 or 234 to make an information return shall forward to each taxpayer to whom the return relates two copies of the portion of the return that relates to that taxpayer.

  • (2) Subsection 209(5) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

    • (5) A person may provide a Statement of Remuneration Paid (T4) information return or a Tuition and Enrolment Certificate, as required under subsection (1), as a single document in an electronic format (instead of the two copies required under subsection (1)) to the taxpayer to whom the return relates, on or before the date on which the return is to be filed with the Minister, unless

      • (a) the specified criteria referred to in section 221.01 of the Act are not met;

      • (b) the taxpayer has requested that the information return be provided in paper format; or

      • (c) at the time the return is required to be issued,

        • (i) if the return is a T4, the taxpayer is on extended leave or is no longer an employee of the person, or

        • (ii) the taxpayer cannot reasonably be expected to have access to the information return in electronic format.

  • (3) Subsections (1) and (2) come into force or are deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2019.

 

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