Games of Chance (GST/HST) Regulations

Marginal note:Net tax attributable to gaming activities

• 7 (1) A provincial gaming authority’s net tax attributable to gaming activities for a reporting period of the authority is the amount determined by the formula

  A - B

  where

  A

  is the total of all amounts that the authority is required under subsection (2) or (3) to add in determining its net tax for the period; and

  B

  is the total of all credits of the authority for the period in respect of prizes or winnings determined under subsection (4) or (5) and the authority’s additional credit in respect of gaming activities for the period determined under subsection (6).

• Marginal note:Bet received

  (2) Where a person bets an amount with a provincial gaming authority (other than by purchasing an instant win ticket from a distributor of the authority), the authority shall, in determining its net tax attributable to gaming activities for the reporting period in which it becomes ascertainable whether an amount is payable as a prize or winnings in respect of the bet, add the amount determined by the formula

  (A/B) × (C - D)

  where

  A

  is

  • (a) where the person placed the bet in a participating province, the total of 7% and the tax rate for that province, and

  • (b) in any other case, 7%;

  B

  is the total of 100% and the percentage determined for A;

  C

  is the total amount that is given by the person in respect of the bet, including any amounts payable by the person in respect of the bet as or on account of tax under Part IX of the Act or under an Act of the legislature of a province; and

  D

  is the amount of any tax payable under an Act of the legislature of a province by the person in respect of the bet.

• Marginal note:Supply of instant win ticket

  (3) Where a provincial gaming authority has delivered or agreed to deliver an instant win ticket to a distributor of the authority and, during a reporting period of the authority, the distributor pays or becomes liable to pay an amount in respect of the ticket to the authority, the authority shall, in determining its net tax attributable to gaming activities for the period, add the amount determined by the formula

  (A/B) × (C - D)

  where

  A

  is

  • (a) where the instant win ticket was or is to be delivered to the distributor in a participating province, the total of 7% and the tax rate for that province, and

  • (b) in any other case, 7%;

  B

  is the total of 100% and the percentage determined for A;

  C

  is the face value of the ticket, including any amounts payable by the distributor in respect of the ticket as or on account of tax under an Act of the legislature of a province; and

  D

  is the amount of any tax payable under an Act of the legislature of a province by the distributor in respect of the ticket.

• Marginal note:Prizes and winnings

  (4) A credit of a provincial gaming authority for a reporting period of the authority in respect of an amount of money that the authority becomes liable, during the period, to pay as a prize or winnings in a game of chance conducted by the authority (other than a prize or winnings in respect of a bet made by purchasing an instant win ticket from a distributor of the authority) is the amount determined by the formula

  (A/B) × C

  where

  A

  is

  • (a) where the bet in respect of which the prize or winnings becomes payable was placed in a participating province, the total of 7% and the tax rate for that province, and

  • (b) in any other case, 7%;

  B

  is the total of 100% and the percentage determined for A; and

  C

  is the amount payable as a prize or winnings.

• Marginal note:Prize on instant win ticket

  (5) A credit of a provincial gaming authority for a reporting period of the authority in respect of a prize or winnings in respect of an instant win ticket of a particular kind that the authority has delivered or agreed to deliver to a distributor of the authority and in respect of which the distributor pays or becomes liable to pay, during the period, an amount to the authority is the amount determined by the formula

  (A/B) × C

  where

  A

  is

  • (a) where the instant win ticket was or is to be delivered to the distributor in a participating province, the total of 7% and the tax rate for that province, and

  • (b) in any other case, 7%;

  B

  is the total of 100% and the percentage determined for A; and

  C

  is the expected value, determined on the basis of mathematical probability, of the prize or winnings in respect of each instant win ticket of that kind supplied by the authority.

• Marginal note:Additional credit

  (6) A provincial gaming authority’s additional credit in respect of gaming activities for a reporting period of the authority is the amount determined by the formula

  A - B - C

  where

  A

  is the total of all amounts each of which is an amount that the authority is required, under subsection (2) or (3), to add in determining its net tax for the period;

  B

  is the total of all amounts each of which is a credit of the authority in respect of a prize or winnings for the period determined under subsection (4) or (5); and

  C

  is the imputed tax payable by the authority on gaming expenses for the period determined under subsection (7).

• Marginal note:Imputed tax on gaming expenses

  (7) The imputed tax payable by a provincial gaming authority on gaming expenses for a particular reporting period of the authority is the amount determined by the formula

  A + B + C + D + E

  where

  A

  is the amount determined by the formula

  A₁ - A₂

  where

  A₁

  is the total of all amounts each of which is

  • (a) an amount of tax (other than tax that is deemed under subsection 206(2) or (3) of the Act to have been paid or that is calculated on a reimbursement) that became payable during the particular period, or that was paid during the particular period without having become payable, by the authority in respect of property or a service (other than a casino operating service or a prize in kind) that was acquired or imported by the authority, (a.1) twice the amount determined under section 13 for the particular period as the imputed tax payable by the authority in respect of expenses incurred by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation,

  • (b) an amount of tax that the authority is deemed to have collected during the period under subsection 206(5) of the Act,

  • (c) the total of all amounts each of which is determined by the formula

    A₃ × A₄

    where

    A₃

    is a reimbursement that became payable during the particular period, or that was paid during the particular period without having become payable, by the authority to a distributor of the authority, other than

    • (i) a non-taxable reimbursement,

    • (ii) a reimbursement of the cost to the distributor of a right to play or participate in a game of chance given away free of charge by the distributor,

    • (iii) a reimbursement of salaries, wages or other remuneration paid or payable by the distributor to an employee of the distributor to the extent that that remuneration is a cost to the distributor of supplying a casino operating service to the authority, or

    • (iv) a reimbursement of an expense incurred by the distributor in the course of supplying a service referred to in subparagraph 188.1(4)(a)(iii) of the Act, and

    A₄

    is

    • (i) where the reimbursement is in respect of a supply made by the distributor to the authority in a participating province, the total of 7% and the tax rate for that province, and

    • (ii) in any other case, 7%, and

  • (d) twice the value of all amounts each of which is

    • (i) an amount that, but for subsection 156(2) or 167(1.1) of the Act, would have become payable by the authority during the particular period as tax under Division II of Part IX of the Act in respect of a supply made to the authority,

    • (ii) an amount that would have become payable by the authority during the particular period as tax under Division IV or IV.1 of Part IX of the Act if the authority’s gaming activities were not commercial activities, or

    • (iii) the amount by which

      • (A) the total of all amounts each of which is tax that would have become payable by the authority during the particular period under Division II of Part IX of the Act in respect of an exempt supply of real property made to the authority by way of lease, or a taxable supply of property or a service made to the authority at less than fair market value, if the supply were a taxable supply made at fair market value, or, if section 16 applies to the supply, at the amount determined by the formula in that section,

      exceeds

      • (B) the total amount of tax under that Division that became payable by the authority during the particular period in respect of those supplies, and

  A₂

  is the total of all amounts each of which is determined by the formula

  A₅ × A₆

  where

  A₅

  is

  • (a) an input tax credit of the authority for the particular period that is in respect of an amount included under paragraph (a), or

  • (b) twice the value of an imputed input tax credit of the authority for the particular period that is in respect of an amount included under any of subparagraphs (d)(i) to (iii), of the description of A₁ in determining the total for A₁ for the particular period, and

  A₆

  is the extent (expressed as a percentage) to which the authority is, subject to section 9, entitled to include the input tax credit or imputed input tax credit, as the case may be, in determining this total for the particular period;

  B

  is the total of all amounts each of which is an amount of tax that would have become payable by the authority during the particular period in respect of consideration for a supply of a casino operating service made to the authority by a distributor of the authority if subsection 188.1(4) of the Act did not apply to the supply and the consideration for the supply were equal to the amount determined by the formula

  B₁ - (B₂ + B₃)

  where

  B₁

  is the consideration for the casino operating service determined under Part IX of the Act without reference to that subsection,

  B₂

  is the total of all amounts each of which is determined by the formula

  B₄ × B₅

  where

  B₄

  is a particular amount of salaries, wages or other remuneration (other than an amount described in the description of B₆) paid or payable by the distributor to an employee of the distributor, and

  B₅

  is the extent (expressed as a percentage) to which the particular amount is a cost to the distributor of supplying the casino operating service to the authority, and

  B₃

  is the total of all amounts each of which is determined by the formula

  B₆ × B₇

  where

  B₆

  is an amount that is in respect of a supply of property or a service made by the distributor, or an amount paid by the distributor, to an employee of the distributor or a person related to the employee and that the employee is required under section 6 of the Income Tax Act to include in computing the employee’s income for a taxation year of the employee, and

  B₇

  is the extent (expressed as a percentage) to which the amount is a cost to the distributor of supplying the casino operating service to the authority;

  C

  is the total of all amounts each of which is an amount determined by the formula

  C₁ × C₂

  where

  C₁

  is the total of all amounts each of which is an amount that, but for subsection 188.1(4) of the Act, would be consideration (other than charitable proceeds from Superstar Bingo) for a supply (other than a supply of a casino operating service) by a distributor of the authority to the authority or would be a reimbursement paid or payable by the authority to a distributor of the authority (other than a reimbursement that is a non-taxable reimbursement or a reimbursement of the cost to the distributor of a right to play or participate in a game of chance given away free of charge by the distributor), where

  • (a) if the amount represents a commission in respect of the sale, by the distributor on behalf of the authority, of a right to play or participate in a game of chance (other than an instant win game), it became ascertainable in the particular period whether a prize or winnings were payable in respect of the right, and

  • (b) in any other case, the amount became due to the distributor during the particular period or was paid to the distributor during the particular period without having become due, and

  C₂

  is

  • (a) where the particular supply by the distributor to the authority relates to the making of supplies of rights of the authority in a participating province, the total of 7% and the tax rate for that province, and

  • (b) in any other case, 7%;

  D

  is the total of all amounts each of which is a positive or negative amount determined, in respect of each distributor of the authority, by the formula

  (D₁ - D₂) × D₃

  where

  D₁

  is the amount by which

  • (a) the total face value of all rights of the authority evidenced by tickets, cards or other printed devices that were acquired by the distributor from the authority for the purpose of supply on the distributor’s own behalf otherwise than as prizes in kind and

    • (i) in the case of instant win tickets, the consideration for the supplies of which by the authority to the distributor became due during the particular period or was paid during the particular period without having become due, or

    • (ii) in any other case, in respect of which it became ascertainable in the particular period whether amounts were payable as prizes or winnings

  exceeds

  • (b) the total amount paid or payable for the supplies referred to in paragraph (a) made by the authority to the distributor,

  D₂

  is the amount by which

  • (a) the total face value of all rights of the authority evidenced by tickets, cards or other printed devices that were supplied to the distributor by the authority, the face value of which is included in determining the value for D₁ for the particular period or a preceding reporting period of the authority and that are returned by the distributor to the authority during the particular period

  exceeds

  • (b) the total amount paid or payable for the supplies referred to in paragraph (a) made by the authority to the distributor, and

  D₃

  is

  • (a) where the distributor acquired the devices for the purpose of supplying them in a participating province, the total of 7% and the tax rate for that province, and

  • (b) in any other case, 7%; and

  E

  is

  • (a) if the particular period includes the last day of February in a calendar year, the total of all amounts, if any, each of which is determined by the formula

    E₁ × (100% - E₂) × E₃

    where

    E₁

    is an amount (in this paragraph referred to as the “benefit amount”)

    • (i) that

      • (A) was paid by the authority, or

      • (B) is in respect of a supply of property or a service (other than property or a service in respect of which the authority was not entitled to claim an input tax credit because of subsection 170(1) of the Act) made by the authority to an individual who was an employee of the authority during the previous calendar year or to a person related to the individual, and

    • (ii) that the individual is required under section 6 of the Income Tax Act to include in computing the individual’s income for that previous calendar year,

    E₂

    is the extent (expressed as a percentage) to which the benefit amount is a cost to the authority of making non-gaming supplies, and

    E₃

    is

    • (i) where the benefit amount is required under paragraph 6(1)(k) or (l) of the Income Tax Act to be included in computing the individual’s income,

      • (A) if the last establishment of the authority at which the individual ordinarily worked or to which the individual ordinarily reported in the previous calendar year in relation to the individual’s office or employment with the authority is located in a participating province, 11%, and

      • (B) in any other case, 5%, and

    • (ii) in any other case, the amount determined by the formula

      E₄/E₅

      where

      E₄

      is

      • (A) if the benefit amount is required to be included under paragraph 6(1)(a) or (e) of the Income Tax Act and the last establishment at which the individual ordinarily worked or to which the individual ordinarily reported in the previous calendar year in relation to the individual’s office or employment with the authority is located in a participating province, the total of 6% and the tax rate for the participating province, and

      • (B) in any other case, 6%, and

      E₅

      is the total of 100% and the percentage determined for E₄, and

  • (b) in any other case, zero.