1017R1. For the purposes of section 1017 of the Act, the following rules apply:(a) a taxpayer makes the election under that section by filing with the person who pays, allocates, grants or awards an amount referred to in section 1015 of the Act a return in prescribed form;
(b) the taxpayer may amend that election by filing with that person a new return in prescribed form; and
(c) that person is required to take that election or that amendment into consideration only if it is made, within a reasonable time limit determined by the person, before the person pays, allocates, grants or awards such amount after the election or the amendment.