1029.8.36.0.0.11. A corporation that encloses with the fiscal return it is required to file for a taxation year under section 1000 the prescribed form containing the prescribed information and a copy of the valid favourable advance ruling given or valid certificate issued by the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles in respect of a property that is a qualified performance for any of the periods provided for in the definition of “qualified performance” in the first paragraph of section 1029.8.36.0.0.10 that is in whole or in part within the year, is deemed, subject to the second paragraph, where an application for an advance ruling has been filed or, in the absence of such an application, where an application for a certificate has been filed in respect of the property with the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles before the end of the year, to have paid to the Minister on the corporation’s balance-due day for the year, on account of its tax payable for that year under this Part, an amount corresponding to,(a) where the application for an advance ruling or, in the absence of such an application, the application for a certificate, in respect of the property for the period described in paragraph a of the definition of “qualified performance” in the first paragraph of section 1029.8.36.0.0.10, has been filed with the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles on or before 4 June 2014 or, if the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles considers that the work on the property was sufficiently advanced on that date, on or before 31 August 2014, an amount equal toi. 29.1667% of the portion of its qualified labour expenditure for the year in respect of the property, relating to a labour expenditure incurred in respect of the property and to which subparagraph ii does not apply, or
ii. 35% of the portion of its qualified labour expenditure for the year in respect of the property, relating to a labour expenditure incurred in respect of the property that relates to(1) a period described in any of paragraphs a to c of the definition of “qualified performance” in the first paragraph of section 1029.8.36.0.0.10 that begins after 19 March 2009, or
(2) the period described in paragraph a of the definition of “qualified performance” in the first paragraph of section 1029.8.36.0.0.10 that begins before 20 March 2009, if the first performance before an audience, in relation to that period, occurs after 19 March 2009;
(b) 28% of the portion of its qualified labour expenditure for the year in respect of the property, relating to a labour expenditure incurred in respect of the property that relates to a period described in any of paragraphs a to c of the definition of “qualified performance” in the first paragraph of section 1029.8.36.0.0.10 that began before 27 March 2015 and that is not described in subparagraph a; or
(c) where the application for an advance ruling or, in the absence of such an application, the application for a certificate, in respect of the property for a period described in any of paragraphs a to c of the definition of “qualified performance” in the first paragraph of section 1029.8.36.0.0.10 that begins after 26 March 2015 is filed with the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles after that date, 35% of the portion of its qualified labour expenditure for the year in respect of the property, relating to a labour expenditure incurred in respect of the property that relates to that period and to which subparagraph ii of subparagraph a does not apply.
For the purpose of computing the payments that a corporation referred to in the first paragraph is required to make under subparagraph a of the first paragraph of section 1027, or any of sections 1145, 1159.7, 1175 and 1175.19 where they refer to that subparagraph a, the corporation is deemed to have paid to the Minister, on account of the aggregate of its tax payable for the year under this Part and of its tax payable for the year under Parts IV, IV.1, VI and VI.1, on the date on or before which each payment is required to be made, an amount equal to the lesser of(a) the amount by which the amount determined under the first paragraph for the year exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the portion of that amount that may reasonably be considered to be deemed to have been paid to the Minister under this paragraph in the year but before that date; and
(b) the amount by which the amount of that payment, determined without reference to this chapter, exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is an amount that is deemed, under this chapter but otherwise than under the first paragraph, to have been paid to the Minister on that date, for the purpose of computing that payment.
The amount that a corporation is deemed to have paid to the Minister, under the first paragraph, on account of its tax payable for a taxation year under this Part in respect of a property that is a qualified performance must not exceed,(a) if the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles specifies, in the favourable advance ruling given or the certificate issued, as the case may be, to the corporation, that the property is a musical comedy for which any of the periods referred to in the definition of “qualified performance” in the first paragraph of section 1029.8.36.0.0.10 has not ended on 20 March 2012, the amount by which $1,250,000 exceeds the amount by which the aggregate of all amounts each of which is an amount that the corporation is deemed to have paid to the Minister under the first paragraph in respect of the property for a preceding taxation year exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is an amount that the corporation is required to pay under section 1129.4.0.14 in respect of the property for a preceding taxation year;
(a.1) where the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles specifies in the favourable advance ruling given or the certificate issued, as the case may be, to the corporation that the property is a comedy show for which the application for an advance ruling or, in the absence of such an application, the application for a certificate for the period described in paragraph a of the definition of “qualified performance” in the first paragraph of section 1029.8.36.0.0.10 is filed with the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles after 30 June 2015 or, if the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles considers that the work on the property was not sufficiently advanced on 26 March 2015, after that date, the amount by which $350,000 exceeds the amount by which the aggregate of all amounts each of which is an amount that the corporation is deemed to have paid to the Minister under the first paragraph in respect of the property for a preceding taxation year exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is an amount that the corporation is required to pay under section 1129.4.0.14 in respect of the property for a preceding taxation year; or
(b) in all other cases, the amount by which $750,000 exceeds the amount by which the aggregate of all amounts each of which is an amount that the corporation is deemed to have paid to the Minister under the first paragraph in respect of the property for a preceding taxation year exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is an amount that the corporation is required to pay under section 1129.4.0.14 in respect of the property for a preceding taxation year.
If a property is a qualified performance that is co-produced by the corporation and one or more other qualified corporations, the following rules apply:(a) in the case of a property referred to in subparagraph a of the third paragraph, that subparagraph a is to be read as if “$1,250,000” were replaced by the amount obtained by applying to $1,250,000 the corporation’s share, expressed as a percentage, of the production costs in relation to the property that is specified in the favourable advance ruling given or the certificate issued, as the case may be, by the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles in respect of the property;
(a.1) in the case of a property referred to in subparagraph a.1 of the third paragraph, that subparagraph a.1 is to be read as if “$350,000” were replaced by the amount obtained by applying to $350,000 the corporation’s share, expressed as a percentage, of the production costs in relation to the property that is specified in the favourable advance ruling given or the certificate issued, as the case may be, by the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles in respect of the property; and
(b) in the case of a property referred to in subparagraph b of the third paragraph, that subparagraph b is to be read as if “$750,000” were replaced by the amount obtained by applying to $750,000 the corporation’s share, expressed as a percentage, of the production costs in relation to the property that is specified in the favourable advance ruling given or the certificate issued, as the case may be, by the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles in respect of the property.
For the purposes of subparagraph c of the first paragraph, the portion of a labour expenditure of a corporation for a taxation year in respect of a property that relates to a period described in paragraph a or b of the definition of “qualified performance” in the first paragraph of section 1029.8.36.0.0.10 that began before 27 March 2015 is deemed to relate to a subsequent period described in that definition if(a) it cannot be included in the qualified labour expenditure of the corporation for the year in respect of the property because of the application of paragraph b of the definition of “qualified labour expenditure” in the first paragraph of section 1029.8.36.0.0.10; and
(b) it is included in the qualified labour expenditure of the corporation for a subsequent taxation year included in the subsequent period.
2000, c. 39, s. 147; 2001, c. 51, s. 116; 2002, c. 9, s. 64; 2003, c. 9, s. 209; 2004, c. 21, s. 315; 2007, c. 12, s. 157; 2010, c. 5, s. 154; 2013, c. 10, s. 109; 2015, c. 21, s. 424; 2017, c. 1, s. 277.